Silver Smith?

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Silver Smith?

Postby PW333abc » Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:09 am

Hello!

I would be very grateful for helpful help. I have 2 spoons that I assume are made in America. They are stamped CF Hurd, I suppose it's the retailer? What I wonder is who the silver smith is and when they can be made?

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Per






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Re: Silver Smith?

Postby Traintime » Sun Nov 29, 2020 12:37 pm

C.F. Hurd shown deceased in 1921 Jewelers Circular: https://books.google.com/books?id=dFUcA ... rd&f=false

Full image of piece could determine earliest possible date by pattern.

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Re: Silver Smith?

Postby PW333abc » Sun Nov 29, 2020 5:06 pm

Hello everyone!

Thank you very much for the answers.

Best regards

Per

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Re: Silver Smith?

Postby silverly » Sun Nov 29, 2020 6:35 pm

Traintime wrote:C.F. Hurd shown deceased in 1921 Jewelers Circular: https://books.google.com/books?id=dFUcA ... rd&f=false


I'm afraid he was simply on a committee on deceased members of the Jewelers Association in 1921. Charles Frost Hurd was born in 1853 in New York and died there in 1929.

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Re: Silver Smith?

Postby Traintime » Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:54 am

Quite right S. Guess I got lazy on blowing up the images. Here's a link to local obits (scroll way down): http://orleans.nygenweb.net/obits/obith3.htm

JC indicates he retired about 10 years earlier (c.1919), so that should be the cut off >if< the firm closed then.

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Re: Silver Smith?

Postby PW333abc » Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:03 am

Hello everyone!

Thank you very much for the answers.

Best regards

Per


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