Help with mark

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mdlock
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Help with mark

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Hello I have a beautiful bent ladle made by Simon Janowitz. It has a couple Mark's I cant really see. Please help. The piece has a beautiful Phoenix or Griffon on it and a patent date of 1873.

https://ibb.co/VMVRqpv
https://ibb.co/K0XqKtv
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Re: Help with mark

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Made by Whiting & Co, retailed by Janowitz.
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I believe the designer was Charles Osborne and the retailer was Richard Janowitz of Baltimore.
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For the record, that is the "Arabesque"pattern of Whiting.
https://www.925-1000.com/patterns_Whiting_2.html
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Re: Help with mark

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finnegan wrote:For the record, that is the "Arabesque"pattern of Whiting.
https://www.925-1000.com/patterns_Whiting_2.html
Thank you very much.
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Re: Help with mark

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mdlock wrote:...Simon Janowitz.
Looking at the Janowitz's again, this piece could easily have been retailed by the father. Simon and sons were watchmakers.
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