I just came across an old newspaper page Evening star. [volume], May 27, 1923, Image 82 from chroniclingamerica.loc.gov while looking for a Gorham ad for a particular design. https://i.postimg.cc/SXMXZWyf/Gorham-Whiting-Ad-May-1923.jpg Here is the link in case you would like to look at the whole new...
I agree with everything you have stated. There is always a possibility especially when things do not have surviving documentation to know for absolute certainty but theories and assumptions can be made with some educated digging The forks I have depicted here are most likely hotels. The Railroad oft...
When I first glanced at it I thought it was a Joseph Mayer and Bros. souvenir spoon but after further inspection the letters were different. I did find that Joseph Mayer and Bros. were eventually taken over by E.J. Towle Mfg. Co. but the mark for E. J. Towle Mfg. Co has the E to the right T in the m...
I was looking for information on this mark when I came arcross two pickle forks that were designed the same but had two completly different marks. https://i.postimg.cc/hJChb4Rq/YNP-Camp-spoon-forks-2.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/WFhz9Rsq/YNP-Camp-spoon-forks-3.jpg One says Dohrco Gramercy giving reffere...
I have this Yellowstone Park Souvenir Spoon that is marked with an image of a left facing bear and "sterling". At first I thought it was William K. Vanderslice & Co. but this bear mark only has two full legs and a foot and the neck/head shape doesn't match. https://i.postimg.cc/N5RBDGv...
I have these two identically designed Yellowstone Park souvenir spoons. What is interesting is the marks do not match. one is the standard Charles Robbins Co marking and the other is a lower case "R". Is it possible they used this markings for their smaller souvenirs? https://i.postimg.cc/...
R. Scott-Temple aka Robert Scott-Temple was an artist based in the Rivelin Valley, Sheffield. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivelin_Valley_artists Perhapse it was a gift to him for his prominant artwork? and as far as Jonathan Bell & Sons that seems possible but if you also take a look at James ...
I know this is late but this looks like it could be AB&Co Either for Albert Baker & Co (1898) Ltd, Listed in 1901 as tobacco manufacturers at 65 Holloway Road, London. Out of business in 1939 Birmingham 1909 hallmark or A Bromet & Co Jewin Street, London but it does not have the other en...
https://www.langantiques.com/university/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lgbalfourco.png This is an archived jewelry mark from antique jewelry university for L. G. Balfour Co. that looks extremely similar to the one on your pin. I have seen this same Liberty National Life pin but the makers mark has a bo...
I think I may have found a significant indicator that the spoons were indeed ordered and marked for Frank Jay Haynes to sell. In a document called Yellowstone's First General Store A Legacy of Jennie Henderson and Her Family by Robert V. Goss states " Jennie decided not to continue as Postmaste...
Traintime, thank you for the idea to check patents. I have yet to find anything for Haynes but I have noticed most of the ornate souvenir style spoons for R. Wallace & Sons Mfg Co were done around the early 1890's which match the stamps on a few of my other spoons.
silverly I saw that maker too but all the marks I found did not match as far as I could find. Unfortunately Haynes back in the early 1900's was a very popular last name as far as Yellowstone and silver goes. I have yet to find a Haynes makers mark that matches or is remotely close. I have even looke...