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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 135216, member: 111"]The Moore shop produced for Tiffany, Young & Ellis prior to 1851, they just entered an exclusive arrangement then, eventually their shop became a part of Tiffany & Co. - John C.'s son Edward C. Moore and his descendants were integral to the company...</p><p><br /></p><p>The next spoon, like the Louis XIV, is an 'Olive' variant, and the Gibney Olive/Tuscan pattern was also produced by William Gale - seems unlikely that the 'G' would be connected to either family, would think if that were the case, they'd have gotten it directly from their relative rather than from the retailer (without reliable provenance, pretty much impossible to assign former ownership through a simple monogram). The 'Palmer & Bachelders' (importers, wholesalers and retailers) mark should date from 1846 to 1853, when the firm name became 'Palmers & Bachelders'.</p><p><br /></p><p>The A & W. Wood pattern is 'Dew Drop'.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 135216, member: 111"]The Moore shop produced for Tiffany, Young & Ellis prior to 1851, they just entered an exclusive arrangement then, eventually their shop became a part of Tiffany & Co. - John C.'s son Edward C. Moore and his descendants were integral to the company... The next spoon, like the Louis XIV, is an 'Olive' variant, and the Gibney Olive/Tuscan pattern was also produced by William Gale - seems unlikely that the 'G' would be connected to either family, would think if that were the case, they'd have gotten it directly from their relative rather than from the retailer (without reliable provenance, pretty much impossible to assign former ownership through a simple monogram). The 'Palmer & Bachelders' (importers, wholesalers and retailers) mark should date from 1846 to 1853, when the firm name became 'Palmers & Bachelders'. The A & W. Wood pattern is 'Dew Drop'. ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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