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LITERAL MARKS - INITIAL LETTERS A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

FIGURAL / PICTORIAL MARKS anchors, animals, arrows, bells, birds, candelabra, crosses, crowns fantastical entities, horses human figures, keys, lions, musical instruments plants and vegetables, stars swords, axes and blades, tools, windmills , wings , others

AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS ALVIN CORPORATION BLACK, STARR & FROST J.E.CALDWELL & CO CLEMENS FRIEDELL WILLIAM GALE GORHAM HOLMES & EDWARDS HOTCHKISS & SCHREUDER INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO KIRK STIEFF DANIEL LOW & CO LUNT SILVERSMITHS MAUSER MFG. CO MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO POOLE SILVER CO REED & BARTON BERNARD RICE'S SONS ROGERS GEORGE W. SHIEBLER & CO SHREVE, CRUMP & LOW SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & CO WILLIAM SPRATLING ARTHUR STONE TIFFANY & CO TOWLE TUTTLE SILVERSMITHS WALLACE WATSON COMPANY E.G. WEBSTER & SON WHITING MFG CO WILCOX SILVER PLATE CO

FLATWARE PATTERNS GORHAM HOLMES & EDWARDS INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO KIRK STIEFF CORPORATION ONEIDA SILVERSMITHS REED & BARTON 1847 ROGERS BROS TOWLE MFG CO WALLACE SILVERSMITHS INC.

Marks and information in AMERICAN SILVERPLATE section	FORBES SILVER CO
	FORBES - New York, NY (possibly) active c. 1820. The B.G. mark is the retailer Baldwin Gardiner, Philadelphia
Marks and information in AMERICAN SILVERPLATE section	FORBES SILVER CO
	WILLIAM FORBES - New York, NY active 1852-c.1863
	FORD & TUPPER - New York, NY Origin as J.C.H. Tupper in 1866. Name changed to Ford Tupper & Behan (1866), Ford & Tupper (1867) and Patrick Ford in 1874. Out of business in the 1880s
Marks and information in AMERICAN SILVERPLATE section	FORMAN BROS INC
	LAURENCE FOSS - Massachusetts Laurence Foss (Wakefield, Ma, 1920), highly collected arts and crafts jewelry designer. Designed for Georg Jensen 1945-1950 then established his own lines
	FOSTER & BAILEY - Providence, RI The partnership of Theodore W. Foster and Samuel H. Bailey succeded to Theodore W. Foster & Bros Co (1878-1898).
	THEODORE W. FOSTER & BROS CO. - Providence, RI Founded in 1873 as White & Foster. From 1878 to 1898 the firm was active as Foster & Bailey as partnership of Theodore W. Foster and Samuel H. Bailey. From 1898 the company was incorporated under the name Theodore W. Foster & Bros. Co but continued to use the F&B mark until 1951.

	J.F. FRADLEY & CO - New York, NY Joseph F. Fradley began the business of chaser in 1866. He opened a factory in 1870 entering in partnership with Samuel B. Burr (1871) and Francis P. Locklin (1872-1874). The business was incorporated in 1890 and continued by his son Geo. F. Fradley when he retired (1902). Out of business c. 1936
Marks and information in AMERICAN SILVERPLATE section	FRANKLIN SILVER PLATE COMPANY
	G.H. FRENCH & CO - North Attleboro, MA Active from 1920c. Succeeded by Ellmore Silver Co Inc in the late 1930s
	FRENCH & FRANKLIN - North Attleboro, MA active c. 1896 as manufacturer of flatware, holloware and novelties
further marks and information in AMERICAN SILVERPLATE section	JOHN FRICK JEWELRY COMPANY - New York, NY A John Frick & Co was active in New York as medal manufacturer since the 1880s. John Frick Jewelry Company in early 1900s advertised for its medals made of solid gold, gold filled, solid silver or bronze made in the factory 8-10 Liberty Place, New York City.

	CLEMENS FRIEDELL - Pasadena, CA Born in 1872. An indipendent silversmith, made works in Martelé style and, later, a ready-made production in neo-classical and lobed style. He died in 1963. CLEMENS FRIEDELL: HISTORY & MARKS
	ISADORE V. FRIEDMAN - Chicago, IL Isadore V. Friedman (1885-1956) manufacturer of sterling items in the Arts & Crafts style. Many of his works bear the mark "Hull House Shops" of Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Marks and information in AMERICAN SILVERPLATE section	FRIEDMAN SILVER CO INC
	BENJAMIN FROBISHER - Boston, MA Silversmith and jeweler in Boston since the 2nd quarter of the 19th century
	FROST ART & CRAFTS WORKSHOP - Dayton, OH Founded in 1906 by George W. Frost, they made handwrought items in Arts & Crafts style in copper bronze, brass, iron, silver, precious and semi-precious stones and in various other materials.
	FERDINAND FUCHS & BROS. - New York, NY A partnership of Ferdinand and Rudolph Fuchs established in 1884. Out of business in 1891 when was succeeded by Fuchs & Beiderhase
	FUCHS & BEIDERHASE - New York, NY Founded by Rudolph Fuchs and George B. Beiderhase in 1891. Within few years the firm was succeeded by Alvin Mfg Co

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AMERICAN SILVERPLATE MARKS
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SILVER MANUFACTURERS: MARKS, HISTORY AND INFORMATION

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