|
|
|
| How to Post Photos |
REGISTER (click here)
|
|
|
|
| How to Post Photos |
REGISTER (click here)
|
|
 SMP Silver Salon Forums
 20th/21st Century Silversmiths
 Schroth Handmade Sterling
|
 SSFFriend: Email This Page to Someone! |
next newest topic | next oldest topic |
| Author | Topic: Schroth Handmade Sterling |
|
vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 02-15-2008 12:35 PM
  
Picked this up today and can't find any reference except to a jeweler/silversmith named Schroth, but it's not clear if there is a a connection. Does anyone know this maker? IP: Logged |
|
FredZ Posts: 1070 |
posted 02-15-2008 01:04 PM
Found an online attribution of the mark to a New Jersey firm. Schroth's Jewelers . 337 Main Road, Montville NJ 07045 tel 973 335 3400 fax 973 335 7964 The rather rough workmanship seems to match the examples on their website. Fred IP: Logged |
|
vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 02-15-2008 01:34 PM
thanks Fred, that's pretty much what I came up with, and I agree it is kind of rough workmanship. IP: Logged |
|
FredZ Posts: 1070 |
posted 02-15-2008 07:59 PM
Further research mentions Wolfgang Schroth as the silversmith. I believe my friend Rich Reitz apprenticed with him in the late 60s. Schroth's shop made items for Cartier and Jensen. Schroth worked as a silversmith for Tiffany & Co. Fred IP: Logged |
|
vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 02-16-2008 12:29 PM
Thanks again Fred. With the first name to go on I found that he was actually head silversmith at Tiffany before purchasing the Hickok-Matthew Co. and moving to NJ. I wonder if he actually made this piece or it's a 'branded' piece. IP: Logged |
|
Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 02-16-2008 01:01 PM
It has been a long time, but well into the 1980s the Schroth family ran a shop and were retailers of silver and jewelry as well as selling their own hand-made goods (made by members of the family, as I recall). I can remember going into their shop anonymously and looking over their silver objects early in my career as I was pondering acquisitions of modern silver for The Newark Museum. I had not heard about the Schroth connection with Tiffany and then with Hickock-Matthew (formerly Eleder-Hickock, formerly Lebkeucher, I believe, all Newark based). What I also remember is that I wrote to the Schroths and formally requested that they sell us (SELL, not donate) pieces of their silver to make sure that their work in NJ was documented. Never heard back from them. IP: Logged |
All times are ET | next newest topic | next oldest topic |
  |
|
Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.46a
|
1. Public Silver Forums (open Free membership) - anyone with a valid e-mail address may register. Once you have received your Silver Salon Forum password, and then if you abide by the Silver Salon Forum Guidelines, you may start a thread or post a reply in the New Members' Forum. New Members who show a continued willingness to participate, to completely read and abide by the Guidelines will be allowed to post to the Member Public Forums. 2. Private Silver Salon Forums (invitational or $ donation membership) - The Private Silver Salon Forums require registration and special authorization to view, search, start a thread or to post a reply. Special authorization can be obtained in one of several ways: by Invitation; Annual $ Donation; or via Special Limited Membership. For more details click here (under development). 3. Administrative/Special Private Forums (special membership required) - These forums are reserved for special subjects or administrative discussion. These forums are not open to the public and require special authorization to view or post. |
|
copyright © 1993 - 2022
SM Publications
All Rights Reserved. Legal & Privacy Notices |
