Help with GT mark revised

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Help with GT mark revised

Postby silver-spoon » Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:56 pm

The earlier post was using a domain that was having problem with SSl cert.
Need help with an ID of this sugar spoon maker. The mark except GT is a weak strike. Maybe the pattern would be recognized.
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Re: Help with GT mark revised

Postby Traintime » Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:53 am

Possibly the retailer's mark of Henry Voigt of Baltimore...we have some late 1890's ads posted (c/o Trev.), but no mark samples. If correct, then the maker might be an undisclosed wholesaler to the trade. Nothing conclusive at this point.

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Re: Help with GT mark revised new close-ups

Postby silver-spoon » Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:41 am

I shot two new close-ups to possibly help. Thanks

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Re: Help with GT mark revised

Postby Traintime » Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:47 am

I believe it may be one Louis T. Voigt watchmaker listed in R. L. Polk's 1888 directory at this same address. It's spotted on a genealogy site, but I do not have full access. So the mark here is "L. Voigt".

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Re: Help with GT mark revised

Postby Traintime » Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:09 am

So why does Louis just disappear from 1890's listings? Well....
In 1896, a Louis Voigt, Junior is advertising in Roanoke Virginia as an Optician and Practical Watchmaker: https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=ST ... IN--------

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Re: Help with GT mark revised

Postby Traintime » Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:34 am

On page 44, at 118 West Campbell....full coverage of Louis Voigt and his twenty years experience (if you can get past the big blackout thanks to computer corporations that are driving us nuts by not leaving well enough alone): http://www.virginiaroom.org/digital/fil ... tory.1.pdf

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Re: Help with GT mark revised

Postby silver-spoon » Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:11 am

That's incredible, thanks. Makes perfect sense my family was from Martinsville, VA about 50 miles south of Roanoke, VA. So it's possible a member purchased the spoon in his store. So the date would be around 1890?

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Re: Help with GT mark revised

Postby Traintime » Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:12 am

On page 5 of that pamphlet there is a view of Campbell. On the left block is a sign for Watches. This might be his store.

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Re: Help with GT mark revised

Postby Traintime » Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:20 am

Dating it might be tricky. At this point, circa 1890-1915 (?) to be refined. [I have one of the amazing service plates from the Hotel Roanoke...they sure took pride in that town.]

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Re: Help with GT mark revised

Postby silver-spoon » Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:46 am

Glad to see the Hotel Roanoke has been restored. We used to dine there in my younger days. Thanks again for all your help.

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Re: Help with GT mark revised

Postby silverly » Wed Mar 24, 2021 12:16 pm

Louis Theodore Voigt jeweler born in Baltimore on 24 November 1863 and died in Roanoke on 27 January 1932.

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Re: Help with GT mark revised

Postby Traintime » Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:11 pm

Ghost signage on walls-Store built 1906, operated to 1924, changed hands, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera: https://www.flickr.com/photos/25229906@N00/18829703193

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Re: Help with GT mark revised

Postby Traintime » Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:41 pm

Claimed establishment to 1889: https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TW ... IN--------

Elsewhere, visited Chicago 1893 for Jewelers' Convention and Columbian Exposition. Mention again with another individual in JC 1892 (Internet Archives full text malfunctioning).


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