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by silversam
Sat Mar 29, 2025 5:50 pm
Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
Topic: Help with 18th century mug? Very heavy 370 grams
Replies: 2
Views: 1452

Re: Help with 18th century mug? Very heavy 370 grams

Perhaps Edmund Milne, Philadelphia (b.1724-d.1822). See Philadelphia Silversmiths and Related Artisans to 1861, by Catherine B. Hollan.
by silversam
Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:07 pm
Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
Topic: One For Show J. B. Hill.
Replies: 8
Views: 4317

Re: One For Show J. B. Hill.

Hi,

Based upon the shape of the spoon I'd consider John Beckford Hill, born 1824, died 1904, a jeweler and watchmaker of Beverly, MA as a possible for the mark.
by silversam
Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:00 pm
Forum: Coin Silversmiths ~ American pre-1860
Topic: R Parker eagle back spoon
Replies: 4
Views: 6948

Re: R Parker eagle back spoon

Please check Catherine Hollan's book on Philadelphia Silversmiths. She doesn't have much but does show your mark for Richard Parker working in 1785.
Nice spoon!
by silversam
Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:16 pm
Forum: Russian Silver
Topic: Cup marked ER over 82
Replies: 0
Views: 2234

Cup marked ER over 82

Hello All,
I'm not a frequent poster so please bear with me.
I recently acquired this cup along with some other items. I know very little about Russian silver but the marks seemed to be Russian. I did find out that the 82 fineness mark was used a little in the late 18th century which would seem to ...
by silversam
Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:18 am
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Please help with demi-lion rampant holding a ?
Replies: 2
Views: 3653

Re: Please help with demi-lion rampant holding a ?

David,
Thank you for your helpful comments. Now I know what to call the object the lion is holding.
by silversam
Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:18 am
Forum: Family Crests
Topic: Please help with demi-lion rampant holding a ?
Replies: 2
Views: 3653

Please help with demi-lion rampant holding a ?

Hello,
I know very little about family crests but I have reached a dead end tracking down the maker of this Hanoverian tablespoon.

https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg
https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg
The mark is quite rubbed, but through a little twisting and turning I believe the ...
by silversam
Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:58 am
Forum: Irish Hallmarks
Topic: Irish provincial maker?
Replies: 24
Views: 50383

Re: Irish provincial maker?

Thank you.
The salt spoon is one of a group of three. One has totally worn engraving. Close ups of the other two, also very worn, are attached.
As best I can figure, the engraving seems to be a buck.
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by silversam
Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:34 am
Forum: Irish Hallmarks
Topic: Irish provincial maker?
Replies: 24
Views: 50383

Re: Irish provincial maker?

Hello All,
This is my first post here so please forgive if I do so improperly.
Pictures are of a fiddle with shoulders salt spoon bearing what appears to be the IRH mark discussed above and a rubbed STER mark. Seems inconsistent with the 18th century John Irish attribution but I have yet to locate ...

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