Unknown maker and pattern - PL Giessler Retailer

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hpidaves
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Unknown maker and pattern - PL Giessler Retailer

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This 6" coin silver teaspoon has the retailer mark of "P.L. GEISSLER & CO", but no maker's mark. Geissler operated in Evansville, IN from 1871 to 1881. It might be a tall order, but I am curious as to maker and pattern.

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Re: Unknown maker and pattern - PL Giessler Retailer

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Philip Louis Giessler a watchmaker and jeweller who was born in Evansville, Indiana on 9 March 1840 and died there on 30 May 1909 seems like of very good possibility for the retailer of this spoon at the least. The pattern is completely unfamiliar to me. From personal experience, I wouldn't have expected it to be American. But new things come into my view all the time.
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