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Brent Moderator Posts: 1457 |
posted 06-20-2006 08:40 PM
  
 Here is a wonderful little piece from a maker I had not encountered before. It is a souvenir Bon Bon server in the shape of a California poppy, suitable washed in an orange-y gold. The handle is set at a tangent to the bowl, something I had seen on one or two other bonbons from various makers, but hardly common. According to Rainwater, George Shreve left Shreve & Co. in 1912 and set up shop around the corner with Treat & Eacret, and were in business until 1941. Shreve & Co. marked silver is reasonably common, but this is the first piece of ST&E I have seen. Does anyone else have a piece to share? Maybe they concentrated on jewelry, and didn't produce much in the way of flatware and holloware? Or perhaps people just call it Shreve and don't make the distinction? Brent [This message has been edited by Scott Martin (edited 06-20-2006).] IP: Logged |
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Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 547 |
posted 06-21-2006 11:36 AM
Brent, I have done no research on this, but this looks very much like the work of Paye & Baker. IP: Logged |
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Brent Moderator Posts: 1457 |
posted 06-21-2006 10:46 PM
I agree, stylistically it does look like a P&B product. However, this piece is quite substantial, as opposed to the average P&B piece that could be bent in half by a stong breeze:-). I think Paye & Baker, like Manchester, would be a lot more appreciated today if their flaware were not so flimsy. The designs are certainly not the problem. Brent IP: Logged |
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dragonflywink Posts: 555 |
posted 06-22-2006 12:25 AM
Many of my favorite souvenir spoons are by Paye & Baker (several even have a nice weight to them) and by Watson. Feel sure this is a Watson piece, Rainwater's American Spoons (2nd edition, plate 690) shows a very similar Honolulu, Hawaii hibiscus flower bon-bon. Cheryl ;o) IP: Logged |
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Paul Lemieux Moderator Posts: 1537 |
posted 06-22-2006 09:34 AM
Yes, I feel as well that this is a Watson example. IP: Logged |
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IJP Posts: 325 |
posted 06-22-2006 07:17 PM
Hmmm, Brent... looks like another example of mistaking the retailer's mark for a maker's mark  In the absence of a trademark stamp, I'm sure I would have guessed the same. In fact, I'm a little surprised that so many members immediately came up with suggestions for the true attribution! IP: Logged |
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Brent Moderator Posts: 1457 |
posted 06-22-2006 09:56 PM
Sure enough. Not quite sure why I was thinking it was made by ST&E; I guess the connection to the Shreve factory made me think it might have been a home-grown product. Anyway, it could well be a Watson piece; does anyone have a definite Watson piece with only a retailer's mark to seal the deal? Brent IP: Logged |
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