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iconnumber posted 01-30-2005 04:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for doc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I need some help identifying some makers on coin spoons that I have.

1. A Sawyer, contained in a serrated rectangle.

2. Gray & Libby-looks like a retailer mark.

Any help would be appreciated.

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iconnumber posted 01-30-2005 04:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for wev     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
An Amos Sawyer worked in the 1840s in Salem MA; he is listed in the 1849 New England Mercantile Union Business Directory as a jeweler.

See here for William Henry Gray

and here for Edward Watson Libby

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iconnumber posted 01-31-2005 03:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for doc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I knew you'd have the information! Thanks very much.

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iconnumber posted 06-23-2009 12:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bascall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There is an Amos Sawyer in the 1850 U S Federal Census for Salem, Massachusetts who was born about 1775 in New Hampshire. The photocopy of the original census shows his occupation as a goldsmith.

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