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nautilusjv Posts: 253 Registered: Nov 2008	posted 11-27-2011 10:02 AM Hi Everyone! A pretty sugar spoon with goldwashed bowl. It is marked Chas. Bickelman. I could not find anything about him in my reference books or online. Was he the maker or the retailer? Thanks for your thoughts! IP: Logged
vathek Posts: 966 Registered: Jun 99	posted 11-27-2011 10:13 AM My guess because of the mark is that he was the retailer, and it may be coin silver. IP: Logged
nautilusjv Posts: 253 Registered: Nov 2008	posted 11-27-2011 10:19 AM Thanks Vathek! I was thinking coin as well. And yes, the way the mark is struck seems like a retailer. Thanks again. IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 11-27-2011 10:53 AM Charles Bickelman was a jeweler and watchmaker in Schenectady NY lasting well into the 1940s. IP: Logged
nautilusjv Posts: 253 Registered: Nov 2008	posted 11-27-2011 10:55 AM Thanks Wev! When did his business begin? Thanks, Kelly IP: Logged
nautilusjv Posts: 253 Registered: Nov 2008	posted 11-27-2011 11:09 AM In the September 13, 1893 Jeweler's Circular it states: "A judgement of $168 has been entered against Charles Bickelman, Schenectady, NY." I guess he lost a lawsuit, but no further details mentioned. In the January 26, 1906 proceedings for the Common Council of the city of Schenectady it states:"I, hereby, appoint Charles Bickelman, custodian of clocks for repair and care of the same, from Jan. 1st, 1906 to Jan. 1st, 1908, at an annual salary of $200." The 1920 census lists his birth year as "about 1858". IP: Logged
dragonflywink Posts: 993 Registered: Dec 2002	posted 11-27-2011 01:05 PM Not where I can check my references, but believe that's S.L. & G.H. Rogers Simeon No. 1 silverplate pattern, seem to recall it as introduced right around 1900. ~Cheryl IP: Logged
nautilusjv Posts: 253 Registered: Nov 2008	posted 11-27-2011 01:17 PM Thanks Cheryl. I looked up the pattern and it is indeed Simeon No. 1 introduced in 1907. You are our grand prize winner! Alas, I had hoped it might be coin. It is still a lovely spoon in superb condition. Thanks again, Kelly IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 11-27-2011 02:52 PM Carl Bickelmann is listed as a seventeen year old German watchmaker on a 31 August 1874 New York passenger list. I had doubts about the piece being coin silver, so I looked up the pattern in Tere Hagan's book, but I see you have the information already. [This message has been edited by bascall (edited 11-27-2011).] IP: Logged
nautilusjv Posts: 253 Registered: Nov 2008	posted 11-27-2011 03:02 PM Thanks Bascall, that is another interesting fact about Charles Bickelman. It is fascinating and so appealing to me how this simple plate spoon that I pulled out of a big box of flatware and that was almost black, connects me now to another life and another time. It is one of the things I enjoy most about collecting silver and other antiques- the traces of those who have gone before us. IP: Logged

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