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ECCLESIASTICAL SILVER AND ITS MAKERS


A topic for recording details of church silverware and the makers thereof.

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BLUNT & WRAY

An example of the work and mark of Blunt & Wray, an Altar Set, assayed at London in 1915 and retailed by Reid & Sons of Newcastle-on-Tyne:

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FD/W (Frederick Dendy Wray) - London - 1915

Blunt & Wray were established in c.1888 by Sidney Blunt and Frederick Dendy Wray.

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J. & R. LAMB

59, Carmine Street, New York


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J. & R. Lamb - New York - 1879

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J. & R. Lamb - New York - 1886

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F. OSBORNE & Co. Ltd.

27, Eastcastle Street, Oxford Street, and 50, Clerkenwell Road, Clerkenwell, later, 117, Gower Street, London


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F. Osborne & Co. Ltd. - London - Box detail



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F. Osborne & Co. Ltd. - London - 1913

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Osborne - London - 1921

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F. Osborne & Co. Ltd. - London - 1921

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F. Osborne & Co. Ltd. - London - 1922

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F. Osborne & Co. Ltd. - London - 1922

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F. Osborne & Co. Ltd. - London - 1928

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F. Osborne & Co. Ltd. - London - 1959

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F. Osborne & Company Ltd. - London - 1962

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Osborne - London - 1967

Established in 1874.

Converted into a limited liability company, with James Thomas Hunt and Herbert Francis Wauthier as directors, by 1911.

Removed to 117, Gower Street in 1935.

Users of trade mark 'OSCRAFT'

Frank Osborne entered his mark, 'F.O.', contained within an heraldic shield, with the London Assay Office on the 22nd October 1901.

F. Osborne & Co. Ltd. entered their marks, 'FO/&Co/Ltd', contained within an heraldic shield, with the London Assay Office on the 26th April 1911 and 1st December 1913

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R. GEISSLER - R. GEISSLER Inc.

127, Clinton Place, later, 318-322, East 48th Street, later, 124, Clinton Place, later, 56, West 8th Street, later, 490, 6th Avenue, New York, later, 252-17, Northern Boulevard, Little Neck, New York


An example of the work and mark of R. Geissler:

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R. Geissler - New York - 1881

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R. Geissler - New York - 1882

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R. Geissler - New York - 1885

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R. Geissler - New York - 1898

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R. Geissler - New York - 1902

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R. Geissler - New York - 1907

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R. Geissler Inc. - New York - 1922

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R. Geissler Inc. - New York - 1940

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R. Geissler Inc. - New York - 1959

Established in 1877.

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A. WERNER

Werner Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


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This cross, made of steel and silver, consists of 2,060 separate parts, not a single screw, pin or particle of solder being used in fastening the entire piece together. Square steel rods, into which incisions have been filed and all the parts fitted together, so that the cross in its entirety looks like a solid casting, make up the distinct parts.

On each piece a sharp point has been filed so that it does not permit of any firm grasp by the bare hand. An image of the Redeemer occupies the center. This image, which is of gilt, is surrounded by a silver frame.

A. Werner, a Silversmith of Milwaukee, the constructor of this wonderful piece of work abandoned his task on three different occasions, so arduous and trying did it become. All the square rods from which the cross is made have been filed and placed together by hand.

By exact calculation 2,000 hours were occupied in its construction, or 250 working days of eight hours each. This, including Sundays, is nearly a year's labor.


Source: The Church Times - July 1909


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A. Werner - Milwaukee - 1920

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A. Werner - Milwaukee - 1921

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A. Werner - Milwaukee - 1922

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A. Werner - Milwaukee - 1922

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A. Werner - Milwaukee - 1922

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A. Werner - Milwaukee - 1931

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PATRICK J. GILL - PATRICK GILL & SONS

387, Washington Street, Boston, later, 9, Fowle Street, Woburn, Massachusetts


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Patrick J. Gill - Boston - 1922

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Patrick J. Gill - Boston - 1935

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Patrick J. Gill - Boston - 1939

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Patrick J. Gill & Sons - Boston - 1948

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Patrick J. Gill & Sons - Boston - 1960

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TOWNSHEND Ltd.

Ernest Street, Holloway Head, Birmingham


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Townshend's Ltd. - Birmingham - 1907

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Townshend Ltd. - Birmingham - 1928

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Townshend Ltd. - Birmingham - 1928


Later styled 'Townshend's Art Metal Co. Ltd.'

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W. BAINBRIDGE REYNOLDS Ltd.

Manor House Metal Works, 7b, Old Town, Clapham, London


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W. Bainbridge Reynolds Ltd. - London - 1905


Examples of the work of William Bainbridge Reynolds:

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1900


William Bainbridge Reynolds entered his mark, 'W.B.R' contained within an oblong punch, with the London Assay Office on the 17th October 1904.


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C.E. MORTON & Co.

19, Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, London


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C.E. Morton & Co. - London - 1839

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GAWTHORP later GAWTHORP & SONS

16, Long Acre, Covent Garden, London WC, later 11, Tufton Street, London SW


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Gawthorp - London - 1861

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Gawthorp - London - 1875

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Gawthorp - London - 1890

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Gawthorp - London - 1897

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Gawthorp & Sons - London - 1907

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Gawthorp & Sons - London - 1907

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Gawthorp & Sons - London - 1907

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Gawthorp & Sons - London - 1907

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Gawthorp & Sons - London - 1907

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Gawthorp & Sons - London - 1907

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Gawthorp & Sons - London - 1907

Established 1854 by Thomas John Gawthorp (b.1832, d.1912). In the 1880's they amalgamated with the firm of Matthews & Sons of 377, Oxford Street, London. By 1907 the business was styled Gawtrorp & Sons, and by 1913 the firm was in the hands of Walter Edmund Gawthorp (d.1936). Following the death of Walter Gawthorp the business was acquired by the Church Furnishers, J. Whippell & Co. Ltd. of Exeter.

Gawthorps entered three marks with the London Assay Office, 'TJG' (Thomas John Gawthorp), contained within an elliptical punch on the 26th November 1885. 'TJG' contained within an oblong punch with clipped corners on the 14th October 1898, and a similar one on the 17th December 1901.

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TONKS, Ltd.

201, Moseley Street, Birmingham and 12, Farringdon Avenue, London


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Tonks, Ltd. - Birmingham - 1900

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Tonks, Ltd. - Birmingham - 1907

Established in 1789 as Bedington, Tonks and Co., the firm later became William Tonks and Sons, and later still, Tonks, Ltd.

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WALKER & HALL

Sheffield


Ecclesiastical silver by Walker & Hall:

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These details from the 1920's.

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THE GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS COMPANY Ltd.

London


Ecclesiastical silver by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Limited:

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These details from 1899.

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LE ROUX

94, rue de Rennes, Paris


An advertisement from Geo. Grégoire, representative of Maison le Roux in New York:

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Geo. Grégoire - New York - 1908

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CHARLES-FRÉDÉRIC BERGER & HENRI NESME

25 Montée du Chemin-Neuf, later, 122 Rue Saint-Georges, Lyon


Examples of the work and mark of Charles-Frédéric Berger & Henri Nesme:

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This is the mark of Charles-Frédéric Berger & Nesme Henri
25 montée du Chemin-Neuf, Lyon (1)
122 rue Saint-Georges, Lyon (2)(1900)
Symbol : a chalice (un calice)
Mark entered 1889
Mark cancelled 1924



See: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=50659

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WRIGHT MANUFACTURING Co. Inc.

127-135, Master Street, Philadelphia


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Wright Manufacturing Co. Inc. - Philadelphia - 1922

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PLACIDE POUSSIELGUE-RUSAND - POUSSIELGUE-RUSAND FILS

Rue Cassette 3, Rue Pape-Carpantier 5 & 7, Paris. Lyon, Orlèans, Biarritz, Rome, Madrid, London and New York



Title page from Possielgue-Rusand Fils 1893 Catalogue:

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Successor to Orfèvre De N.S.P Le Pape.

Founded by Placide Poussielgue-Rusand (b.1824-d.1889) in 1849, he ran the business up until his death in 1889 and then afterwards it was continued by his son, Maurice Poussielgue-Rusand (b.1861-d.1933), and then by his son, Jean-Marie Poussielgue-Rusand (b.1895-d.1967), who closed the business in 1963.


The mark of Poussielgue-Rusand Fils:

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PRF

An example of the work and mark of Placide Poussielgue-Rusand:

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PPR


See: http://www.925-1000.com/fx_pPoussielgue.html

and: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=50656

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GEORGE J. HUNT

Boston, Massachusetts


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George J. Hunt - Boston - 1907

George J. Hunt was born (1865) and served his apprenticeship in Liverpool. He arrived in the United States in 1885 and was noted as a member of the Society of Arts and Crafts at Boston. He spent a period in partnership with James T. Woolley at 79, Chestnut Street, Boston as 'Hunt & Woolley'.

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ALT SILVER-PLATE MANUFACTURING Co. Inc.

16-20, East Randolph Street, Chicago


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Alt Silver-Plate Manufacturing Co. Inc. - Chicago - 1922

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