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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 08-07-2000 10:47 AM
  
Does anyone have knowledge of this partnership? The mark is incuse on a set of typical 1830 downturned fiddleback teaspoons. I suspect the Baldwin may be Jebediah Baldwin (1769-1849) who had any number of partners, but I have found no listing of a Cowles. There are several lines of Cowles in my silversmith tree, intimately linked with half a dozen smiths, so it seems reasonable that one of that name took up the trade. Does anyone have a reference? IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 08-07-2000 11:52 AM
Here's a theory, for what it's worth. Redfearn's Indiana Silversmiths lists an E.J. Baldwin, who worked as a jeweler in Columbus, Ohio about 1851 before moving on to greater success in Indiananpolis. His life prior to 1851 is unknown, and he died around 1859. Presumably he had a career in the business prior to 1851, and possibly in Ohio. Kovel and others list a Ralph Cowles and a Royal Cowles working in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1840's - 50's. I do not have the book on early Ohio silver, so I don't know any more than this. Cleveland and Columbus are not exactly next door to one another, but the state is right. It seems to me that your spoons might be a result of a partnership between E.J. Baldwin and one of the Cowles, in Ohio. This is just a guess, but the possibility is there. What do you think? IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 08-08-2000 12:32 AM
I think you win the prize for today! Thank you for the excellent point in the right direction, sir. I have shifted through the dusty pages and managed to link up Ralph and Royal Cowles in my silver maker's tree. They are directly related, along the Goodwin and Cowle family lines, to Allyn & Horace Goodwin, Marcus, Samuel & Silas Merriman, and Roswell Bartholomew. Ralph Cowles was born in Litchfield CT in 1792 to Asa and Sibyll (Merrill) Cowles. He moved to Ohio by at least 1819 where he married Delia Benton in Claridon that year. She was descended from several old Saybrook & New Haven families. Their son, Royal, was born about 1827 and presumably learned the craft from his father. As to the partnership in question, I have had little luck tracing E. J. Baldwin. Looking over the matter, I think the Cowles half was Ralph and, given his early years and training in Hartford, the Baldwin was perhaps Ebenezer Baldwin who was working in Hartford c 1800-1837 or Jedediah Baldwin who, after the dissolution of his partnership with Nathaniel Storrs in 1794, wandered about the eastern seaboard and had shops in both New Hampshire and Connecticut. Perhaps a bit more research (there's always a bit more) will find out the story. [This message has been edited by wev (edited 08-08-2000).] IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 02-15-2001 03:23 PM
I was just looking throught the tail end of Ensko IV and discovered a little section of unascribed marks. Baldwin & Cowles is included there. It is, however, listed with a companion mark of "C. Richards". If we can track down a C. Richards, we might be able to make progress on Baldwin & Cowles. Kovel is no help, as usual. IP: Logged |
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bascall Posts: 1629 |
posted 07-29-2008 02:33 AM
There is a silversmith named Charles Richards in the 1850 U S Federal Census for Litchfield, Medina County, Ohio. Cleveland is less than forty miles from Litchfield. IP: Logged |
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