Need Identification of W. Forbes with mark of wild boar(javelina)

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Author	Topic: Need Identification of W. Forbes with mark of wild boar(javelina)
lkloring@aol.com Posts: 2 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 04-18-2000 11:44 AM My father has a large handforged pitcher. It is highly decorative and detailed. The markings on the bottom of the pitcher include W. Forbes, New Orleans and a wild boar(javelina). Would really appreciate finding more information on this maker and the pitcher. I have numerous photos available. Thanks LKS IP: Logged
Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 Registered: May 99	posted 04-18-2000 01:06 PM I'd refer this one to Deborah Waters at the Museum of the City of New York. William Forbes was a New York silvermsith, but there was a great deal of New York/New Orleans back and forth in the early 19th century. The "javelina" mark is an oddity, and I don't think I found it in any of my standard sources. But Dr. Waters is the one most likely to know the movements of William Forbes and any New Orleans connection. IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 04-18-2000 08:38 PM The javelina mark may be that shown in Belden under William Garret Forbes, mark "C." I do not have an example of the mark among my Forbes pieces, but have seen it on a ladle (way out of my budget, more's the pity) in a dealer's shop. It does look like a boar's head, very similar in design to the Paris guarantee mark in use after 1838. IP: Logged

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