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Polly

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iconnumber posted 05-13-2012 01:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Polly     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Bright-cut teaspoon marked BW. It came with a label saying it was by Bilious Ward, and I really want it to be by Bilious Ward, because who wouldn't want a spoon made by someone named Bilious????? But the bright-cutting looks too late for someone who died in 1777, right?

Is it Barnabas Webb? Wev's site shows his mark with a pellet, and my spoon's mark doesn't have a pellet.

Is mine c. 1790s?

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ahwt

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iconnumber posted 05-13-2012 02:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ahwt     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Belden states that Barnabas Webb also used “B.W.” in a rounded rectangle. If you can see the remains of the periods it may be a Webb spoon.

There is also a Bernard E. Wenman (1789-1833) from New York. His mark h in Belden is very similar to your mark.

Belden dates the brightcut from 1770 to 1800.

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Polly

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iconnumber posted 05-13-2012 06:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Polly     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks! I think you're right, ahwt--it does look like Bernard E. Wenman's mark.

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