Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

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Help with Id coin silver Boston Mt Washington House

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Marked what I can read H G ??? the Boston then My Washington House.
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Can you post at a larger format like 640?
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Sdcookie2 wrote:Marked what I can read H G ??? the Boston then My Washington House.
Any help appreciated

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Perhaps clear up this...Does it read Mount (MT.) Washington House or My Washington House...a big difference as Longfellow's House in Boston is where Washington once lived and Mount Washington could refer to some other structures. And the dating could bear on the maker or retailer marks....for instance Henry Guild (using full name mark) was a Boston manufacturing jeweler in the middle decades of the 19th century. Some of these guys might have alternate marks as maker or retailer.
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It does read Mt
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I am trying to read the word after HG it might be a last name or.....?
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The last part is indistinguishable, there does seem to be a. Between the H and the g
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Mt. Washington House in South Boston was a resident home of the Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind c 1840
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In 1838 the former hotel closed and the contents were sold at auction.
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The most likely candidate is Henry Gooding

Compare his primary mark shown to yours
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By golly I think that is it, wow thank you so much for all your help.
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sometimes taking home a hotel spoon ends up preserving history, not that I would ever. . .
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