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carlaz Posts: 239 |
posted 03-26-2009 11:57 AM
  
I am wondering if anyone can confirm that this is not a Coin silver maker? My gut instinct is that it is just part of the name and because of the production of the piece, circa 1892, could it just be that the manufacturer put "coin" in is name to market it better to customers? IP: Logged |
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Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 |
posted 03-26-2009 05:08 PM
This is silver plate. The maker just used "coin silver" to deceive customers. Like "US Sterling Co" and others of that ilk. IP: Logged |
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Dale Posts: 2132 |
posted 03-26-2009 08:34 PM
Davis and Diebel show one pattern for this company. They also show one for: R. Coin S. P. Co. Both patterns appear to be 1880/1890 era. I have handled very few of these, but my impression always was they were give away items from premium campaigns. What pieces do you have? IP: Logged |
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Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 |
posted 03-27-2009 02:01 AM
Have seen several souvenir spoons by "makers" such as "A1 Coin Silver Co.", etc. When I was 10 or so and first starting out, saw an 1893 Columbian Expo souvenir spoon with that mark. As the silver plating was quite badly worn, I realized at that time that lower-end Victorian silver plate makers could be fairly unscrupulous in their markings. IP: Logged |
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Dale Posts: 2132 |
posted 03-27-2009 04:50 PM
I'm not so sure we are dealing with a 'lower end maker'. The equiptment and supplies for making a silverplated spoon were quite extensive and expensive. The expenses for making a coffee pot are a different story; this could be done by someone handcrafting pewter or copper. But a spoon that requires stamped steel is not something that one can run up in a weekend. I would suggest that this was made by a major maker on order for a distributor. Marks on silverplate are frequently about how it was sold, not who made it. IP: Logged |
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Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 |
posted 03-27-2009 06:11 PM
True, but (at least in my somewhat limited silver plate experience) I have noticed an overall difference in quality between pieces with this kind of marking and pieces by people like Gorham, R&B, Rogers, etc. The general process of manufacture is the same (cut a die, stamp a spoon, plate it), but there are so many variables during and after those steps that can account for a huge difference in the finished product and create classifications of "high-end" and "low-end". I suspect the of expense of creating dies, etc. may have been made up for by quantity of sales. Company A may have only sold 100 expensive, heavy, well-made silver plate spoons, but company B may have sold 1000 shoddy silver plate souvenir spoons. IP: Logged |
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