Tongs N S with an Anchor

[silverly]

Anybody recognize these marks? Scottish provincial (Greenock) is my uninformed guess. Thank you in advance for any help that might be given.

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[carlislepaul]

Silverly

In the Silver Spoon Club journal, 19/02, December 2008, in the auction section a photograph of an identical pair of tongs with your marks plus a makers mark PN is attributed to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada circa 1855.

Regards

Paul
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[dognose]

'PN' almost certainly would be Peter Nordbeck.

Trev.
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[silverly]

Thank you Paul and Trev. The Nova Scotia attribution was given with these tongs when they were purchased, but I was afraid it had something to do with N S. At the same time, there was something familiar about the mark.

Is there anything beyond the auction claims to connect this mark to Nova Scotia? Thanks again.
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[2209patrick]

Hello.

Here are a couple of sets of marks attributed to Peter Nordbeck.



From 1837 to 1859 he employed a number of skilled workers and training apprentices including Langford, M.S. Brown, Vieth, Witham and others.

Pat.
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[silverly]

Thank you Pat. Very convincing. Sorry for the skepticism Paul. It goes with the territory I think.

Pat
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