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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 772456, member: 59&quot;]To take the most direct approach to the seller&#039;s intent in marking the tag &quot;colonial&quot; I looked for American silversmiths who used the letters NA as their mark - and sure enough I found 2 references only - both for Nathanial Austin whose working info cites Charlestown and Boston Mass. locations that span from about 1760 to 1810&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see an example of the mark on this page - <a href="https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Silversmiths/SSA4.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Silversmiths/SSA4.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/Silversmiths/SSA4.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Does this look like the NA you saw? </p><p><br /></p><p>His work was with &quot;coin silver.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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