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Janice (Cannon) unregistered	posted 12-01-2002 10:28 AM Just bought 4 forks silverplate by H.C. Hulett. Said to be 1880's USA. Anyone know this maker or anything about him? Thank you very much. Janice IP: Logged
smfc75 Posts: 122 Registered: Mar 2002	posted 12-05-2002 07:17 AM Can you describe what the forks look like, or better yet, post a photo? IP: Logged
janice Cannon unregistered	posted 12-08-2002 01:07 PM I will describe as best I can until I get to a computer that can post a drawing. Overall length 7 1/2", fairly heavy. Tines are 2 1/8" long. Plating is worn at the back of the tines where they sit on the table. Beginning at the end of the handle there is a half open flower (kind of like a mum) then a border on both sides of 2-petaled repetitions. Monogram in old english gothic script, McC. Then there is a pattern like flower stems opening from the inside of one and the next one coming out of it...all facing to the back of the handle. Quite ornate looking. On the back side is a repeat of the 1/2 flower, border on each side and some cross lines mid-way down the handle. 6oz. is marked at the 1/2 way and H. C. Hulett is marked near to the base of the tines in staight block lettering. My Google search for the surname Hulett showed only a couple connections to Scotland, am wondering if the monogram McC is also an indication the maker was Scot. Sorry for the lack of photo. My computer is very old and no scanner. thanks, Janice IP: Logged
smfc75 Posts: 122 Registered: Mar 2002	posted 12-10-2002 04:20 PM The "6oz." mark is an indication of the amount of silver plated on the item. These kinds of marks usually conformed to U.S. industry standards, but the standards weren't law -- basically a gentleman's agreement. To further confuse matters, different platers developed their own numbering/naming schemes and today we basically have no idea as to what most of them mean as far as the actual amount of silver plated on an individual item. Note that the platers were not always the same company that designed and manufactured the flatware blanks (base metal, ready for plating). Manufacturers did sell unplated blanks to other manufacturers and also to platers (who may also have been wholesalers or retailers). The names, dates of operation, and business activities of many of these small business entities (such as H. C. Hulett) have not been documented. Identifying the pattern might provide a clue as to where to look for H.C. Hulett. Sorry, I couldn't identify the pattern from the description. [This message has been edited by smfc75 (edited 12-10-2002).] IP: Logged

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