Sterling Picture Frame ID
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:47 am
by JeffTheGreat
I am guessing this is American. Sterling footed oval frame. The logo is three diamonds with the letters I, N, D.
Can any one identify the age and maker?
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Re: Sterling Picture Frame ID
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:28 pm
by silverly
From the Encylcopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, Revised 5th Edition, by Dorothy T Rainwater & Martin and Colette Fuller, the mark is I N Deitsch New York, New York, listed in Jeweler's Circulars 1904-15 as manufacturers of sterling silverware. No records after circa 1920.
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Re: Sterling Picture Frame ID
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:05 am
by JeffTheGreat
Thank you.
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Re: Sterling Picture Frame ID
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:22 pm
by silverly
You're welcome. Isaac Newton Deitsch died in 1919, so it's not too surprising that there is not much further record of the company after 1920.
I believe Isaac was the middle brother between Charles and Edward Joseph Deitsch who were the founders of Deitsch Bros .
There's a few "unusual" Deitsch Bros ads in this 1898 edition of the Jeweler's Circulars that caught my attention:
http://books.google.com/books?id=4HMoAA ... ch&f=false.