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vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 09-06-2006 03:05 PM
  
Granted this is pewter, but a lot of craftsmen worked in both pewter and silver. It's a 3 lobed bowl in the familiar Kalo style. It's nicely made but I have had no luck tracking this mark. Would think it was used by a professional since getting the punches is expensive. Any thoughts? Thanks
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Brent Posts: 1507 |
posted 09-06-2006 05:01 PM
The maker is C.H. Didrich, a largely unknown member of the Chicago Arts & Crafts scene. Do a search on the name, and you should find an earlier thread in this forum about him. He was a talented metalsmith, certainly as good or better than many better-known makers!! Brent IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 09-06-2006 07:14 PM
See: The great, unknown C.H. Didrich IP: Logged |
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Dale Posts: 2132 |
posted 09-06-2006 11:29 PM
I would suspect the way to begin searching him is to look into any possible locations for his shop. Since Chicago was, and still somewhat is, a city of ethnic neighborhoods, tracking down the origins of Didrich would be helpful. Sounds German to me, but what do I know. The researcher, who hopefully is in Chicago, might just get out the phone book and call Didriches. Amazing what you can learn that way. Check geneological sites for the name. On and on. Look into the various ethnic social groups. See if any have records of him. Look into weather he ever taught at a manual school. Go thru old ads seeing if his work is mentioned. Didrich had to have had a way of selling what he produced. Did he market thru Randahl's? His work would have fit right in. Was he a Randahl worker who did his own on the side? Are there any Randahl records available? No clue, but there might be. If he was German, was he Catholic or Lutheran. Again, there are records from these communities. And possibly some liturgical work. My thought is anyone who troubles to mark a bowl 330P had a fairly extensive trade. There is also the possibility that CH Didrich was a trademark of some other company. Is anyone here in the Chicago area? Would they be willing to start a search? This would be interesting to follow step by step, on line. There are certainly enough geneology people to make a first stab. Any thoughts? IP: Logged |
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vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 09-07-2006 09:29 AM
Don't you just love getting such fast replies to puzzles? Thanks for the responses. I guess this tells us that he worked in pewter as well as silver, and the P after 330 must denote that, so if he had a punch for it he must have made enough pewter to make it worthwhile. I attach a pic, it is definitely Chicago style. I do wonder why more of his work isn't known. I also believe Didrich is Dutch if I'm not mistaken. Now the question is to polish or not. IP: Logged |
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FredZ Posts: 1070 |
posted 09-07-2006 02:49 PM
Didrich also worked in copper. New research has been done, and awaits publishing, on many of the Chicago smiths. Darcy Evon's book should prove to be a boon to our knowledge of these great craftsmen and women. Fred [This message has been edited by FredZ (edited 09-07-2006).] IP: Logged |
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