Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks & Makers' Marks
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American Silver Marks
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Peter Macchiarini
(1909-2001)

San Francisco, CA
c1930s-1980s
Succeeded by his son, Daniel Macchiarini


J. Stuart MacDonald
Baltimore, Maryland ~ ca1900 - 1921
Sterling and plated ware.


D. J. Mahoney
New York, NY ~ c.1896 - 1904
Sterling manufacturers


Maisel's
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Founded 1939, trading post, retailer of Navajo Silver.


manchester Manchester Silver Co.
Providence, Rhode Island -- 1914 - 1985
Founded in 1887 as W.H Manchester & Co., makers of flatware & holloware, purchased by Boardman in 1985.
See -> Baker-Manchester


William Mannerback
Reading, PA
Active c.1820 - 1835


Marcus & Co.
New York, New York ~ 1880's - 1920's
High quality Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts gold & sterling jewelry and small items, some small holloware.
One successor of Starr & Marcus, the other being Theodore B. Starr.


Salomon Marion
Montreal, Canada
(1782-1830) Apprenticed at age 16 to Pierre Huguet Sr., also of Montreal, received freedom in 1803.


Marquand & Company
New York, NY
Active c.1834 - 1839. Frederick Marquand (b.1799 - d.1882)


Marshall & Tempest
Philadelphia, PA
Active c.1813 - 1830




American Studio Jewelry Marks
William Mason & Leonard Field
Winchester, MA
Active c.1950 to 1980s
Macefield was their shop's name


Aime Mathey
New York, NY
Active c.1826 - 1865


Mathews & Prior
New York, NY ~ ? - c.1904
Sterling holloware


Miye Matsukada
(1922-1981)

Boston, Massachusetts
active c.1950-1981, Studio jeweler.
Janiye was the name of Matsukada's shop on Newbury St. The shopcontinued on after her death and continued the use of the mark. (see: Watkins, Alexandra)


Matthews Company
Newark, New Jersey ~ 1907 - ca.1936
Sterling holloware and overlay glass. Succeeded by Hickok - Matthews Co.


mauser

mauser sterling
Mauser Manufacturing Co.
New York, NY
1887 - 1903
Good maker, in 1903 absorbed into Mt. Vernon silversmiths.


mayermayer brothers

mayer souvenir spoons
Joseph Mayer & Bros.
Seattle, Washington -- 1895 - 1945
Mostly flatware makers, absorbed into E. J. Towle Co.


Mayer & Voirol
Location Unknown
Active c.1860s, probably Midwestern


Benjamin Mayo
Newark, New Jersey ~ 1860 - 1908
Manufacturer of plated and sterling ware.


mauser The McChesney Co.
Newark, NJ
1921 - 1926
Good maker, McChesney was one of the original founders of Kerr. The firm was taken over by Dominick & Haff in 1926, in short succession it was resold to Reed & Barton and finally was in the hands of Gorham by 1931.


Thomas McConnell
Wilmington, DE
(b.1768 - d.1825) Active c.1790 - 1818


J. B. McFadden
Pittsburgh, PA
Active c.1840


mauser McGrath-Hamin Inc.
Providence, Rhode Island
from c.1950
Jewelry manufacturer


Wilson McGrew
Cincinnati, OH
(b.1800 - d.1859) Active c.1825 - 1859


McKay, Spear & Brown
Boston, MA
Active c.1850


Henry McKeen
Philadelphia, PA
Active c.1823 - 1850


John McMullen
Philadelphia, PA
(b.1765 - d.1843) Active c.1795 - 1843. In partnership McMullin & Black c.1811


Edward E. Mead
Utica, NY & St. Louis, MO
Active c.1831 - 1870. In St. Louis from 1838 and in partnership with Edwin Adriance 1836 - 1852


John W. Mealy, Son & Co.
Baltimore, MD ~ c.1900
Sterling holloware, succeeded by the Mealy Manufacturing Co. c.1905


mechanics Mechanics Sterling Co.
Attleboro, MA -- 1896 -?
A subsidiary of Watson & Newell Co., produced Sterling flatware and souvenir spoons.



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