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I just purchased this spoon. It's marked J.O. & W. Pitkin. I believe the mark refers to John Owen Pitkin and Walter M. Pitkin, based on the following:

https://americansilversmiths.org/makers ... /21712.htm

This would put the date around 1830-1840.

Just a couple of questions:

• Is this solid coin silver?
• Does the attribution seem correct?

The images are below. Thank you in advance!

Yes and yes. They also produced wholesale goods for scores of retailers as far west as Indiana. Pieces would sometimes be marked as yours, but more often [star] [eagle] [P] (in no particular order), then countermarked by the seller.

Thank you! What about these Farrington & Hunnewell spoons? I just purchased them this morning. Hopefully they're legit, too.

Yes, they are legit, as you say, and very common. Information on the firm can be found on my site under John Farrington.

I hope you didn't pay too much for any of these.

wev wrote:Yes, they are legit, as you say, and very common. Information on the firm can be found on my site under John Farrington.

I hope you didn't pay too much for any of these.

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You're good then.