c.1780 Table Spoon marked KINGSTON

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c.1780 Table Spoon marked KINGSTON

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A silver table spoon with feather edging, c.1780. Marked simply KINGSTON. Does anyone know who this is?

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Hi Miles,

There is at least one Canadian maker, from Kingston, Ontario, who stamped KINGSTON on his silver.

Langdon has a picture and attribution for George Spanenberg. Although the example of KINGSTON there appears a little different, it might be a good place to start.

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John Kingston
Freeman NYC 28 March 1775; working in Shelborne Canada during Revolution; returned to NYC in 1794 and died there in 1796.

What is the monogram on the spoon?
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To add to the last, he and his wife (Mary Garrison, married NYC 10 April 1779) with a child and two servants went to Shelburne as part of the Port Roseway Associates in 1783 and were granted a town lot. The following year, he was granted 50 acres in Lunemburg County. There is nothing recorded indicating his occupation during this period. On his return to NYC, he opened a shop on Read Street, then at 3 Bowery Lane by 1795.
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