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Carla unregistered |
posted 08-26-1999 09:28 PM
 
I've recently found 2 pieces of silver made by Ensko of New York, in the 1940s. They are both copies of 18th c. silver. Does anyone out there know _anything_ about this silversmith? Thanks in advance. IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 08-27-1999 10:24 PM
Robert Ensko, Inc. were dealers in antique silver from roughly the turn of the century until 1970. Robert Ensko literally wrote the book on American silver marks; his first book was published in 1915. His son Stephen ran the business from the 30's until his death in 1969, meanwhile publishing three more editions of his father's work. (A fourth edition, revised by Robert Ensko's granddaughter Dorothea Ensko Wyle, is currently available.) I have also seen silver marked by Ensko of New York. None of the information currently available suggests that any of the Ensko's were actual silversmiths. I would guess that Ensko supplemented their stock of antiques with high quality reproductions purchased from other sources. A likely source might have been Currier & Roby, also of New York and known producers of fine reproduction silver. I have a piece of Currier & Roby silver with no trademark, which may well have been for retail by another company. Pure speculation, but certainly possible. Anyway, enjoy your silver! I'm sure it is fine quality regardless of who made it. [This message has been edited by Brent (edited 08-27-99).] IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 08-27-1999 10:33 PM
I concur with Brent that Ensko was a retailer (Robert Ensko, NY) and was not a manufacturer. Are there any other marks on the item? I have found items made by Tuttle Silversmiths, Howard & Company marked Ensko. IP: Logged |
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cbw Posts: 1 |
posted 08-28-1999 06:49 AM
I would like to thank both of you for this very interesting information. I don't have the pieces at hand, but will be glad to let you know what other marks there are as soon as I get them (some time in September). ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Leo unregistered |
posted 08-28-1999 09:23 PM
Carla and I have been corresponding about Ensko for a few weeks. She found that I have a piece by this maker pictured on my website. A picture of the mark is now included: Hope this information helps. IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 10-07-1999 10:00 PM
What do you know? I hadn't looked back at this thread to see the posted mark. From this mark I would say that this piece is indeed by Currier & Roby. I have two marked pieces by Currier & Roby with the same STERLING stamp with the strangely elongated L. On looking at the piece on the web site, I am even more convinced of its origin. C&R specialized in very fine reproductions like this. [This message has been edited by Brent (edited 10-07-99).] IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 02-05-2000 06:32 PM
I was just re-reading an article on Currier & Roby which appeared in Silver magazine (Jan / Feb 1983). It was written by Bennett W. Trupin, a one-time employee of the firm. I chanced across this sentence, which jumped out at me "..at that time (ca. 1920) a John Coney sugar box was beng reproduced by Currier & Roby for their customer, Robert Ensko, noted new York antique dealer, when it was assumed only two or three such boxes were known to exist." I guess I was right; at least some of the silver marked by Ensko came from Currier & IP: Logged |
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jersey Posts: 1203 |
posted 07-12-2011 05:44 PM
May I add something please & also have a Question. I have a reproduction Revere bowl clearly marked Ensko New York. It is followed by the Tuttle mark, during Trumans first term. My question is under the Tuttle mark it says W. Homes! Does anyone know what or who this? Thank you as always for you time & expertise. Jersey IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 07-12-2011 06:10 PM
Perhaps William Homes of Boston? Maybe it was some sort of design acknowledgement. Like Lunt naming the pattern Homes after William Homes. IP: Logged |
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 07-14-2011 02:10 PM
I'm fairly certain that the W. Homes mark on your piece indicates that it is reproduction of a work by William Homes, the colonial Boston silvermsith. The John Coney reproduction piece I mention in an earlier post probably had a similar mark. Hope this helps, Brent IP: Logged |
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jersey Posts: 1203 |
posted 07-14-2011 05:01 PM
Dear Scott & Brent. Now that makes perfect sense. I rechecked the marks and underneath the W. Homes it says Boston 1717-1783 Reproduction. I have tried to research my particular bowl but so far to no avail. Jersey [This message has been edited by jersey (edited 07-14-2011).] IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 07-21-2011 09:35 AM
Wow, old thread! I never noticed it, but it started before my time, so to speak. My mother owns an "Ensko" coffee pot, a reproduction of a piece by the London silversmith Archambo. I remember going to Ensko with my father to buy a piece of Hester Bateman silver as a thank-you gift to someone who had given us her summer house for free one year. It was such a low-key elegant shop. A uniformed maid answered the door. They were dealers in Georgian silver...don't even know if they had American stuff. This was in the very late 1960s or even 1970. May have been the time I went to see the "Nineteenth-Century America" show at the Metropolitan. IP: Logged |
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middletom Posts: 467 |
posted 08-23-2011 06:51 PM
Jersey, The style of bowl we call "Paul Revere" was not original with him. I once saw an exhibit of Chinese ceramics at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and one of the old bowls was exactly the shape that we call Revere bowl. Revere made the Sons of Liberty bowl which is now in the Museum of Fine Arts and it has that shape. I think it is from that bowl that we Americans have applied the name"Paul Revere" to all bowls of that shape. Many others, though, have made similar hollowware. middletom IP: Logged |
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jersey Posts: 1203 |
posted 08-24-2011 08:02 AM
Middletom, I thank you very much for that explanation! That Sons of Liberty Bowl sure is a honey! I will remember that whenever I use it & remind my kids as well when they see it. It brings an added meaning to the piece. Glad to hear you are still hanging in there at ONC. Hello from Hackensack! Jersey IP: Logged |
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