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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 06-26-2004 04:48 PM
  
I purchased a spoon today that has both the distinctive mark of Zebulon Bradley of New Haven, CT and a B&M mark. I believe it to be Bradley & Merriman, of which Zebulon was a partner, starting in 1826, but the B&M marks I have seen reported do not have a serrated edge around the rectangle, and mine does. I am wondering whether anyone else has seen this particular mark? I know that pictures would help, but I am awaiting the arrival of a new digital camera that actually works! IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 06-26-2004 07:06 PM
This mark? It is, in my experience, the most common form, but I have at least two variants of it on spoons IP: Logged |
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swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 |
posted 06-26-2004 10:43 PM
They used both M&B and B&M - I have handled a set of spoons on each of which either one or the other appears, probably made in 1826, the time of the change from Merriman & Bradley to Bradley & Merriman. Your spoon may have been made in 1840, when the firm dissolved and Bradley went off on his own. The B&M punch exists in both serrated and unserrated forms, with the serrated one being the commonest by far; both are shown in Belden. IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 06-26-2004 11:31 PM
Actually, M & B and B & M are two different partnerships. The fist is Marcus (1762-1850) Merriman and Zebul Bradley; the second is Zebul Bradley and Marcus (1792-1864) Merriman, son of Marcus. As Swarter points out, plain and serrated marks can be found for both. IP: Logged |
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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 06-28-2004 09:19 AM
wev: The mark you provided is the mark. Thank you also to you and swarter for clarification of the Bradley/Merriman partnerships. The explanation of the dual marks is a valid one. Once again, thanks so much! IP: Logged |
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