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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 11017, member: 44"]Sorry, I'm a little late to this thread. I found FW Cooper (Francis W. Cooper) complicated to pin down as a silversmith, retailer, or both. As Baker said, FW Cooper (Francis W. Cooper) was no doubt the retailer of your spoons.</p><p><br /></p><p>John McGrew's <i>Manufacturers' Marks on American Coin Silver</i>, pp 9, 10, 11, 58 and 67 credits FW Cooper (Francis W. Cooper) as a retailer ****and**** a silversmith, manufacturer. This book has coin silver marks pictured with their makers and retailers. The info on Cooper says he was located in at 102 Reade St., NYC working 1846-7 when the coin silver marks pictured were made. The coin silver marks in this source seem to date from 1820-late 1860s. It seems Cooper used the marks of FWC NY and F.W. Cooper as well a bust, C, lion. Here is one example of his info:</p><p> Company..................Location ..........Working ....Trade</p><p>[Francis W. Cooper .... ...Reade,NYC ......1846-47......S......</p><p><br /></p><p>........Source.....Ref</p><p>....................vonK]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note his trade is an "S" meaning silversmith. The book's reference, Ref, for FW Cooper markings:</p><p>"von Khrum, Paul. <i>Silversmiths of New York City, 1684-1850</i>. New York, NY: Privately published, 1978."</p><p><br /></p><p>As a silversmith Cooper used the marks of a bust, C, lion that included retailer marks of Beggs & Smith and Palmer & Newcomb. See the attached pic. I know I went into this too much on Cooper, but coin silver marks and makers interest me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neither N & DO or Onderdonk are in this source. I did find their N & DO mark on the 925-1000 site saying sterling and plated silver.</p><p>2nd down on the right:</p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_O.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_O.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_O.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not at all sure these spoons are coin silver. I could not find Onderdonk in any of my **coin** silver sources.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 11017, member: 44"]Sorry, I'm a little late to this thread. I found FW Cooper (Francis W. Cooper) complicated to pin down as a silversmith, retailer, or both. As Baker said, FW Cooper (Francis W. Cooper) was no doubt the retailer of your spoons. John McGrew's [I]Manufacturers' Marks on American Coin Silver[/I], pp 9, 10, 11, 58 and 67 credits FW Cooper (Francis W. Cooper) as a retailer ****and**** a silversmith, manufacturer. This book has coin silver marks pictured with their makers and retailers. The info on Cooper says he was located in at 102 Reade St., NYC working 1846-7 when the coin silver marks pictured were made. The coin silver marks in this source seem to date from 1820-late 1860s. It seems Cooper used the marks of FWC NY and F.W. Cooper as well a bust, C, lion. Here is one example of his info: Company..................Location ..........Working ....Trade [Francis W. Cooper .... ...Reade,NYC ......1846-47......S...... ........Source.....Ref ....................vonK] Note his trade is an "S" meaning silversmith. The book's reference, Ref, for FW Cooper markings: "von Khrum, Paul. [I]Silversmiths of New York City, 1684-1850[/I]. New York, NY: Privately published, 1978." As a silversmith Cooper used the marks of a bust, C, lion that included retailer marks of Beggs & Smith and Palmer & Newcomb. See the attached pic. I know I went into this too much on Cooper, but coin silver marks and makers interest me. Neither N & DO or Onderdonk are in this source. I did find their N & DO mark on the 925-1000 site saying sterling and plated silver. 2nd down on the right: [url]http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_O.html[/url] I'm not at all sure these spoons are coin silver. I could not find Onderdonk in any of my **coin** silver sources. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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