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Linda Snyder Posts: 17 |
posted 03-08-2002 10:10 AM
  
Hello again wev. In going through more of this inherited silver, I ran across an unidentifiable ladle. I'm having trouble with my digital camera [actually I think its operator error] right now, but will try to get a picture in the next day. There are only 3 initials on the back of this spoon. The first is an "F" in a shield. The second is an "A" in a circle, and the third is a "B" in a shield. No other marking. Since the decedent largely collected coin silver, I'm wondering if it is coin. The bowl of the ladle has multiple holes pierced into it indicating, I suppose, that it is a vegetable-type or berry-type ladle. It bowl is fluted with scalloped edges. The bowl has gold guilding. Going up the handle, next, there is an area of about 4" that is twisted. The top of the spoon has a brilliant-cut design that appears to be a bow cut into the design with what looks like berries. It is the most ornate spoon of hers that I have run across to date. If you don't think this is coin silver, I will post this question in the general silver forum. Once again, thanks so much for your help. IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 03-08-2002 11:03 AM
The mark is for Francis A. Bunnelle. He began working about 1853 as partner with Andrew Schreuder as BUNNELLE & SCHREUDER in Syracuse NY. The partnership desolved in 1857 and Bunnelle joined up with Joseph Seymour, evidently handling the production of flatware. He left Seymour in 1862 and worked on his own, buying out the business of Willard & Hawley. His advertisement in the Syracuse Directory for 1864 listed "Plain, Figured, Engraved, and Twisted knives, forks, spoons, &c." This is the era of your mark. By 1866, Bunnell (he dropped the last e) had taken several partners, changing the name to F. A. BUNNELL & Co. and the mark to {F.A.B}{& CO.}. He retired in 1871 and took up farming, though he seems to have stayed involved in the firm's operations. When the business was sold to Clemens Oskamp of Cincinnati in 1874, Bunnell travelled out to Ohio and oversaw the set-up of the new factory. He returned to his farm in Syracuse and died there in 1896. I agree it is probably a berry server and a desirable piece I would think. I hope you will be able to post up a picture IP: Logged |
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Linda Snyder Posts: 17 |
posted 03-08-2002 11:28 AM
Thanks so much for all you do. I promise you a picture. IP: Logged |
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Linda Snyder Posts: 17 |
posted 03-09-2002 08:36 PM
Pictures are ready. Can you send me an e-mail. I don't have your e-mail address to send you the pictures. Thanks, Linda IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 03-09-2002 08:45 PM
Here is the spoon: IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 03-10-2002 12:57 PM
A nice piece, typical of upstate New York manufacture. It is definitely by Bunnelle. The piece is a sugar sifter. WEV has already told you everything else. Brent IP: Logged |
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Linda Snyder Posts: 17 |
posted 03-10-2002 01:07 PM
Brent, the bowl will hold about 4 tablespoons of sugar! It is pretty big! Thanks IP: Logged |
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isikora Posts: 1 |
posted 02-14-2005 06:18 PM
I have a large serving spoon with the mark "FAB&Co" and also "R.E. Farnham&Co." This spoon has a wolf or fox head on the top. can anyone identify this pattern for me. IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 02-15-2005 07:44 PM
Your pattern is generally called, you guessed it, Wolf Head or Fox Head. It was made by Bunnelle, as well as Clemens Oskamp of Cincinnati, who acquired Bunnelle's patterns. Brent IP: Logged |
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