Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks
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American Silver Marks

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Daniel Booth Hempsted
New London, CT & Eatontown, GA
(b.1784 - d.1852) Connecticut until 1820, Georgia afterwards.


George A. Henckel & Co.
New York, NY ~ 1909 - c1940
Quality workshop, to the trade. Absorbed into Currier & Roby


George Hendell
Carlisle, PA


Hennegan, Bates & Co.
Baltimore, Maryland ~ 1874 - c1930
Founded in Pittsburgh in the mid 1860's, later removed to Baltimore. Jobbing firm, wholesaling and retailing of Baltimore silversmith's work.


Herbst & Wassall
New York, NY ~ 1909 - c1940
Small, quality shop. Sterling & 14k, small articles.


Joel F. Hewes
Titusville, Pennsylvania ~ Active c1910 - c1950
Small shop, handwrought hammered work. Hewes is erroneously listed as a Boston smith in Kovels'. He was succeeded, in the early 1950's, by Jonathan L. Locke who began working at the Titusville shop in 1914.


William Braisted Heyer
New York, NY
(b.1776 - d.1828), active c1798 - 1828. In partnership with J. L. Gale sometime prior to 1808. After his death the business was carried on by his widow until 1832


D. B. Hindman & Co.
Philadelphia, PA
Active c1833 - 1837




M. Fred Hirsch Co.
Jersey City, New Jersey ~ c1920 - 1945
Sterling holloware. Succeeded by Fisher.


Hobe
New York, NY
1930-present
Costume jewelry manufacturer, used sterling silver primarily during metal shortages of World War II, c.1942-1947.


Julius Hollister
Hartford, CT & Greenfield, MA
(b.1818 - d.1905) Active c1840's. Partner in Seymour & Hollister, Oswego NY ca. 1846


homer sterling George E. Homer
Boston, MA ~ 1875 - 1975+
Retail jewelers, the mark is found primarily on souvenir spoons and Homer was possibly only a retailer.

Hotchkiss & Schreuder
Syracuse, NY
Active c1850 - 1871, David Hotchkiss & Andrew B. Schreuder.
Manufacturing silversmiths, mostly flatware including original patterns.




howard sterling

Howard & Co.
New York, NY ~ 1866 - 1922
High quality sterling.

howard

Howard Sterling Company
Providence, RI ~ 1878 - 1902
Makers of sterling pattern flatware and souvenir spoons beginning in 1886, out of business by 1902. Many of their pattern dies went to the Roger Williams Silver Co.

Hoyt
Location Unknown
Active 1st h. 19th C.


George A. Hoyt
Albany, NY
Active c1822 - 1846


James A. Hoyt
Troy, NY
Active c1838 - 1850


Seymour Hoyt
New York, NY
Active c1817 - 1850, S. Hoyt & Co. c1842


Hunt Silver Company
New York & Chicago ~ c1930s - 1940s
Makers of sterling spun & weighted holloware.

Richard Huntington
Springfield, MA & Utica, NY
(b.1786 - d.1855) Active c1811 - 1823 in Springfield & 1823 - 1855 in Utica. Interim partnership of Huntington & Packard


Huntington & Packard
Springfield, MA
Active c1820. Richard Huntington & Jonathan Packard


Hurst & Kingsbury
New York, NY
active c.1940s/50s
Joan Hurst (1923-2000) and Jill Kingsbury (1909-2004), studio jewelers, exhibited in "Modern Jewelry Design" (1946), Museum of Modern Art, NY.


Ada Husted-Andersen
(1898-1990)

New York, NY, studio jeweler & educator


New Orleans silversmiths Hyde & Goodrich
New Orleans, Louisiana
Active 1816 - 1837, James N. Hyde & Charles Whiting Goodrich, located at 15 Chartres Street.


Hyde & Nevins
New York, NY
Active 1814 - 1819, James N. Hyde & Rufus Nevins
J. N. Hyde went on to found Hyde & Goodrich of New Orleans.






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