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agleopar Posts: 850 |
posted 05-22-2014 12:17 PM
  
Just got this little modest coin spoon, my guess is that it is 1790-1810 with BR in script on the front and J.T.D mark in a serrated rectangle. I can not find it in my 6 books of marks and it seems that I've seen it before but can not remember if it's in the "lost box" of spoons stored back home or I have seen it posted here. FYI the image of the mark was taken with my new add on to an iPhone. A 2 lens, 4 choice lens that slips over the phone corner where the camera lens is. 10x, 15x, wide angle and fish eye! The mark was taken with the 15x. IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 05-22-2014 03:06 PM
This is the fourth example of this mark I have seen, the first dating back a decade. The other three were on spoons of the same design. I have found no likely suspects, alas. I have seen it suggested that it is John T. Dolan, a NYC hardware and fancy goods wholesale merchant, who supplied imported and domestic parts and goods to cabinet and clockmakers as far south as Richmond VA. I have not found anything to substantiate the claim, however. [This message has been edited by wev (edited 05-22-2014).] IP: Logged |
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agleopar Posts: 850 |
posted 05-22-2014 03:35 PM
Thank you Wev. To me that means that this will remain unattributed for the time being. It does not feel like a spoon that would have been made for a wholesaler and stamped with his mark. I love finding these spoons (ones that are not in the books), they have, to me, an importance that the the known ones lack. By that I do not mean they are better only that they deserve to exist in the flesh so to speak until the maker is identified, thus saving a little piece of history. I do not have the time or resources (mostly brain wise) to figure out who and where but my hope is that someone here will. IP: Logged |
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agleopar Posts: 850 |
posted 05-22-2014 03:45 PM
Cheers! IP: Logged |
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