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Pinsabigail unregistered	posted 02-28-2003 07:41 PM We recently acquired 10 silverplate forks that are 7 1/2 inches in length in the Medallion pattern. They are marked J.O. Mead & Co and the number 3 on the back. IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 02-28-2003 11:47 PM Is this the Hall, Elton & Co. Medallion pattern? IP: Logged
Pinsabigail unregistered	posted 03-06-2003 10:47 PM It is a dead ringer for the 1867 Medallion pattern by R. Strickland & Co. of Albany, NY. The Hall & Elton pattern is similar, but not the same. IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 03-07-2003 03:17 AM Thanks for the information. I have 7.5 inch forks in both patterns but none marked J.O. Mead & Co. IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 03-14-2003 09:51 AM What is the Hall & Elton medallion pattern? I don't think there was one. I have pieces in the Hall, Elton & Co. pattern, marked Hall & Elton. I also have pieces in the R. Strickland & Co. pattern marked Hall & Elton. IP: Logged
Brent Posts: 1507 Registered: May 99	posted 03-14-2003 12:14 PM The Mead company can rightly be called one of the "Founding fathers" of the American silverplate industry. Check out the large entry in Rainwater for more information. According to Rainwater, later on they purchased a lot of their material "in the metal" from Reed & Barton, as did many other platers. Perhaps Reed & Barton did all of these Medallions? Brent IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 03-14-2003 11:09 PM Note that Rainwater makes no mention of a "J.O. Mead & Co". [This message has been edited by Stephen (edited 03-14-2003).] IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 03-15-2003 12:13 PM I don't know that I'd put full faith in the Rainwater entry except as a general outline. I have not checked the Philadephia directory listings and such, but neither of his sons, James Perkins (b 1836) and Edmund Potter (b 1838), would have been old enough for the pre-1850 date she gives for Mead & Sons, except by finial courtesy. IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 03-17-2003 01:25 PM re: "Perhaps Reed & Barton did all of these Medallions?" I know that is true for some of the medallion holloware, but if they also designed and stamped medallion flatware blanks (other than their own patented Roman Medallion pattern) they've managed to fool those who published flatware pattern books (e.g. Turner, Hagan). IP: Logged
Brent Posts: 1507 Registered: May 99	posted 03-18-2003 01:32 PM It was just a thought. I am always interested in the interconnections among American silver makers, from colonial times to the present. It seems that the more research is done, the more connections we find, with makers purchasing unfinished, and sometimes finished, goods from one another and applying their own marks. This may or may not be the case here; I have no evidence either way. Brent IP: Logged
Stephen Posts: 625 Registered: Jan 2003	posted 04-28-2003 04:08 AM I see that someone just listed these forks on eBay -- quote: J.O. MEAD & CO ... was formed in 1846, and became Filley, Mead & Caldwell in 1850, so these are easy to date. I don't think so. [This message has been edited by Stephen (edited 04-28-2003).] IP: Logged

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