I know little about Hunt-Hallmark silver, other than what the silver sites show: HALLMARK SILVERSMITHS, Inc. [1954 merged with HUNT SILVER Co. to form HUNT-HALLMARK Co.] (Manufacturing Silversmiths, New York, NY, USA) I have recently unearthed four of these 4" coasters, in 4 different pastel colors, hand-decorated with gold and enamel. All have that very thin, sterling "almost-foil" rim around the top edges (marked STERLING where I've circled): The backs, on the china, show Hunt-Hallmark: I've found several others of these online, but only one seller gives any indication of age: CIRCA Mid-Late 20th C (which is not particularly helpful!) Of course, the date would have to be after 1954. I've also seen other china, with no silver, bearing the same H-H marking: Does anyone happen to know when (and maybe why?) Hunt-Hallmark started producing or at least marketing china? It just seems rather incongruous to me. If they were using their own silver on separately produced china, it would make more sense to me, but the example of the sugar bowl with no silver on it makes me wonder... Thanks for any input!
https://picclick.com/Vintage-Hunt-Hallmark-Fine-China-Trinket-Dishes-coasters-set-263510873524.html No silver?
There is no entry in Lehner's for Hunt-Hallmark as a maker of ceramics, not even a reference to "see" another outfit.
Flipper, I saw a lot of those, too. (At first I thought someone might have ripped off & scrapped the silver - but then I saw many, many more of them for sale.) Who knows?
Thanks for checking, Bakers. I find the whole thing most odd. They must have had a reason, and I imagine there's an explanation out there somewhere!
An observation I have made in this search is that besides the coasters and that ONE cream/sugar set, there are NO examples of Hunt-Hallmark china. Maybe it was a passing fancy?
Flipper, I thought the same! (It does seem a bit odd, doesn't it?) Maybe a failed foray into a different product line?
