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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 11104, member: 111"]Can't see any reason to believe the medallion spoons are anything other than circa 1860s coin silver, and believe Bakersma is correct in the Onderdonks being the manufacturer - Cooper's mark is also found as retailer on wares by better known makers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The salts are interesting, my initial reaction was one of the Wm. Gale firms, also circa 1860s, but in checking around, find that their '925 STERLING' mark seems to only show up stamped on a single line. To my eye, the rectangular marks appear, for some reason, to have been punched to intentionally deface the maker's marks - have seen similar a few times, but the pieces were remarked (might be my imagination, but seem to see faint lettering in the larger rectangle).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a somewhat similar footed Gale & Son salt with an 1860s date code: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Vintage-Antique-William-Gale-amp-Son-Sterling-Silver-Salt-Cellar-3-Footed-/201102753924?pt=Antiques_Silver&hash=item2ed2a88084&nma=true&si=UpSDAzFkOKX667TL9gimJiWOfYo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Vintage-Antique-William-Gale-amp-Son-Sterling-Silver-Salt-Cellar-3-Footed-/201102753924?pt=Antiques_Silver&hash=item2ed2a88084&nma=true&si=UpSDAzFkOKX667TL9gimJiWOfYo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Vintage-Antique-William-Gale-amp-Son-Sterling-Silver-Salt-Cellar-3-Footed-/201102753924?pt=Antiques_Silver&hash=item2ed2a88084&nma=true&si=UpSDAzFkOKX667TL9gimJiWOfYo%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 11104, member: 111"]Can't see any reason to believe the medallion spoons are anything other than circa 1860s coin silver, and believe Bakersma is correct in the Onderdonks being the manufacturer - Cooper's mark is also found as retailer on wares by better known makers. The salts are interesting, my initial reaction was one of the Wm. Gale firms, also circa 1860s, but in checking around, find that their '925 STERLING' mark seems to only show up stamped on a single line. To my eye, the rectangular marks appear, for some reason, to have been punched to intentionally deface the maker's marks - have seen similar a few times, but the pieces were remarked (might be my imagination, but seem to see faint lettering in the larger rectangle). Here's a somewhat similar footed Gale & Son salt with an 1860s date code: [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Vintage-Antique-William-Gale-amp-Son-Sterling-Silver-Salt-Cellar-3-Footed-/201102753924?pt=Antiques_Silver&hash=item2ed2a88084&nma=true&si=UpSDAzFkOKX667TL9gimJiWOfYo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557[/url] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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