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Coin silver lg spoon, A K P Walker.
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:49 pm
by lynniewinnie
Any info about this maker?
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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:42 pm
by admin
post the information you are seeking within the message box, not just in the title.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:09 pm
by dmay
I don't know what the initials stand for, but AKP Walker was a silversmith from Richmond, ME c. 1860-1875.
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AKP Walker
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:21 pm
by lynniewinnie
Thanks dmay---that helps!
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:12 pm
by wev
He was a jeweler, actually, and still working as such at the time of the 1880 census.
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dmay--my spoon is very fancy
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:46 pm
by lynniewinnie
Don't know if being a jeweler has anything to do with how intricately etched my spoon is----it's actually a small serving spoon and quite lovely. Thanks again for the info.
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:05 pm
by wev
Nothing at all, except that it is extremely unlikely that Mr. Walker had anything more to do with the piece past selling it across his counter.
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wev....does that mean that AKP Walker was not the smithy?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:23 pm
by lynniewinnie
If the piece is marked AKP Walker would that not be the silversmith? This is definitely a coin silver spoon....might the AKP Walker/jeweler be the wrong guy?
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:03 pm
by wev
It was typical for jewelers and merchants to mark goods with their name for retail. It was also typical that they bought such goods in quantity from wholesale manufacturers, most of whom remain unknown and untraced today. I seriously doubt there were two Albion King Paris Walker's (to give his full name) floating about in the trade.
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awesome wev...
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:38 am
by lynniewinnie
Yes I know that tradition continued even to today, I imagine, but for sure during the Shreve and Tiffany times, but I didn't realize it started way back in coin silver days.....Thanks, and for the full name!
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