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Is this the Jonathan Danforth who died December 1820 and lived in Middletown Connecticut?

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IpelletD...one for John Davis Philadelphia (unless you've ruled it out already): https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.co ... /SSD1.html

Erp..John David, working 1755-1793.

Danforth family is all coming up as pewtersmiths: http://www.americansilversmiths.org/mak ... /87214.htm

I just have not seen this form of spoon so early :: if it is 1790 then I would not expect to see such a flared handle and the two tiny points behind the bowl. ::: Maybe the silversmith was ahead of his time? I have read of a couple of unidentified I D hallmarks, but perhaps it is the Philadelphia 1790. :

What is that addendum about John David working in his father’s shop in philladelphia until 1811? That seems to be more likely based on the form. Is that the original John David or did John David have a son?

I am guessing this is the son of John David also named John David who worked at his fathers shop until 1811 although I don’t have a precise match for the hallmark

John Davenport is what I just found in a reference book with a hallmark extremely similar to this spoon and the dates of his working life seem more consistent with an early 19th century form

Apparently the John Davenport which Louise Conway Belden attributes this hallmark to worked in Baltimore and Philadelphia 1789-1796 and listed deceased 1801 so hopefully this clears up the confusion

In “Maryland silversmiths 1715-1830” the authors Pleasant & Sill have him listed as “Jonathan Davenport” and they state that nothing certain is known as to Davenport’s silver or his mark. It shows an I pellet D hallmark that is similar but the attribution is tentative.

Deceased 13 August 1797 is another more precise documentation, so this spoon form occurs much earlier than I would have thought.....