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| COIN | SILVER | SILVERWARE | |||||||||||
| City / | Price | Silver | Maker | ||||||||||
| Maker/Retailer | Piece | Pattern type | Length | $/piece | Monogram | Hall Mark | Mark | Hall Mark | |||||
| C. BRO. & CO | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sugar sifter spoon | Engraved | 6 7/8 | 29.00 | C | C. BRO. & CO | 1015 | pierced shell bowl | |||||
| CHAS BEIN | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Teaspoon | Mayflower type | 5 5/8 | 17.50 | S | CHAS BEIN | COIN | ||||||
| J&J HALL | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Teaspoon | Fiddle | 5 7/8 | 17.50 | none | J&J HALL | none | ||||||
| LAMOUR | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Salt spoon | Engraved type | 3 1/2 | 9.00 | JNH | LAMOUR | COIN | ||||||
| J H NORTON | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Teaspoon | Fiddle | 6 1/2 | 17.50 | CB | J.H. NORTON | none | ||||||
| JAMES WATTS (1835 - 1850) | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Teapoon | Fiddle | 5 3/4 | 17.50 | EGR | F.D. JOHNSON | COIN | James Watts hallmark | |||||
| UNKNOWN | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Butter serving knife | Engraved type | 8 | 45.00 | removed | none | COIN | ||||||
| To order, e-mail us at: | john@silvermatchingco.com | ||||||||||||
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| After 1830, "COIN" meant the silver was the quality of the US Mint coins: 900 parts of pure silver out of 1000. | |||||||||||||
| Sterling did not appear until after 1860, which guaranteed .925 pure silver. | |||||||||||||
| In 1906, the Federal Gold and Silver Stamping Act required sterling items to be marked with both | |||||||||||||
| the mark STERLING and the manufacturer's trademark. | |||||||||||||
| CHAS BEIN | LAMOUR | JAMES WATTS (1835 - 1850) | UNKNOWN | ||||||||||
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