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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 04-29-2009 09:52 AM
  
This pitcher was recently brought into the Museum by one of our trustees, who wanted to know more about it. It clearly is evoking Dutch 17th-century silver, but is just as clearly a late 19th-century form and taste. Can anyone tell me the maker, based on the marks? IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 04-29-2009 09:53 AM
And just to be helpful, it is made of different VERTICAL stamped panels, which have been laboriously soldered together. There are four different motifs, each of which is repeated twice to produce the eight-sided form. IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 04-29-2009 10:18 AM
One of the numerous marks used by Elizur Goodwin Webster & Son IP: Logged |
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Dale Posts: 2132 |
posted 04-29-2009 10:56 AM
Webster was located in Brooklyn NY. The Dutch scenes appear to have been made from the 1890's onward to 1928 when the company became part of IS. The long soldered items are something I have never understood as this is a very odd way to produce silverplate. IP: Logged |
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Dale Posts: 2132 |
posted 04-29-2009 11:42 AM
Being three time zones away is a challenge. From what I have seen, much of the Dutch style production is tobacco related. There is a humidor that is fairly common, as well as a match holder, pipe stand and ash tray set. Webster appears at this distance to have been an upscale maker with limited production. Or limited distribution. All I have to go on is impressions of things handled and seen. The records of the company have probably long since disapeared. I think of Webster as a niche maker, producing for markets outside the general silver trade; such as tobacco, toiletries and cosmetics. Your pitcher looks like one made for beer. The soldering is a mystery. IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 04-29-2009 02:17 PM
Webster goods are quite common here and run the whole range of hollowware and novelties. Most that I have seen is of modest quality, generally light in weight and occasionally showing sloppy workmanship, though older pieces stand up better than later work. IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 04-29-2009 06:33 PM
Brilliant. I couldn't read the gothic letters until you told me what they stood for. I'll pass on this information. Thanks to all for your help! IP: Logged |
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