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iconnumber posted 08-19-2003 02:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for doc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I saw a coin punch ladle at an auction last weekend that had a maker name that I have been unable to identify. The mark was LARMOUR, contained in a rectangle. The ladle was bright cut. Any information would be appreciated.

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iconnumber posted 08-20-2003 09:58 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've read that Larmour was a retailer in Baltimore-- sold Krider and others.

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iconnumber posted 08-20-2003 10:05 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I should have mentioned too that I have some Gorham Louis IV flatware pieces (introduced 1870) with that retailer's name on them.

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iconnumber posted 08-21-2003 12:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for swarter     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yesterday there were put up four teaspoons marked LARMOUR (incised in an arch) above BALT (also incised). There is also the 10.15 standard mark for coin silver, which was used between 1830 and 1860, according to Patrick Duggin's chapter on Baltimore marks in Silver in Maryland. This mark is shown in the same book for Wm. B. Larmour, who is listed as a watchmaker and jeweler working from 1850 - 70. These spoons must therefore have been made between 1850 and 1860. The ebay page is at the following link: [gone from the internet - eBay item=2552625212]

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iconnumber posted 08-21-2003 01:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for doc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks very much for the information!

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iconnumber posted 07-28-2008 06:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bascall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just the slightest bit of further information on William B Larmour, watchmaker and jeweler. He is found in the company of William Brown, watchmaker and jeweler, in the 1850 U S Federal Census for Baltimore, Maryland; both were born in Ireland.

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iconnumber posted 07-28-2008 07:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for argentum1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Swarter, the listing you included has been removed for whatever reason.

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iconnumber posted 07-28-2008 07:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bascall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
As with many of my replies, this is an old post.

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iconnumber posted 07-28-2008 12:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for swarter     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by argentum1:
Swarter, the listing you included has been removed for whatever reason.

It was an eBay page that is no longer available.

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