#4 pattern is 'Persian', found with a number of differentmarks: https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/SPPatterns/11SPPPersian.html ~Cheryl
https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Silversmiths/SSS5.html [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Most references, whether book or website, will have some errors, but this one on American silver is pretty good, with a wide range of information:...
The marks are the place to begin... ~Cheryl
Cowles Mfg. Co. was the maker of #16... ~Cheryl
Not sure why you don't think #14 is Shiebler's 'Sandringham - it bears their mark... ~Cheryl
Okay, good, not in the references I had handy, but they must have found it somewhere, will make note... ~Cheryl
#9 is Gorham's 'Chantilly' pattern. #10 is Lunt's 'Pynchon' pattern. #11 is one of Webster's various pierced patterns. #12 is Durgin's 'Fairfax'...
#1 is John R. Wendt's 'Ribbon' pattern. #2 is Gorham's 'Rosette' pattern. ~Cheryl
#6 is by Fessenden, so far as I know it's not a named line pattern. #7 is Whiting Mfg.'s 'Duke of York' pattern. #8 is by F.S. Gilbert, don't...
Terry had it -Hjortdahl... ~Cheryl
Here is a similar commercial-use chair: https://furnitureroots.com/sturdy-outdoor-bistro-chair/ [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Good luck, may still pan out... ~Cheryl
Pics are so fuzzy (or am I just blind?), but believe I recognize the patterns on the stray stack of forks and the ladle, but those two spoons just...
Would say that's like the vast majority of women here and elsewhere - will leave this thread to others now... ~Cheryl
Tadema Gallery: https://www.tademagallery.com/ ~Cheryl
And darn you, AJ - I have stuff to do and and you mentioned a name that's sending me to my favorite jewelry site to drool over pieces well beyond...
Eh, my only real knowledge of carving is in Scandinavian wooden spoons, and that's only because I've spent countless hours studying them in...
If that piece were mine and I thought it American, would be doing genealogical research, looking for a 1700 union of 'Lohrens' and 'Hartman'......
Had second piercings done on both ears in my twenties, still enjoy pairing various earrings - but boy, that piercing gun was so much more painful...
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