Papers, [ca. 1900]-1938.

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Papers, [ca. 1900]-1938.

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Consists of over 250 glass-plate negatives of silver marks; approximately 125 depictions of silver hollowware (possibly reproductions made by Currier & Roby); handwritten and typed notes with information on silversmiths and their marks used to compile Marks of Early American Silversmiths; extracts of listings for silversmiths, goldsmiths, and jewlers from New York City directories between 1815 and 1840; and a card file with names of silversmiths and sometimes sketches of their marks. Also included is a scrapbook compiled by Lavina Currier with obituaries for Ernest Currier; book reviews; and letters from E. Alfred Jones, a noted writer about antique silver.

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Currier & Roby.

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Currier, Ernest M., 1867-1936

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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 E...