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FWG Posts: 845 |
posted 09-24-2006 04:07 PM
  
This olive server has had me baffled for some time: It's almost Bauhaus in style, and nicely handmade from four pieces: the bowl and two side ribs are separately made and soldered to the handle. Overall length is 8 inches. It's marked at the fork end sterling, with a pretty generic commercial punch, and at the other end WESP, apparently from a single punch. The ribs are asymmetrically mounted, and along with the front of the handle notched to create a kind of machine-age architectural form. The bowl is a simple domed disc; the fork was split and forged from the handle. Does anyone recognize this? IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 09-24-2006 06:29 PM
It may be the mark of a descendent of arts & crafts silversmith Franklin Porter of Danvers, MA. According to Rainwater, his daughther marked silver HLP, and his adopted son used a mark of ESDP. WESP may be another relative; it would fit the pattern if nothing else. Does anyone know more about Franklin Porter and his family? Brent IP: Logged |
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