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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ExoMan, post: 2498033, member: 72588&quot;]Some of my summer pick-ups ... counterstamps ... pics attached, Bruce !!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>L. BAKER </b>- LARKIN BAKER, 1799-1832, WAS A WATCHMAKER, SILVERSMITH AND JEWELER. HE ADVERTISED AS SUCH IN AUBURN, NY IN 1826. PER THE ONLINE SILVERSMITH DIRECTORY, BAKER DIED IN DETROIT IN 1832. THIS C/S IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF HIS FATHER, THOMAS. BRUNK LISTS L. BAKER&nbsp; ON AN 1825 LARGE CENT, SO THIS MAY PLACE BAKER IN NY WHEN STAMPED. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE BRUNK LISTED PIECE IS A HALLMARK. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another piece I picked up was this unlisted <b>J. KOLP</b> c/s on a large cent, Note that the two stamps are slightly different. The Kolp name in early directories is exceedingly rare. The only listing found was in Cincinnati. Thus, I&#039;m inclined to believe it was this likely father/son duo&#039;s doing ...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>J. KOLP </b>- JACOB &amp; JOSEPH KOLP ARE SEPARATELY LISTED AS EDGE TOOL MANUFACTURERS IN THE 1850-51 CINCINNATI DIRECTORY. THE TWO C/S ARE SIMILAR BUT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SIZES. ONE JOSEPH KOLP IS LISTED AS AN EDGE TOOL MAKER IN THE 1836 CINCINNATI DIRECTORY, WORKING AT N 5th ST BY ELM AND PLUM. IN THE 1840 DIRECTORY, JACOB IS LISTED AS WORKING FOR JOSEPH ON MAIN ST. NEAR SYCAMORE. JOSEPH MAY HAVE BEEN JACOB&#039;S FATHER.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet another unlisted silversmith is this <b>A. MOULTON</b> c/s on a 1794 large cent. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>A. MOULTON - </b>THIS IS A HALLMARK OF ABEL MOULTON, 1784-1850. HE BEGAN APPRENTICING IN 1797, AFTER WHICH HE WORKED ON HIS OWN. COMMENCING IN 1818, HE ENTERED INTO A SERIES OF PARTNERSHIPS, UNTIL HIS DEMISE IN 1850. HE WAS LOCATED IN NEWBURYPORT, MASS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last but not least is a c/s, <b>H - I</b>, on a 1787 Fugio Cent. This is the only c/s&#039;d Fugio now in my collection. While the large c/s, possibly that of clockmakers, is not a slam-dunk attribution by any means, its style is definitely early.&nbsp; Here are my notes. (I use capital letters in my database as they&#039;re easier to read in small print)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>H - I </b> - POSSIBLY HEYDORN &amp; IMLAY, HARTFORD CT.&nbsp; RICHARD IMLAY &amp; C. HEYDORN WERE WATCH AND CLOCKMAKERS, PARTNERS BETWEEN 1809-11. THE HOST COIN IS A SCARCE VARIETY, 7-T, AN R-5.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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