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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 2941525, member: 22729&quot;]Your counterstamp probably reads &quot;BRINGHURST &amp; KIRBY,&quot; Michael.</p><p><br /></p><p>John Henry Bringhurst was one of the early Philadelphia sawmakers c1840s. He worked alone for a few years, but then took in John (?) Kirby as a partner. Bringhurst&#039;s history is a bit sketchy, so I don&#039;t know when the partnership commenced. I know they were together in at least 1857, but this was near the end of their partnership. I believe Kirby withdrew and Bringhurst teamed up with a man named John Verree under the name Bringhurst &amp; Verree. That company was more of a general iron and hardware manufacturing business, but they did make saws. Their saw business and possibly the entire company was bought out by Henry Disston in the 1860s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn&#039;t find an image of any of Bringhurst&#039;s partnership stamps, only ones of his when he worked alone. There&#039;s some information about Bringhurst on the internet if you want to look into his businesses.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can get a decent picture of both sides of the coin, I&#039;d like to see it, Michael. Thanks for posting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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