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Trefid Posts: 96 |
posted 02-22-2003 03:56 PM
  
 The above gravy ladle carries an "L & C" maker's mark that is unknown to me. Does anyone recognize it? IP: Logged |
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Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 |
posted 02-22-2003 06:12 PM
Hi Trefid-- That L & C mark is the exact mark I have on 2 napkin rings matching your "IDOL" flatware pattern. You sent me a picture of a youth set in that pattern by Coles & Reynolds. I can't find my napkin ring pictures, but I took the liberty of posting your IDOL pattern page below. So it seems the C probably stands for one of the Coles--now if we can just find out who that L is. IP: Logged |
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Trefid Posts: 96 |
posted 02-22-2003 07:30 PM
This is consistent with my thoughts, Paul, since I lifted that enlarged "L&C" mark from a pattern that has ties to an Albert Coles pattern. IP: Logged |
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bascall Posts: 1629 |
posted 11-05-2008 06:21 AM
May 3, 1871 Gilbert E Coles and David J Reynolds formed a copartnership, Coles & Reynolds. Their business was to continue the manufacture of silverware at the old stand, corner Franklin and Elm Streets, and they were to assume the accounts of McLoughlin, Coles & Co. On the same day Nicholas McLoughlin, Gilbert E Coles, and William O'Connor dissolved the firm of McLoughlin, Coles & Co. [This message has been edited by bascall (edited 11-05-2008).] IP: Logged |
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Trefid Posts: 96 |
posted 11-05-2008 10:05 AM
Thanks, Bascall-- What is the source of your information? Had you ever heard of McLoughlin, Coles & Co. before? If so, do you know anything more about them? IP: Logged |
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bascall Posts: 1629 |
posted 11-05-2008 10:11 AM
My pleasure! The source was an announcement in the 31 May 1871 edition of the New York Herald. Concerning McLoughlin, Coles and Co, no, they were new to me, and there's nothing else that is indexed about them in the newspapers that I could find. McLoughlin and Coles are listed in the census's as silversmiths. IP: Logged |
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nutmegr Posts: 58 |
posted 11-06-2008 01:25 PM
The pattern of your ladle, Trefid, seems to resemble a Knowles and Ladd attributed pattern I've seen called "Crete Engraved." It's not exactly the same, but quite similar. This is merely a shot in the dark, I just wanted to suggest Samuel Ladd as a possibility for the "L" in the "L & C" mark. He joined K & L in 1864, and retired in 1875, does anyone know (wev?) what he was doing before? -------- Lisa IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 11-06-2008 01:45 PM
Samuel Ladd was working for Webster & Knowles; he was made a partner in 1859, the firm becoming Webster, Knowles & Ladd. IP: Logged |
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