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AMERICAN STERLING SILVER HALLMARKS - ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF MAKERS:
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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 |
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LINCOLN & FOSS - Boston, MA
Partnership of Albert L. Lincoln and Charles M. Foss. Active 1948-1957 succeeding to Lincoln & Reed (1838-1848). Succeeded in 1859 by Haddock, Lincoln & Foss . |
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LIPMAN-LEVINTER INDUSTRIES LTD
formerly LIPMAN BROTHERS - Toronto, Ontario - Canada
active (1920s-1930s) at 41, Peter Street, Toronto. Manufacturers of silver and silverplated holloware. The business of Henry Lipman, and his son-in-law, Mervyn 'Bing' Levinter. VIKING PLATE was their registered trade mark. |
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LIPPIATT SILVER PLATE AND ENGRAVING CO |
| Marks and information in AMERICAN SILVERPLATE section |
L.A. LITTLEFIELD SILVER CO |
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PAUL LOBEL - New York, NY
Paul A. Lobel, designer, metalsmith, sculptor and cartoonist/illustrator, born in Romania at the turn of the century, emigrated to the United States while an infant. Originally running an industrial design studio on Fifth Avenue, in 1944, he opened a studio/shop at 165 West 4th Street in Greenwich Village. He was known primarily for his modernist jewelery but created also sterling holloware and small items. Paul A. Lobel died in 1983 |
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JONATHAN L. LOCKE - Titusville, PA
Jonathan Lloyd Locke (1901-1974) began as an apprentice to Joel Hewes in 1914 and spent his entire working life in his workshop. When Hewes retired in the early 1950s, Locke took over the shop and continued to produce fine hammered silver piece of similar style |
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P.H. LOCKLIN & SONS - New York, NY
partnership established in 1892 by Peter H. Locklin, Sr. with his sons Peter H. and John L. Locklin.
When Peter H. Locklin, Sr. died (1921) he was in the silver business from c. 1880 (formerly with his brother Frank P. Locklin, as manufacturer of gold and silver novelties, under the firm name of F. P. Locklin and Brother). |
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THOMAS LONG COMPANY |
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LORD SILVER INC. - New York, NY
Proprietors of Schweitzer Silver Corp - Brooklyn, NY, active in 1950s/1960s |
From 1892 Daniel Low published a successful mail-order catalog called the Daniel Low Year Book where they advertised their Salem Witch souvenir spoons and Witch on jewelry like brooches, cuff links, hat and scarf pins. The catalogs illustrated also other items as solid gold brooches, pendants, hat pins, scarf pins, cuff links, pocket watches, lorgnette and watch chains, fobs and rings, silver toilet sets, novelties and silverware made by other primary American manufacturers.
Salem Witch spoon: 1st pattern made by Durgin
Salem Witch spoon: 2nd pattern made by Gorham
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DANIEL LOW & CO - Salem, MA
Maker and retailer of sterling silver vanity items and novelties established in 1867 as a small jewelry shop. His son Seth F. Low designed the first "Witch spoon", made by Durgin Division of the Gorham Mfg Co and advertised in National magazines, largely responsible of the souvenir spoon mania that swept shortly before 1900. The business was incorporated in 1907 under the name Daniel Low & Co Inc. They published a mail-order catalog, which grew to as large as 200 pages. Their first mail order catalogue was called the Daniel Low Year Book and put out in 1892. After the death of Daniel Low (1911) the business was managed by his son Seth Low. Later the company was run by Seth's widow Florence until the mid-1950s. In 1955, Bill Follett bought and ran the company until it was sold, along with the building, in 1994.
OLD IMAGE OF THE SHOP
DANIEL LOW & CO: THE CREATORS OF WITCH SOUVENIR SPOON
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LOWS, BALL & COMPANY - Boston
active c. 1840 |
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LUDWIG, REDLICH & CO - New York, NY
Ludwig, Redlich & Co., later Redlich & Co., was formed in 1890 by Adolph Ludwig, former designer at Shiebler, and A. Alec Redlich, a diamond salesman. Ludwig left the company in 1895. The factory opened at 247 Centre Street, moving in June 1891 to 351/353 Jay Street, Brooklyn with office at 1 Silversmiths' Hall, Union Square, New York |
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LULLABY STERLING
a division of Alvin Corporation |
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