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bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 04-28-2008 12:11 AM This is a rough looking five and a half inches long spoon, but its mark might be interesting. Anybody happen to know anything about it? The monogram is "R D," and there is no drop. IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 04-28-2008 01:19 AM I have notes of an attribution to Benjamin Ely Cook, but nothing confirming it. IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 04-29-2008 03:38 PM wev, thank you. Is the style correct for his working period or do you need a better image to tell? In the 1850 U S Federal Census for Northampton, MA, Benjamin Ely Cook born about 1804 in New York is listed as a watchmaker if that information is any use to you. IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 11-24-2008 07:30 AM Thomas William Lavake of Northampton, Massacusetts apprenticed with Benjamin E Cook Senior IP: Logged

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