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DeeDee unregistered |
posted 10-19-2003 10:55 PM
 
[01-1273] I have a couple of spoons marked Gooding & Reed. The metal is very thin and certainly looks like sterling or coin silver. However I can't find anything on Gooding & Reed. Any and all help would be appreciated. Thanks IP: Logged |
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posted 10-26-2003 09:21 PM
The interet search engines indiate there was a Josiah Gooding Silversmith and Engraver in Boston in 1841 making coin silver pieces. IP: Logged |
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posted 10-27-2003 01:55 PM
An interesting mystery; I have seen several pieces (table, tea, and sugar spoons) marked by the firm, but have not traced it in any of my references. There is one strong possibility that I have found. Henry Gooding Reed, founder of REED & BARTON, was the son of John Reed and Rebecca Gooding. Rebecca Gooding was, in turn, the daughter of Joseph Gooding and Rebecca Macomber of Bristol RI. Rebecca's younger brother was the silversmith and watchmaker Henry Gooding of Boston. Her elder brother, Josiah, married Ann Smith and they had at least 6 children among whom were three makers, Josiah (b 1806), James Madison (b 1809), and Josephus (b 1817). They worked at various times in Bristol, Boston, and New York City, from the 1830s to the 1870s. It would seem a good possibility that one or more of these Gooding men played a part in the partnership. I doubt that Henry Reed was involved, as he was primarily a britannia man and was working for CROSSMAN, WEST & LEONARD in Taunton by the mid 1830s, but there are a number of his brothers and cousins who might have followed the silver trade. Back to the books. IP: Logged |
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