John Valiant (1812-1882)
Palmyra, MO c. 1844-1864
Alphabetical By Name
AB
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Babbit to Ball
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Ballou to Beauchamp
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Beaucraft to Bingham
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Birge to Borsum
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Bostwick to Brewer
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Brigden to Browne
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Bruff to Byrnes
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Haddock to Hanners
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Hansel to Hawley
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Hayden to Henry
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Hequembourg to Hoffman
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Holden to Howell
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Hoyt to Hyman
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Saart to Schroth
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Schultz to Shaw
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Sheffield to Simpson
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Sinclair to Spaulding
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Spear to Steele
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Steen to Story
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Stoutenberg to Syracuse
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Wagner to Watrous
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Watson to Welch
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Welles to White
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Whitehead to Willey
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Williams to Wolcott
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Wolf to Wynne
Valiant to Vautrot
John Vanall
Charleston, SC 1747-1752
Peter Van Bueren (Van Beuren) (1776-1844)
New York, NY 1797-1798
VanCott & Polhamus
New York, NY 1837-1838
Albert B. Van Cott and John Polhamus.
Albert B. VanCott (1811-1897)
New York, NY 1832-c. 1845; Milwaukee, WI c. 1845-1871;
Chicago, IL 1871-1880; and Madison, WI c. 1880-1895
Was in the partnership of VanCott & Polhamus with John Polhamus 1837-1838.
James S. Vancourt (1819-1916)
New York, NY c. 1840-1861
Was in partnership with William L. Coles in the firm of Coles & Vancourt 1848-1852 and in the firm of J.S. Vancourt & Co. 1852-1853.
Clarence A. Vanderbilt (b. 1869)
New York, NY c. 1891-1940
Maker of sterling holloware and novelties.
W.K. Vanderslice & Co.
San Francisco, CA 1860-1906
Founded by William Keyser Vanderslice. Made sterling and coin silver flatware and holloware. Acquired by Shreve & Co. Many Vanderslice items can be dated by the address that often accompanies the maker’s mark:
134 Washington St. 1858-1860 (Wm. K. Vanderslice working alone)
728 Montgomery St. 1860-1862
810 Montgomery St. 1863-1871
136 Sutter St. 1872-1906
See flatware patterns.
John Van Derveer (b.c. 1776)
Somerville, NJ 1800-1830
Peter Van Dyck (Van Dyke) (1684-1751)
New York, NY c. 1710-1740
Richard Van Dyck (Van Dyke) (1717-1770)
New York, NY c. 1750-1756
Dirk Van Erp Studios
San Francisco, CA 1910-1977
Founded by Dirk Van Erp. Best known for their handwrought Arts & Crafts copper work, they did work in other metals, including sterling. Upon Dirk Van Erp’s retirement in 1929, his son William took over the shop. William added the word “handwrought” to the original Dirk Van Erp mark.
C. & J. Vanhouten
Cincinnati, OH c. 1860-1862
Charles and Joseph C. Vanhouten.
Abraham Van Nice
Danville, KY c. 1813
Tunis Van Riper
New York, NY 1813-1819 and 1827-1829
John T. Vansant & Co.
Philadelphia, PA
Makers of sterling flatware and holloware. The silverware manufacturing portion of the business was sold to Simons, Bro. & Co. in 1886. This business operated under the following names and dates:
John T. Vansant & Co. 1881-1884.
John T. Vansant Mfg. Co. 1884-1886.
Vansant Silver Co., Ltd. 1886-1892.
Benjamin Cromwell Van Vliet
Poughkeepsie, NY 1830-1851
In the partnership of Van Vliet & Cromwell in 1844.
Van Voorhis & Coley
New York, NY 1785-1787
A partnership between Daniel Van Voorhis and William Coley.
Van Voorhis & Schanck
New York, NY 1791-1793
Daniel Van Voorhis and Garret Schenck.
Daniel Van Voorhis (1751-1824)
Princeton, NJ 1782-1784; New York, NY 1784-1785 and 1790-1818;
and Rupert, VT 1786-1788
Involved in a number of partnerships:
Van Voorhis, Bayley & Coley with Simeon A. Bayley and William Coley 1784-1785.
Van Voorhis, Bayley, Coley & Cox in 1785.
Van Voorhis & Coley with William Coley 1785-1787.
Van Voorhis & Schanck with Garret Schanck 1791-1793.
Van Voorhis & Son with stepson Thomas Richards 1797-1798, changing the name to Van Voorhis & Richards 1798-1803.
Lester Howard Vaughan (b. 1889)
Taunton, MA 1915-1961
Member of the Arts & Crafts Society of Boston. Primarily a
pewtersmith, but also worked in silver and copper.
Jules F. Vautrot (1819-1902)
Warren, OH 1849-1890
Was in numerous partnerships:
Vautrot & Micksch c 1853.
Vautrot & Gillett with August B. Gillett c. 1856.
J. Vautrot & Co. c. 1865-1866.
Vautrot & Ackley with Thaddeus D. Ackley 1866-c. 1875.
Vautrot & Hull c. 1882-1885.
Vautrot was succeeded by his son, Jules Vautot, Jr. in the partnership of Vautrot & Myers (1890-1923).