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Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 |
posted 01-06-2012 10:59 PM
  
I don't often see too many coin silver cup and saucers. In addition to the Lincoln & Foss mark, this one has a makers mark of A.P. Does anyone know who A.P. might be? IP: Logged |
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ellabee Posts: 306 |
posted 01-10-2012 12:12 PM
That is lovely, Richard. Is it a punch cup? It's hard to imagine silver being a comfortable medium for hot coffee or tea... IP: Logged |
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Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 |
posted 01-10-2012 05:01 PM
It's a tea cup and yes it is hard to imagine anyone using it comfortably. I don't know the exact history of these things, butI believe that they were generally given as presents usually for birthdays. I see them most often in continental silver and someimes in sterling, but as I said I seldom see them in coin. I've looked high and low but I still haven't the slightest as to who A.P. was. Anybody have a clue? IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 01-10-2012 05:26 PM
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Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 |
posted 01-11-2012 11:02 AM
I think I've got it nailed down. A.P. was Armando Pishnik that little known Jewish Italian silversmith from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Armando was actually a full time hair dresser, but in between permanents he would hammer out a piece or two. Pishnik collectors are notorious for paying outrageous sums for examples of his work, especially pieces containing residue of hair gel. IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 01-11-2012 01:41 PM
And here I once passed up a spittoon by him as unsanitary, because I didn't realize the dried contents were actually hair gel!  IP: Logged |
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Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 |
posted 03-03-2012 03:53 PM
I've been chatting with noted Pishnik scholar, Worthington Wellington Withington. Worth assures me that this is most definitely not a Pishnik as Armando put down his hammer and comb in 1835 and committed himself to full time monkhood. Which brings us back to the question: Who was A.P.? [This message has been edited by Richard Kurtzman (edited 03-03-2012).] IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 03-03-2012 04:13 PM
Two possibilities are Andrew Paton or Andrew Pattee, both listed as a silversmiths in the 1850 Boston city directory. Neither appears in the 1845 or 1855 editions. Paton had a shop at 17 Harvard Place, but Pattee is listed without a working address -- a journeyman or contract worker at L & F? IP: Logged |
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Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 |
posted 03-03-2012 04:34 PM
Thank you. IP: Logged |
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