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Thanks, Warren and wev, for your responses, which spurred me on to further research that turned up a new (well, heretofore unfamiliar to me) web site that confirms Hart & Brewer: http://sterlingflatwarefashions.com/IconInit/InitH.html Were there two stamps used by the gentlemen during their brie...

Now that the chicks have (hopefully?) flown the nest, I'd like to replace our daily use flatware of quite mixed parentage with a matching set. I wish to obtain a stainless steel service for twelve in the traditional Hanoverian pattern. Looking on-line, it appears that such a pattern is now called Ba...

What the hay, here's #3 for the New Year, another old, unidentified maker's mark. Might something emerge from the cobwebs? TIA for any enlightenment!

Another blast from the past. Still hoping someone might recognize these marks, off the wall as they are. Any takers? Thx!!!

Okay, boys and girls, this one promises to keep turning up until someone finally identifies the authors! Let's not go another seven years! Don't let old H&B, whoever they were, disappear into eternal obscurity! ;o)

I was just reviewing the excellent article, "Nineteenth-century California silver" by Edgar W. Morse, available on the Argentum-The Leopard's Head website ( link no longer working , click on Argentum Notes near the bottom of the page to see article), and came across what may be the soluti...

Here's a link to a thread on this consideration of ladle bowl damage. No definitive answer, but some thoughts on the matter.

http://925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=15549

Maybe not a definitive answer, but here's a link to a previous thread that addresses similar marks:

http://925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=35384

Thanx, dognose, for your response. Seller indicates the item is Australian, ca. 1900, but I found nothing in my Tardy (admittedly not a comprehensive text). Just checking. Here's the piece in question:

Might anyone be able to identify these marks?



TIA!

SilverSurfer wrote:I can't decipher the two figures following Co.

Oops, I meant I can't decipher the two figures following &, which one would expect to be Co., but apparently are not.

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I can't decipher the two figures following Co., but Rainwater (Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers) has a possible explanation for the last figure, M. According to Rainwater, "In 1868 when Tiffany was incorporated, the silverware factory of the Moores became part of the organization w...

Article from Science News, though it doesn't look like it will result in any consumer oriented "Jiffy Shine" product anytime soon:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121026143221.htm

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A photo of the marks would be most helpful as indicated by admin. However, it's a good guess at this point that the heart stamp is a tally mark, that is, the mark of the journeyman who made the piece while in the employ of Haynes and Cater.

Just surfing by and thought I may as well bump this one to the top once more. Any takers? Or another two to three year nap? Thanks in advance for any ideas!

Wm. Sheen (entered 1755) looks to be too early and Wm. Sumner (entered 1802) too late, so that leaves perhaps Wm. Sutton, entered 1784. Any confirmations/denials?

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Coming by here a little late, so just a quick comment. This spoon in question is much like one of my own favorite spoons, a typical ca.1830 fiddle pattern, in my case 15 cm long and 13 gm in weight, yes, quite thin stock, and quite typical of much American coin silver flatware of the time, made for ...

Sorry, I have no knowledge of Tiffany patterns. However, the style of spoon (Old English) and the apparent hand engraving indicates that it is a replica of patterns typical of about 1790 or so. I'm guessing it could be a non-cataloged item, or perhaps the engraving is after-market.

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Hi, and welcome to the forum. One of the better explanations of spoon shape with time is the article, "More Notes On Spoon Types", by Robert Alan Green in the April, 1970 edition (Vol. 3, No. 4) of Silver-Rama, pages 2-5. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this article is available on-l...

The marks on your spoons appear to be pseudo-hallmarks. Here are some links to a couple of threads addressing this: http://925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19489&p=44645&hilit=pseudo+hallmarks#p44645" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic...