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rogerramjet53 Posts: 7 Registered: Jan 2005	posted 01-29-2005 03:50 PM this large spoon has an inticate pattern at the top of the handle - a basket full of flowers with leaves hanging down. on the reverse side there is a stamp with the name "H. Porter & Co." I would appreciate any more information you could provide IP: Logged
labarbedor Posts: 353 Registered: Jun 2002	posted 01-29-2005 03:56 PM H. Porter & Co is New York, NY c. 1830 IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 01-29-2005 06:00 PM Henry Chester Porter was born in Hartford CT on 9 June 1797. He married Sarah Cleveland Dodge in New York City on 15 September 1824. She was the neice of the silversmiths William and Aaron Porter Cleveland. He is first documented in New York City in 1820; by 1830, he had adopted the H. (sometimes H. C.) Porter & Co. mark. He died in Elizabeth NJ on 19 Jul 1865. IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 05-02-2008 05:48 PM William was U. S. President Stephen Grover Cleveland's grandfather. [This message has been edited by bascall (edited 05-03-2008).] IP: Logged

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