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<p>[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 586026, member: 8363"]I know nothing about silver but did some research on the rogers name for a spoon</p><p><br /></p><p><b>F. B. Rogers Silver Co.</b> was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silversmithing" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silversmithing" rel="nofollow">silversmithing</a> company founded in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelburne_Falls,_Massachusetts" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelburne_Falls,_Massachusetts" rel="nofollow">Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts</a> in 1883. It was acquired by Edmund W. Porter and L.B. West, who incorporated the company and moved manufacturing operations to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts" rel="nofollow">Taunton, Massachusetts</a> in 1886. For several years, the company was known as West Silver Company, and produced silver products for the William Rogers Manufacturing Company of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" rel="nofollow">Hartford, Connecticut</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FBRogers_Taunton.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FBRogers_Taunton.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/FBRogers_Taunton.jpg/330px-FBRogers_Taunton.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Former F.B. Rogers Silver Company, West Water Street, Taunton, Massachusetts</p><p>About 1904, West and Porter retired and sold the company to William Davison, Carleton A. Woodward and H.E. Nearing, who changed the company's name back to F.B. Rogers.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1925 the company moved from 31 Winthrop Street to 59 Wales Street. In 1943 it moved to West Water Street,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> to a site formerly occupied by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weir_Stove_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weir_Stove_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">Weir Stove Company</a>, who produced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glenwood_Ranges&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glenwood_Ranges&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">Glenwood Ranges</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1955, it became a division of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Silver_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Silver_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">National Silver Company</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The company used many different marks over the years. One of them is a crown with the number 18 at the left and 83 at the right (for 1883).</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2009 the 414 West Water Street property was demolished by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Costello_Dismantling&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Costello_Dismantling&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">Costello Dismantling</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>See also[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.&action=edit&section=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.&action=edit&section=1" rel="nofollow">edit</a>]</b></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 586026, member: 8363"]I know nothing about silver but did some research on the rogers name for a spoon [B]F. B. Rogers Silver Co.[/B] was a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silversmithing']silversmithing[/URL] company founded in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelburne_Falls,_Massachusetts']Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts[/URL] in 1883. It was acquired by Edmund W. Porter and L.B. West, who incorporated the company and moved manufacturing operations to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts']Taunton, Massachusetts[/URL] in 1886. For several years, the company was known as West Silver Company, and produced silver products for the William Rogers Manufacturing Company of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut']Hartford, Connecticut[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FBRogers_Taunton.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/FBRogers_Taunton.jpg/330px-FBRogers_Taunton.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Former F.B. Rogers Silver Company, West Water Street, Taunton, Massachusetts About 1904, West and Porter retired and sold the company to William Davison, Carleton A. Woodward and H.E. Nearing, who changed the company's name back to F.B. Rogers. In 1925 the company moved from 31 Winthrop Street to 59 Wales Street. In 1943 it moved to West Water Street,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] to a site formerly occupied by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weir_Stove_Company&action=edit&redlink=1']Weir Stove Company[/URL], who produced [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glenwood_Ranges&action=edit&redlink=1']Glenwood Ranges[/URL]. In 1955, it became a division of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Silver_Company&action=edit&redlink=1']National Silver Company[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] The company used many different marks over the years. One of them is a crown with the number 18 at the left and 83 at the right (for 1883). In 2009 the 414 West Water Street property was demolished by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Costello_Dismantling&action=edit&redlink=1']Costello Dismantling[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] [SIZE=5][B]See also[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=F._B._Rogers_Silver_Co.&action=edit§ion=1']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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