Coin silver lg spoon, A K P Walker.

[lynniewinnie]

Any info about this maker?
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[admin]

post the information you are seeking within the message box, not just in the title.
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[dmay]

I don't know what the initials stand for, but AKP Walker was a silversmith from Richmond, ME c. 1860-1875.
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[lynniewinnie]

Thanks dmay---that helps!
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[wev]

He was a jeweler, actually, and still working as such at the time of the 1880 census.
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[lynniewinnie]

Don't know if being a jeweler has anything to do with how intricately etched my spoon is----it's actually a small serving spoon and quite lovely. Thanks again for the info.
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[wev]

Nothing at all, except that it is extremely unlikely that Mr. Walker had anything more to do with the piece past selling it across his counter.
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[lynniewinnie]

If the piece is marked AKP Walker would that not be the silversmith? This is definitely a coin silver spoon....might the AKP Walker/jeweler be the wrong guy?
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[wev]

It was typical for jewelers and merchants to mark goods with their name for retail. It was also typical that they bought such goods in quantity from wholesale manufacturers, most of whom remain unknown and untraced today. I seriously doubt there were two Albion King Paris Walker's (to give his full name) floating about in the trade.
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[lynniewinnie]

Yes I know that tradition continued even to today, I imagine, but for sure during the Shreve and Tiffany times, but I didn't realize it started way back in coin silver days.....Thanks, and for the full name!
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