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The old hallmarks were as unique as today's logos, and disputes often arose when one company copied another's stamp. [citation needed] "The words "silver" and "sterling silver" describe a product that contains 92.5% pure silver. Silver products sometimes may be marked 925, which means that 925 parts per thousand are pure silver.
Sterling silver. Sterling silver is an alloy composed by weight of 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper. The sterling silver standard has a minimum millesimal fineness of 925. Fine silver, which is 99.9% pure silver, is relatively soft, so silver is usually alloyed with copper to increase its hardness and strength.
These are shown in the top of the two example hallmarks. The bottom example shows the extra marks that can also be struck, the lion passant, indicating Sterling silver, the date mark (lowercase a for the year 2000), and in this example, the 'Millennium mark', which was only available for the years 1999 and 2000. The bottom example bears the ...
Charles Clinton Stieff and partners created the Florence Silver Company on December 2, 1892, shortly after the financial failure of the Klank Manufacturing Company. George Klank was a Baltimore silversmith who had been a part of Klank & Bro. silversmiths. On his own, his new firm lasted only 10 months. Upon the failure of the business, Charles ...
Timothy Tuttle formed the Tuttle Silver Company in 1890, in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.. His first work was to duplicate sterling pieces by special order. And because the pieces he duplicated were generally English sterling pieces, the original Tuttle pieces are dated in the English custom, with the crest of the reigning monarch of the times, to indicate the time period.
Towle Silversmiths. Punch bowl by Towle Silversmiths, c. 1912. Towle Silversmiths is an American silver manufacturer. [1] Towle Silversmiths was founded in 1690 by William Moulton II, the first silversmith in Newbury, Mass. [2][3] Moulton's family continued to operate the shop, and in 1857 apprentices Anthony Francis Towle and William P. Jones ...
Mark (sign) Multiple marks on silver, left to right: maker's mark (Paul Storr), lion passant (assay mark for sterling silver), London town mark, date letter (1835), duty mark (William IV) A mark is a written or imprinted symbol used to indicate some trait of an item, for example, its ownership or maker. [1][2] Mark usually consists of letters ...
In 1955, it became a division of the National Silver Company. [2] The company used many different marks over the years. One of them is a crown with the number 18 at the left and 83 at the right (for 1883). In 2009 the 414 West Water Street property was demolished. [3]