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lydia unregistered |
posted 03-27-2000 11:03 PM
 
I have a 2nd quarter 19th century silver spoon. Large soup, or small serving size. The mark on the back says "R. Harding & Co" and "Pure Coin". The handle has a couple of small grapevine leaves on it(?). Any ideas what this is, and what age? Thanks, Lydia IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 03-28-2000 09:21 AM
One of the great mysteries of the 1825-50 period is the vast number of unmarked spoons that were made for retailers. This may be one. Newell Harding is the only well-known silversmith of that name in this period. But both the Yale and Winterthur collections of spoons include many mystery marks. Only one example I can provide, courtesy of scholars who study this stuff more than I, is the existence of Henry Priest, a spoonmaker in Newark, who made scores of coin spoons for various other retailers in Newark, New York and the region. He did use pseudo hallmarks, which are the clue to his pieces. But there were probably just as many anonymous spoonmakers who didn't use any mark. Why did America produce so many small-scale spoonmakers? Because spoons were cheap, easy to make, and very much in demand in this period. 1825-1850 saw the real beginning of America's consumer culture; the demand for silver spoons, once an unheard of luxury for all but elite colonial types, made it a desirable trade for many metalsmiths. Gorham began with a spoonmaker. IP: Logged |
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