Coin silver spoons

[Marino13]

Got these for 22 dollars. Still doing research.

 

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[Red-Coat]

Cool.

That would be John Federhen, Jr. of Boston, Massachusetts (b.1812; d.1898) and active between 1831-1897. He entered into a number of partnerships at various times:

- with H.G. Arthur in 1831 as 'Arthur & Federhen'
- with his brother Jacob Federhen between 1834-1841 as 'J. & J. Federhen'
- with 'R.H. Towle & Co.' c.1848
- with 'Wm. Perry, Jr. & Co.' between 1849-1851
- with his sons John Federhen III and Herbert M. Federhen as 'John Federhen & Sons' between 1874-1897.

I would think from the 'solo' period between 1851-1874, excluding the Civil War years.

 

[Marino13]

Cool.

That would be John Federhen, Jr. of Boston, Massachusetts (b.1812; d.1898) and active between 1831-1897. He entered into a number of partnerships at various times:

- with H.G. Arthur in 1831 as 'Arthur & Federhen'
- with his brother Jacob Federhen between 1834-1841 as 'J. & J. Federhen'
- with 'R.H. Towle & Co.' c.1848
- with 'Wm. Perry, Jr. & Co.' between 1849-1851
- with his sons John Federhen III and Herbert M. Federhen as 'John Federhen & Sons' between 1874-1897.

I would think from the 'solo' period between 1851-1874, excluding the Civil War years.

Red coat if you ever need a place to stay in the states my house is open 😄 Trying to nail down the monogram for provenance. I. Seeing H.A. Simonds. What say you?

 

[Red-Coat]

Red coat if you ever need a place to stay in the states my house is open 😄 Trying to nail down the monogram for provenance. I. Seeing H.A. Simonds. What say you?

Ha... thanks for that. I have lots of friends in the States, so I'll add you to the list.

Yep, I see 'H.A. Simmonds' too. DId you try the 'findagrave' website to check if there's someone with that name from the right period in the locality where the spoons were found?

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[Marino13]

Ha... thanks for that. I have lots of friends in the States, so I'll add you to the list.

Yep, I see 'H.A. Simmonds' too. DId you try the 'findagrave' website to check if there's someone with that name from the right period in the locality where the spoons were found?

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I did, but I was searching simonds with one m. I'll retry.

 

[Red-Coat]

I did, but I was searching simonds with one m. I'll retry.

Sorry... I mis-typed. Definitely a single 'm'.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very nice !

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice group of silver spoons.

 

[tamrock]

Looks like you made a decent buy. Did you weigh them ?

 

[Marino13]

Looks like you made a decent buy. Did you weigh them ?

No but the estate sale had them listed at 3 oz or something.

 

[tamrock]

No but the estate sale had them listed at 3 oz or something.

Looks about accurate I guess. Anymore much of the value in antique silver is based on the weight in silver. Unless it's a piece made by Paul Revere.

 

[Digger RJ]

Got these for 22 dollars. Still doing research.

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!