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I am trying to find out about this maker-maybe a pa. or New York State maker in the Buffalo area or Erie, Pa. This is where the family was from and I have about 2 generations of spoons by this maker.



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Your spoon was made by Julius Hollister born in 1818 in Glastonbury, Hartford, CT. He worked with Oliver Seymour in Hartford, CT, c.1845 as Seymour & Oliver. He alswo worked in Oswego, New York and for a while in Greenfield, MA. He may have also been associated with the Griswald Brothers of Middletown, CT. I have seen coins silver spoons with both marks.

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Thank you so much. This is indeed my mark--I still need someone to tell me how to get a picture in with my request. I would like to help by recording some of these marks for those still searching. Thank you. Diana Rawlins
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Hi Diana,
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The spoons were made by John Hollister. He had a store in Greenfield, MA from 1844 to 1964 (3 generations). I have several of the spoons and a Jewelry and Coin store called Hollister Jewelry and Coins. John Hollister was my great great grandfather. Hope this helps.
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I have never seen a record of any John, but Joseph Harvey Hollister is well documented from the 1850s on as a jeweler in Greenfield, as was his son Edward later on. The mark shown, however, is not his, but belongs to his third cousin, the silversmith Julius, as others have posted.
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The business name J H Hollister jewelers continued to be listed in Greenfield business directories until at least 1956 with Edward H Hollister Jr as the proprietor at that time.
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A perhaps another member of the same family, R.C. Hollister of Westfield, Massachusetts:


R.C. Hollister - Westfield, Mass. - 1919

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