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DescriptionColonial America“Ephraim Brasher” Colonial Era Silve=
r Spoon c. 1780, COLONIAL ERA LARGE SILVER SPOON, Produced by Ephraim Bras=
her, NY, Choice Near Mint. Large, 9” long, shiny silver serving spoon=
, with fancy, engraved initials on spoon end, and two “EB” hall=
marks stamped on the bottom of the handle. A beautiful example. Brasher i=
s listed in “The Book of Old Silver” by Seymour Wyler, as produ=
cing silverware out of New York, from 1766 onward. He was a prominent New=
York City gold and silversmith. In 1787 Brasher appears to have joined wi=
th the New York silversmith and noted swordmaker, John Bailey in requesting=
a franchise to produce copper coins for the State of New York. The legisla=
tive record for February 12, 1787 stated, "the several petitions" of Brashe=
r and Bailey were filed with the state. Because of the ambiguous wording it=
is not known if the petitions were joint ventures or simply individual pet=
itions that just happened to have been submitted on the same day. Their pet=
itions, along with the petition of their competitors, were denied a few mon=
ths later when the state decided to refrain from the minting of coppers (se=
e the Machin's Patterns section for additional details). Soon after the unf=
avorable judgment Ephraim Brasher turned his attention from coppers back to=
designing and minting a few pattern gold doubloons. Apparently he had been=
working on a Lima style gold piece the preceding year. Brasher was often =
asked to weigh and verify the authenticity of foreign gold coins for custom=
ers. Several examples of foreign gold have been discovered counterstamped =
with the initials EB in an oval (examples can be found in the the Roper auc=
tion catalog). Apparently his stamp on a coin was taken as proof the item w=
as of the proper weight and fineness. Breen discovered that Brasher's addr=
ess in 1789-1790 was listed as number five Cherry Street in New York City, =
which was next door to George Washington's residence. It has been reported =
that in Washington's now lost household accounts there was an entry under A=
pril 17, 1790 stating Washington purchased four silver skewers from Brasher=
for =A38 8s6d in New York currency. Brasher had a substantial reputation =
as an assayer. In November of 1792 with the assistance of David Ott he ass=
ayed several varieties if gold coins for the new federal government. There=
after Brasher assisted assaying gold for the U.S. Mint.
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<font face=3D"Arial, Verdana" size=3D"2">DescriptionColonial America“=
Ephraim Brasher” Colonial Era Silver Spoon c. 1780, COLONIAL ERA LAR=
GE SILVER SPOON, Produced by Ephraim Brasher, NY, Choice Near Mint. Large, =
9” long, shiny silver serving spoon, with fancy, engraved initials on=
spoon end, and two “EB” hallmarks stamped on the bottom of the=
handle. A beautiful example. Brasher is listed in “The Book of Old=
Silver” by Seymour Wyler, as producing silverware out of New York, f=
rom 1766 onward. He was a prominent New York City gold and silversmith. =
In 1787 Brasher appears to have joined with the New York silversmith and no=
ted swordmaker, John Bailey in requesting a franchise to produce copper coi=
ns for the State of New York. The legislative record for February 12, 1787 =
stated, "the several petitions" of Brasher and Bailey were filed with the s=
tate. Because of the ambiguous wording it is not known if the petitions wer=
e joint ventures or simply individual petitions that just happened to have =
been submitted on the same day. Their petitions, along with the petition of=
their competitors, were denied a few months later when the state decided t=
o refrain from the minting of coppers (see the Machin's Patterns section fo=
r additional details). Soon after the unfavorable judgment Ephraim Brasher =
turned his attention from coppers back to designing and minting a few patte=
rn gold doubloons. Apparently he had been working on a Lima style gold piec=
e the preceding year. Brasher was often asked to weigh and verify the auth=
enticity of foreign gold coins for customers. Several examples of foreign =
gold have been discovered counterstamped with the initials EB in an oval (e=
xamples can be found in the the Roper auction catalog). Apparently his stam=
p on a coin was taken as proof the item was of the proper weight and finene=
ss. Breen discovered that Brasher's address in 1789-1790 was listed as num=
ber five Cherry Street in New York City, which was next door to George Wash=
ington's residence. It has been reported that in Washington's now lost hous=
ehold accounts there was an entry under April 17, 1790 stating Washington p=
urchased four silver skewers from Brasher for =A38 8s6d in New York currenc=
y. Brasher had a substantial reputation as an assayer. In November of 179=
2 with the assistance of David Ott he assayed several varieties if gold coi=
ns for the new federal government. Thereafter Brasher assisted assaying go=
ld for the U.S. Mint.
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