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Bob Lasswitz Posts: 2 |
posted 02-04-2007 08:14 PM
  
I recently aquired a three piece (coin?) tea set that is marked "J. Hansell" and an eagle. The dealer believed it to come from the Baltimore area and dated it as about 1825. I have looked in several silver books but could not find a J. Hansell. Any information? IP: Logged |
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argentum1 Posts: 602 |
posted 02-04-2007 08:24 PM
Posting a photo of the set plus the mark itself would help with identification. IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 02-04-2007 11:08 PM
When there is a paucity of information about a maker who generally is not well known, as there is in this case, what little there is may or may not be accurate - the silversmith may have been elsewhere at another time as well, or he may have never been there at all; there could also have been another of the same name elsewhere. In this case, he is not supposed to have been in Baltimore at all, and was elsewhere at that date - your dealer may have been only guessing based on the eagle mark and style, or he may have known something we do not. Accordingly, we need to see photographs of the marks and the pieces themselves, to help us verify the date and place in which they had been made, and avoid giving incorrect information. Please click on the red letters in the green box immediately above, and then read the paragraphs that will appear directly below that same box. It will explain what additional information we like to have from new members, and why. IP: Logged |
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Bob Lasswitz Posts: 2 |
posted 02-06-2007 06:53 PM
I'm afraid I'm not much help in trying to find out about the tea set. In looking at the marks on the bottom, I realize the seller was wrong about it being coin silver. The teapot is marked "sterling" under the eagle. I now wonder how much other information he gave me is correct. I cannot get clear photo of the markings.... Bob IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 02-06-2007 07:25 PM
That eagle pseudohallmark is indicative of Philadelphia manufacture, not Baltimore, and such spoons were retailed by many resellers, both in and around Philadelphia, who added their own marks. Sterling was also occasionally used during this period in Philadelphia, and so marked. IP: Logged |
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