American Silver Makers Marks: 2,800+ US Silversmiths

The Silver Marks library records 2854 American silversmiths, manufacturers and retailers , each with a photographed mark, a town and recorded working years. American silver is the second-largest section of the library after Britain.

American marking is a different system

There is no assay office and no date letter. A US piece carries the maker's mark and, from roughly the 1860s, STERLING or 925. Earlier work is often coin silver at 900 fine and frequently carries only a surname or initials.

Where the trade was

New York, Providence, Newark and Attleboro dominate the manufacturing record; Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore carry most of the earlier hand-work.

A sample of recorded American makers

Maker Town Active
A. & Z. CHAIN Co. Providence ca 1905–1980
A. ANZELEWITZ & Co. New York ca 1884–1908
A. BLUMSTEING - LUCIEN PICCARD New York ca 1947–2024
A. COHEN & SONS Corp. - CROSBY New York ca 1911–2024
A. CUTLER Boston ca 1820–1852
A. JORALEMON & SON Newark ca 1861–1915
A. LEACH Boston ca 1860–1890
A. LOUNSBURY & SON New York ca 1897–1915
A. LUDWIG & SON New York ca 1875–1911
A. MARTIN New York ca 1880–1906
A. ROSENBERG Providence ca 1880–1920
A. WALLACH & Co. New York ca 1902–1928
A.B. SCHREUDER - HOTCHKISS & SCHREUDER [later SYRACUSE SILVER MFG Co.] Syracuse ca 1852–1895
A.C. BECKEN Co. Chicago ca 1892–1930
A.E. GOODHUE Mass. ca 1950–1960
A.E. TYLER Providence ca 1891–1928
A.F. TOWLE & SON Co. [later ROGERS, LUNT & BOWLEN Co.] Greenfield ca 1890–1902
A.F. TOWLE & SON Co. [later ROGERS, LUNT & BOWLEN Co.] Greenfield ca 1880–1902
A.G. SCHULTZ & Co. Baltimore ca 1899–1950
A.J. WILD JEWELRY Co. New York ca 1880–1910
A.K. HAWKES Co. New York ca 1891–1915
A.M. SOFFEL Co., Inc. Newark ca 1920–1930
A.P. CRAFT Co. Indianapolis ca 1902–1928
A.R. JUSTICE Co Philadelphia ca 1881–1930
A.R. JUSTICE Co. [RIVERTON SILVER Co.] ca 1881–1930
A.R. KATZ & LEUDAN Co. New York ca 1899–1912
A.W. ROBINSON New York ca 1860–1870
ABEL BROS & Co. New York ca 1904–1920
ABEL BUELL ca 1760–1822
ABEL MOULTON Newburyport ca 1800–1830
ABRAHAM & STRAUS [Later Macy's] Brooklyn ca 1893–1995
ABRAHAM BEGAY Scottsdale ca 1980–1990
ABRAHAM DUBOIS Philadelphia ca 1777–1813
ABRAHAM GERRISTE FORBES New York ca 1785–1805
ABRAHAM Van NICE Danville ca 1810–1820
ABRAHAM WARMBRAND JEWELERS New York ca 1962–1987
ABRAM BRINSMAID ca 1790–1841
ACADEMY SILVER Co. New York ca 1950–1960
ACCESSOCRAFT PRODUCTS Co. New York ca 1930–1990
ACME SILVER PLATE Co. Boston ca 1885–1910
ADA HUSTED-ANDERSEN [b.1898 - d.1990] New York ca 1930–1970
ADAGIO Northbrook ca 1983–2024
ADALINE HICKS Boston ca 1897–1922
ADAM & RITA TELLER [Navajo] ca 1990–2000
ADAM FIERO [or FIERRO] [Navajo] Albuquerque ca 1980–1990

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