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anneu Posts: 2 Registered: Sep 99	posted 09-16-2000 01:09 PM I recently purchase 4 modernistic cocktail forks marked sterling on the back and a makers mark in an elongated diamond..CHA..the H is larger than the other two letters. I have looked in Rainwater but don't see that particular mark. Does anyone have any idea as to the maker? IP: Logged
Brent Posts: 1507 Registered: May 99	posted 09-16-2000 10:18 PM Unfortunately, I don't think I can help you right now. The mark you describe is unfamiliar to me. The maker might well be contemporary, and may take a while to be "discovered" by silver historians. There are some excellent modern crafts-people out there, and it might be from one of them. If the forks are stylish and of good quality, you might be just be ahead of the collecting curve! I will continue to look for a reference to your mark. I'll let you know if I find anything! Brent IP: Logged
callie unregistered	posted 09-19-2000 10:57 AM Is it possible that your forks are Canadian? There was a silversmith in the mid-1940s by the name of Carl H. Ansingh. He was a co-founder of the Metal Arts Guild in Toronto. I've searched both my US and Canadian metals databases and this is the only hit. I also tried H as the surname, initials C A but came up with nothing. Callie in Toronto IP: Logged
Brent Posts: 1507 Registered: May 99	posted 09-19-2000 11:39 AM Sounds like a likely suspect to me. Canadian silversmiths are poorly documented, at least in print. Callie, if you don't mind me asking, are these personal or academic databases? I would love to have some source for information in 20th century Canadian silversmiths. Also, does the mark in my recent topic "Unknown Maker - Native American?" ring any bells? Thank you! Brent IP: Logged
Callie unregistered	posted 09-19-2000 02:37 PM Brent The databases are personal, developed as I researched my father, Harold Stacey. I wasn't finding much in print about 20th century Canadian metals, handmade, so kept track of whatever I did find. And since he worked in the US and with Solve Hallqvist, I began assembling US info too! No, I can't find a match for AK in my files...but that only means it's incomplete! I checked both US and Canadian. The only possible match is Arthur Nevill Kirk, a Brit who worked in the US and in Canada. But I would think he'd sign HNK, wouldn't you? I check this site all the time for more info, and to see if I can be of any help, in my own amateurish way. Callie IP: Logged
June Martin Forum Master Posts: 1326 Registered: Apr 93	posted 10-01-2000 08:49 PM Callie, Please email us. We have something we would like to share with you. Thanks. IP: Logged

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