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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 180691, member: 59"]One thing that Pat (may he rest in peace) and WEV (who maintains a genealogical silver maker's site) have said goes along with the fact that you've found several different makers appearing to use to the same markings. In upstate NY in particular many silversmiths used the same, or very similar, marks back in the "coin era." Who made it seemed not to have been as important as we might think today, I guess. The retailer was more often identified than the smith. I know you'd really like to know who, but there were so many smiths operating in small town shops, it really doesn't matter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 180691, member: 59"]One thing that Pat (may he rest in peace) and WEV (who maintains a genealogical silver maker's site) have said goes along with the fact that you've found several different makers appearing to use to the same markings. In upstate NY in particular many silversmiths used the same, or very similar, marks back in the "coin era." Who made it seemed not to have been as important as we might think today, I guess. The retailer was more often identified than the smith. I know you'd really like to know who, but there were so many smiths operating in small town shops, it really doesn't matter.[/QUOTE]
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