Help ID this Pill Box.....

[pablo7]

Searched online but found nothing except this forum. Can someone help me I.D. this pill box, marked SF with an arrow through it and the word sterling after it.Seems to have an X P marked on the lid.

Thanks in advance.

[pablo7]

[silverly]

Should be Swift and Fisher. Here's an old post that is missing the images, but it sounds like your trademark: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... row#p51937

[dognose]

Hi,

Welcome to the Forum.

Swift & Fisher of North Attleboro were known makers of ecclesiastical items. It would a pyx rather than a pill box.



Trev.

[dragonflywink]

The 'Chi-Rho' symbols on the top and the clasp are a bit of a give-away to its use...

~Cheryl

[pablo7]

Thanks for the responses.

Is Swift and Fisher still around?

And how would I go about putting a date on this piece?

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[silverly]

I don't have an exact chronology for them, but from what I am seeing in directories, they started out as Furbish, Swift & Fisher in the first decade of the twentieth century and by the second decade they were Swift & Fisher who continued to be listed until at least the mid sixties.

[silverly]

Here's what the USPTO site has about them.

Word Mark SF
Goods and Services (EXPIRED) IC 014. US 028. G & S: ECCLESIASTICAL GOODS-NAMELY, CHALICES, CIBROIUMS, SANCTUARY LAMPS, JEWEL LAMPS, BAPTISMAL SETS, BAPTISMAL SHELLS, BAPTISMAL CANDLE HOLDERS, PATENS, PYXES, OIL STOCKS, HOLY WATER SPRINKLERS, SICK CALL SETS, COPE CLASPS, VEIL CLASPS, TABERNACLE KEY TASSELS, ABLUTION CUPS, VASES, CRUET SETS AND TRAYS, LUNA HOLDERS, BREAD BOXES, AND ALTER SETS; AND RELIGIOUS ARTICLES-NAMELY, VOTIVE LAMPS, CRUCIFIXES, CROSSES, ROSARIES, MEDALS, BADGES, EMBLEMS, RINGS, AND BOOKMARKS, MADE IN WHOLE OR IN PART OF PRECIOUS METAL OR PLATED WITH SAME. FIRST USE: 19120729. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19120729
Mark Drawing Code (3) DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS
Design Search Code 24.15.25 - Other arrows
Serial Number 71470641
Filing Date May 25, 1944
Current Basis 1A
Original Filing Basis 1A
Registration Number 0414427
Registration Date June 12, 1945
Owner (LAST LISTED OWNER) SWIFT & FISHER, INC. MASSACHUSETTS. NORTH ATTLEBORO, MASS.
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Affidavit Text SECT 12C. SECT 15.
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD

One of the private online trademark sites says the registration of your mark expired in 1986.

[dragonflywink]

Swift & Fisher was acquired by Alviti Creations of Attleboro, MA, they're still producing a line of chalices under the name - they have a website.

~Cheryl