Rufas Jacoby - SMP Silver Salon Forums

SM Publications

Silver Salon Forums - The premier site for discussing Silver.

SMP | Silver Salon Forums | SSF - Guidelines | SSF - FAQ | Silver Sales

The Silver Salon Forums
Since 1993
Over 11,793 threads & 64,769 posts !!
20^th/21^st Century Silversmiths Forum

Silver Salon internal search
or

How to Post Photos

REGISTER (click here)

SMP Silver Salon Forums
tline

20^th/21^st Century Silversmiths
tline3

Rufas Jacoby

profile | register | preferences | faq | search

SSFFriend: Email This Page to Someone!

next newest topic | next oldest topic

Author	Topic: Rufas Jacoby
jim cannin Posts: 1 Registered: Sep 2001	posted 09-09-2001 05:04 AM Do you have any information on a silversmith named Rufas Jacoby from the Washington DC area ? IP: Logged
Brent Posts: 1507 Registered: May 99	posted 09-09-2001 08:25 AM According to Rainwater, Rufus Jacoby works, or worked, in Silver Spring, MD, which as you said is just outside of the District of Columbia. I do not know whether he is still active or not. Regardless, he specialized in handwrought liturgical objects, like communion chalices. His designs were rather modernistic, and often incorporated ebony stems or handles. That's all I can tell you right now. Do you have any information to add, or a piece to show? Brent IP: Logged
Callie unregistered	posted 09-09-2001 10:08 AM Jacoby attended the 1949 Handy and Harman workshop conference in Providence, RI, where Baron Erik Fleming was teaching. He also had some work in the Wichita annual Decorative Arts and Ceramics Exhibition in 1949. IP: Logged
Marc Posts: 414 Registered: Jun 2002	posted 10-06-2008 06:06 PM Hi once again.. I just purchased a set of 4 candlesticks marked "Jacoby Handmade Sterling" (3 pictured) and thought that this was the Jacobi from Baltimore. Nope.. This is one Rufus Jacoby,from Silver Springs, MD, and he worked in silver and wood. He recently passed away at the age of 96. As you can see by the design of the candlesticks, Mr Jacoby was an excellent craftsman, with a sense of wonder. Each stick is 8 1/2" tall and is made of thick gauge silver. They weigh 20 troy oz . each. Quoting from his obituary by at Washingtonpost.com, (written by Adam Bernstein) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Rufus Jacoby, 96, who taught industrial arts at Washington's Coolidge High School from 1940 to 1967 and developed a robust silversmithing business specializing in chalices, died July 31 at the Casey House hospice in Rockville. He had congestive heart failure. Mr. Jacoby learned the silversmithing trade from English and Swedish craftsmen during his early Coolidge career and transferred those skills to the classroom. He also taught jewelrymaking and silversmithing at a Catholic University night school program from 1948 to 1970 as well as at Suitland High School and Beltsville's High Point High School before retiring in 1976. He owned and operated a side business of silversmithing and made several hundred liturgical chalices. His silver designs appeared in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art and other museums and exhibits." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Always glad to help Marc IP: Logged
jersey Posts: 1203 Registered: Feb 2005	posted 10-06-2008 07:11 PM Hi Marc! Really nice, something different. Can they double as a Chalice? Jersey IP: Logged
Marc Posts: 414 Registered: Jun 2002	posted 10-07-2008 01:01 AM Hi Jersey, The lip is a little wide to drink out of without clinking your teeth, and the top and bottom are bolted together. IP: Logged
Marc Posts: 414 Registered: Jun 2002	posted 10-14-2008 05:04 PM Hi Jersey, I tried.. It leaks ! Marc IP: Logged
jersey Posts: 1203 Registered: Feb 2005	posted 10-14-2008 06:11 PM Hi Marc! Love it! Thanks for trying. Hope you didn't spill a good vintage. Next time use a straw! I'll take one side you take the other! Jersey IP: Logged
jfalino Posts: 2 Registered: Mar 2009	posted 03-05-2009 01:06 PM Dear Marc, could you repost the images? I am interested in seeing them. thanks quote: Originally posted by Marc: Hi once again.. I just purchased a set of 4 candlesticks marked "Jacoby Handmade Sterling" (3 pictured) and thought that this was the Jacobi from Baltimore. Nope.. This is one Rufus Jacoby,from Silver Springs, MD, and he worked in silver and wood. He recently passed away at the age of 96. As you can see by the design of the candlesticks, Mr Jacoby was an excellent craftsman, with a sense of wonder. Each stick is 8 1/2" tall and is made of thick gauge silver. They weigh 20 troy oz . each. Quoting from his obituary by at Washingtonpost.com, (written by Adam Bernstein) IP: Logged
jfalino Posts: 2 Registered: Mar 2009	posted 03-05-2009 06:23 PM Thanks very much - a rare set! quote: Originally posted by jfalino: Dear Marc, could you repost the images? I am interested in seeing them. thanks IP: Logged
Callie Posts: 93 Registered: Mar 2002	posted 01-26-2013 10:53 AM Jacoby attended the 1947 Handy and Harman workshop conference, not the 1949. My mistake. IP: Logged
AlanRosenberg Posts: 1 Registered: Dec 2006	posted 09-17-2020 01:44 AM Rufus Jacoby was the subject of a 2007 article I wrote published in Silver magazine, -Alan Rosenberg IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 09-17-2020 11:03 AM So glad you did your first post. Sincerely. I realize you are like so many other registered members who are silver scholars/authors/curators and only lurk. I am hope this post is the first of much sharing & future posts. Although you registered in 2006, believe it or not, you are not the longest lurking scholar/author/curator. Hopefully the other long time lurkers will join you and make their first of many future posts. IP: Logged

All times are ET	next newest topic \| next oldest topic
Administrative Options: Close Topic \| Archive/Move \| Delete Topic
	Hop to:

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.
Click here to Register for a Free password

^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.

| Home | Order | The Guide to Evaluating Gold & Silver Objects | The Book of Silver