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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 9571505, member: 111&quot;]Bit tired, so please bear with me if I&#039;m unclear.&nbsp; In checking the pseudo-marks in McGrew&#039;s &#039;Manufacturers&#039; Marks on American Coin Silver&#039; (2004), the &#039;Cannoll&#039; spoon was likely manufactured by Syracuse maker Norton, Seymour &amp; Co. the rather precise star is a journeyman mark (sometimes without the firm marks) found on their production as well as successor Joseph Seymour &amp; Co.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;Boyd &amp; Mulford&#039; spoon, with the 6-point star/bust/anchor pseudo-mark was produced by a member of the New York City based J.W. Forbes family or a successor (McGrew calls it the &#039;Forbes Complex).</p><p><br /></p><p>The D/eagle/bust pseudo-marks on the &#039;Waterman&#039; spoon is attributed to Albany maker Hall &amp; Hewson.</p><p><br /></p><p>The anchor/star/bust/D pseudo-marks on the &#039;Hoyt&#039; spoon is unidentified but attributed to an Albany manufacturer.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 6-point star/S/eagle pseudo-marks, with tri-lobe journeyman mark, belonged to Syracuse manufacturer Joseph Seymour &amp; Co.</p><p><br /></p><p>Should mention the &#039;D&#039;s (for &#039;Dollar&#039;) in the marks would indicate that the quality was equal to U.S. coins (about .892 1792-1837, .900 after 1837), &#039;Premium&#039; and other stamps like &#039;Coin&#039;, &#039;Pure Coin&#039;, &#039;Standard&#039;, etc. indicating the same.&nbsp; American coin silver varied widely in actual silver fineness, documented XRF testing showing a range around .750 to .950, the Stamping Act of 1906 required silver be a minimum of .900 if stamped as &#039;Coin&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tiny asterisks on the &#039;Fowle &amp; Kirkland&#039; spoon are almost certainly journeyman marks, and it&#039;s so weird that the &#039;J.T. RICE&#039; mark appears to read &#039;J.<b>J</b>. RICE&#039;...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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