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Scott Martin
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iconnumber posted 04-08-2000 01:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott Martin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Some months ago I was sent an e-mail by a user with an attached very good photo of 8 pieces of flatware. The photo file size was 247k compressed 3.18 meg uncompressed which is much too large for posting. I helped them edit the file into two smaller images of 27k and 30k each. I then sent the photos back to them and forgot about it.

I was cleaning thing up and rediscovered the photos. The user never posted the photos and question. What follows is their question -- Have fun!

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Does anyone know any of the names/makers of my unknown coin silver die-stamped pieces? Thanks.


It would have been helpful to have received photos or information about the marks .....

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Trefid

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iconnumber posted 04-17-2000 10:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Trefid     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Actually, I think this is posted as a topic somewhere else on the forums, but anyway:

  1. incised HASLETT & KENNEDY (retailer), no other marks;
  2. stampeded COIN, no other marks;
  3. marked C & R, with the ampersand in long diamond for Coles & Reynolds and the number 26--I'm after the pattern name only;
  4. incised I. GARRISON (retailer), no other marks;
  5. incised COIN, no other marks. This pattern is now known to be made by both Wood & Hughes and Gorham. The W&H pattern name is still unknown.
  6. stamped PURE COIN and PATENT, leading one to believe that it was made by either Newell Harding or Farrington & Hunnewell--no other marks;
  7. the knife is part of a youth set all stamped COIN, but I've a sugar shell stamped STERLING. No other marks;
  8. I have 6 pieces of this pattern and all of them are stamped COIN and a single-digit number.

No other marks. As you see, the marks are not all that helpful. Any further information would be most welcome.

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Paul Lemieux

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iconnumber posted 02-22-2001 12:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Paul Lemieux     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Though it doesn't aid in pinning down the maker, I thought somebody might be interested in seeing a fish set I have in pattern #7.

It's only marked sterling. The top part is applied separately to the rod, and the decoration on the rod is applied as well. One might say the construction is slightly crude.

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