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J. B. Shepard, Who Was This Silversmith
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:21 pm
by FoundInNC
Re: J. B. Shepard, Who Was This Silversmith
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:28 pm
by FoundInNC
Re: J. B. Shepard, Who Was This Silversmith
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 3:05 am
by dognose
Re: J. B. Shepard, Who Was This Silversmith
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:34 pm
by dragonflywink
McGrew's 'Manufacturers' Marks on American Coin Silver' (2004) attributes those pseudo-marks to John O. & Walter Pitkin of East Hartford, CT [partnership 1830-40], noting use by retailer J.B. Shepard, with no further information...
~Cheryl
Re: J. B. Shepard, Who Was This Silversmith
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:50 pm
by FoundInNC
dognose wrote:Images embedded:
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@Dognose, @DragonFlyWink, Thank you guys for the help, hopefully someone knows more about this silversmith.
Re: J. B. Shepard, Who Was This Silversmith
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:21 am
by Traintime
You could start your pickin's of Pitkins trail right here:
https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.co ... /SSP5.html
Re: J. B. Shepard, Who Was This Silversmith
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:38 pm
by silverly
John Shepard jeweller appears in the 1836 Longworth's American Almanac, New York Register and City Directory at 149 Reade.
The death of a John Shepard is reported in the 1841 "The New World" on 11 October 1841 at Canajoharie, Montgomery County formerly of Hartford, Connecticut of the firm of Grinnell & Shepard of this city.
I don't know if these are the same gentleman or the man we're looking for, just a possibility.