Search found 3 matches

by ellabee
Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:10 pm
Forum: Flatware Pattern Identification
Topic: Joseph Seymour Spoon Pattern ID Needed
Replies: 8
Views: 7904

Don't know why I didn't think to look in the "bible", the Noel Turner flatware book ( American Silver Flatware, 1837-1910 ). He lists the pattern as 'Wreath'. That's not like finding documentation such as a Seymour catalog for retailers, but the Turner book sums up so much pattern informat...
by ellabee
Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:48 am
Forum: Flatware Pattern Identification
Topic: Joseph Seymour Spoon Pattern ID Needed
Replies: 8
Views: 7904

Glad to be able to help. I'm fascinated by the early decades of flatware patterns, after the Gale patent on roller dies expired in 1840. I've seen references to Seymour selling to jewelers way beyond New York. Because he worked for a good long period in the same place, as a substantial producer sell...
by ellabee
Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:45 pm
Forum: Flatware Pattern Identification
Topic: Joseph Seymour Spoon Pattern ID Needed
Replies: 8
Views: 7904

Trev, I don't know the name of the pattern. I've seen it referred to elsewhere on the web as 'Wreath'. Nor do I know for sure what year it was introduced. But there's reason to think it was between the early 1850s and the early 1860s, because of its strong resemblance to other patterns popular then....

Go to advanced search