Lancaster Fanning. Saturday. July 18.1970
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Antiquing
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Joel Sater
Over 1000 Eorly American Silversmiths
100 American Silver Manufacturers
Every field of collecting has
it's classic, definitive woik To
day’s collectors of silver owe
much thanks to Col Robei t Alan
Green for his magnificent icpnnt
of Ernest Currier’s MARKS OF
EARLY AMERICAN SILVER
SMITHS
Currier, himself a world fam
ous worker in silver and gold
who designed and executed the
Bobby Jones Golf Tiophy. spent
years researching the lives and
markings of Amencan silver
smiths
At his death his wife arranged
in 1938 to have his notes oigan
ized and published in book foim
it was a handsome volume
limited to only 750 copies “When
one tui ns up today the pi ice runs
into the thiee figuies,” says the
Colonel
Col Gieen has icpioduced this
original volume with loving and
meticulous care His edition too
is limited to 1000 copies, 527 50,
published by The Colonel’s
Hobby, 8 Shawnee Tiail, Hai
nson, NY 10528 The maiks of
ovei 1000 Amencan Silvei smiths
are shown, most of them con
centrating on smiths of the 17th,
18th, and eaily 19th centunes,
though some silvei smiths listed
died as recently as 1890
Though vve all would love to
own Amencan silvei from the
18th centmy,’ says Judith
Amdui, silvei collector and
dealei who was displaying at
the National Antiques Show at
Madison Garden, “there’s very
Jane Elizabeth Logan, 20,
Mount Gilead, Ohio, was crown
ed American Daily Princess for
1910-71 at the 16th annual con
test held in Boston July 1 in
conjunction with the 85th con
\ entxon of the Holstein-Friesian
Association of America.
Named as her alternate was
Debbie Huffman, Minnewau
kan, North Dakota.
A sophomore at Ohio State
University, the new princess is
5’ 6” tall with blue eyes and
brown hair. She received a $2,-
004 cash scholarship to farther
her education; her alternate,
$5OO.
As the new “First Lady" of
the dairy industry, Jane Logan
will “speak up” for milk pro
ducts in print and on the air.
Her public relations role will
be to point out the nutritive
benefits of dairy foods and to
promote them on a non brand
basis. - ~ -- - -- ■
little of it aiound to be bought
Most is owned by museums,
cliuiches oi wealthy private
collectors
But theie’s plenty of fine silver
Amencan. Euiopean and English
fiom the 19th century within
i each of most pockctbooks ”
Eailj American Silver can only tlons about who made it and
be exactly dated b> researching "’hen
the dates of the maker and
analjzing the technique of de
sign
Though most Ameiican silver
workeis aie known, a few maik
mgs still lemain unidentified.
Judith Amdur, Riverdale, N.Y., collects old silver
year round Once every six months she places about
10,000 pieces on sale in a dramatic exhibit at the
National Antiques Show, Madison Square Garden.
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English silver hits always been
carefully marked and doled.
"French and Cum man silver is
penally well maiked but the date
must be detci mined by eeitnin
l.ieks of the makei like mining
his hallmaik in a eeit.nn way for
a p.nlicul.ii .\eai.' Judilh stales
I gel many inqumcs about the
maikings on silver puces owned
by my icadets Most frequently
they aie post 1830 A veiy (Inc
tcfeience for this late silver is
AMERICAN SILVER MANU
FACTURERS by Dorothy Rain
water. Everybody’s Pi ess, Han
over, Pa. $lO It tiaees the
histones of ovei 100 Ameucan
silver manufactvueis
I think anyone intei ested in
silver should own a copy of both
books mentioned in today’s col
umn Between them you’ll find
the answers to most of your ques-
cJoel Sater send large self
addressed envelope with 12c
stamp for free list of hun
dieds of good books on anti
ques Write c/o this news
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