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 Info on english A&C silversmith (LAC) and resources to identify newer marks
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rhewins Posts: 2 |
posted 02-10-2001 08:05 PM
  
I have a wonderful sterling vase with the makers mark LAC. It also has the London mark 1932. The only maker's mark I have found that corresponds is the Crichton Bros from 1916/17. The vase is all hand raised and chased, and is magnificent. I was wondering a) if anyone out theere has heard of the Crichton Bros, and has any information on the maker, b) if there is an alternative possibible maker with the LAC mark, C) if there are any books with newer makers marks in them i.e. form 1910 to the present, and also information on the makers themselves. I am frequently getting fine quality silver by more recent english silversmiths from the 1920s and 30s and 40s and later, but there is no information out there. Can anyone help? thank you. Rosalie IP: Logged |
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tagny Posts: 6 |
posted 02-12-2001 12:54 PM
Hi, LAC stands for Lionel A. Crichton, don't know if he was the father or one of the brothers. Crichton Brothers of London specialized in high quality reproductions of early silver and they had a retail shop on 5th Avenue in New York until sometime before WWII. Not much but hope this helps. tag IP: Logged |
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karen Posts: 16 |
posted 02-12-2001 01:49 PM
Crichton Brothers, of London, founded by Lionel Alfred Crichton (hence the maker's mark)in Kensington, around 1890, and subsequently with branches in New York and Chicago. They were good makers often of designs inspired by Georgian originals, but not slavishly copying them, and of very good quality and great gauge, and indeed sometimes better than the originals. Because they were London (-registered) makers before about 1914, they are They enjoyed good market share by selling to North America, as the effect of both wars on the english silversmith community saw the number of assayed wares from London drop from 1.5million annually to 249,000. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 02-12-2001 05:00 PM
Another good reference work is English, Irish & Scottish Silver At the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute, by Beth Carver Wees. For example, this publication has over 100 mentions or examples including marks for Crichton Brothers, London; Crichton & Co., Ltd., New York. IP: Logged |
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