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Matilde Poulat opened her shop in 1934. She apparently used both the script and block letters during the same time period. The MS-12 registry number, which is assigned to Ricardo Salas. would date the piece to no earlier than 1980. The eagle numbers used by Ms. Poulat are 1, 121 and 129. Silvercrown

Tiffany & Co. did mark T & Co at one time, but the mark did not look like the one on your spoon. That said, that could only be a space issue on the spoon that would not allow for the mark. If you could include a photo of the front of the spoon, we could probably tell you with more assurance ...

Your dish was made by J. Wagner & Son, Inc. of New York, NY. They were first listed in the jewelry trades in 1909 and not listed after 1965. The original name of the company was Central Sterling Co. They were manufacturers of sterling silver holloware.

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Your spoon was made by Julius Hollister born in 1818 in Glastonbury, Hartford, CT. He worked with Oliver Seymour in Hartford, CT, c.1845 as Seymour & Oliver. He alswo worked in Oswego, New York and for a while in Greenfield, MA. He may have also been associated with the Griswald Brothers of Midd...

Your dish was made by Friedman Silver Co, Inc. of Brooklyn, NY. Dorothy Rainwater's book "American Silver Manufacturers and Their Marks", states that they were "creators of fne holloware since 1908". They were purchased by Gorham in 1960. I agree with Tom that if it is not marked Sterling or 925, it...

I found this at a flea market over the weekend. It is a hand hammered plate or tray. It measures 9 5/8" across and weighs a full pound and 2.7 oz. It is stamped in two places on the back "Sterling". It has a conjoined "HR" maker's mark pictured below. The maker's mark almost...

Argent, thanks again for all the wonderful information!

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