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- Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:50 pm
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: AKERLY & CO?
- Replies: 4
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Re: AKERLY & CO?
Richard C. Akerly (1810-1895), longtime jeweler and watchmaker in Chicago and NYC. R. C. AKERLY & Co with James W. Robertson and Franklin Horton, 1850-1854 at 150 Bowery and, by 1853, 41 Fulton Street.
- Fri May 07, 2021 9:49 pm
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Help with J.G.Luscomb spoon
- Replies: 4
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- Mon Apr 13, 2020 9:56 pm
- Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- Topic: AG Stone Bright Cut Cream Ladle
- Replies: 2
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Re: AG Stone Bright Cut Cream Ladle
Arthur George Stone, Montpelier VT 1873-1910
silverplate
silverplate
- Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:27 pm
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Another Knife Makers Marks are a Mystery
- Replies: 4
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Re: Another Knife Makers Marks are a Mystery
In addition to his own retail operations, Cole was a major supplier of wholesale silver goods pretty much across the country. This is one of several wholesale marks his factory used. Without a countermark, there is no way of telling who might retailed the piece.
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:12 pm
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Another Knife Makers Marks are a Mystery
- Replies: 4
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Re: Another Knife Makers Marks are a Mystery
Albert Coles
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:40 pm
- Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
- Topic: Lion passant date mark and star - ID HELP!
- Replies: 6
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Re: Lion passant date mark and star - ID HELP!
Retailed by Thomas W. Purdy, Newburgh NY c 1860; manufactured (wholesale) by John L. Westervelt
- Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:09 am
- Forum: American Sterling & Coin Silver - Single Image
- Topic: I H Weston Spoon?
- Replies: 2
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Re: I H Weston Spoon?
Isaac Henry Weston, jeweler in Portland ME c 1860
- Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:52 pm
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: S&W Kings Pattern Dinner Fork
- Replies: 4
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Re: S&W Kings Pattern Dinner Fork
I have seen the mark with and without wholesale marks. Winterthur has several pieces such.
- Mon Feb 10, 2020 6:50 pm
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: S&W Kings Pattern Dinner Fork
- Replies: 4
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Re: S&W Kings Pattern Dinner Fork
Sunderlin (Lewis) & Weaver (Devalson), Rochester c 1865
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:49 pm
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Myer Myers?
- Replies: 20
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Re: Myer Myers?
I have gone through the Myers book and found no matching initials. From known owners, the initial order appears two ways: M(ary) over R(obert) • L(ivngston) -- given/given/surname and M(oses) over I(saac) • R(eyna) -- surname/given/given Here is my example, also with untraced initials. It measures 8...
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 4:20 pm
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: LC Bailey Silver Spoon- Coin Silver?
- Replies: 4
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Re: LC Bailey Silver Spoon- Coin Silver?
More than likely; standard shop wares of the period. There are various tests available to be conclusive, but would probably cost more than the spoon is worth.
- Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:00 am
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Verification and or Identification of J Lee Marked Spoon
- Replies: 5
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- Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:02 pm
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Verification and or Identification of J Lee Marked Spoon
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2401
Re: Verification and or Identification of J Lee Marked Spoon
sorry, found my notes --
Joseph Lee
Lancaster and Camden, SC 1774-1814
Joseph Lee
Lancaster and Camden, SC 1774-1814
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:00 pm
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Verification and or Identification of J Lee Marked Spoon
- Replies: 5
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Re: Verification and or Identification of J Lee Marked Spoon
Is this the same?
Maker not known per Winterthur.
Maker not known per Winterthur.
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:55 pm
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Verification and or Identification of J Lee Marked Spoon
- Replies: 5
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Re: Verification and or Identification of J Lee Marked Spoon
Can you shoot the mark with more of a racking light (right and left)? Might bring out more form.
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:16 am
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Does anyone know who this maker is?
- Replies: 3
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- Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:11 am
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Does anyone know who this maker is?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2145
Re: Does anyone know who this maker is?
Levi B. Gay, watchmaker and jeweler, Nashua, NH 1856-1865, then Boston, MA 1865-c. 1875.
- Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:03 am
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Genuine or pseudo marks?
- Replies: 8
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Re: Genuine or pseudo marks?
this needs to be moved to the Coin Silversmiths forum
- Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:07 am
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Genuine or pseudo marks?
- Replies: 8
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Re: Genuine or pseudo marks?
That should have read "The marks, ALMOST always in that order..."
- Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:49 am
- Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
- Topic: Genuine or pseudo marks?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4692
Re: Genuine or pseudo marks?
These pseudo marks are associated with the wholesale manufacture of (Philo B.) Gilbert, (Daniel) Cunningham & Co, NYC c 1840. The marks, always in that order, though often erratically stamped as here, are fairly common and found with the mark of retailers mostly in NYC, but as far south as Charl...