Currier, Ernest M., 1867-1936

Ernest M. Currier was a silversmith and collector of silver marks. Born in Newburyport, Ma., he attended local schools before beginning a career as an engraver in Chicago, Il. In 1900, he moved to New York City and founded the silversmithing firm of Currier & Roby. The firm concentrated on making reproductions of antique silver. Currier married Lavina Frost in 1927. At the time of his death, he was working on a book of marks of early American silversmiths. His wife had the volume (Marks of Early American Silversmiths with Notes on Silver, Spoon Types & List of New York City Silversmiths, 1815-1841) published in 1938.