EB / Engal Brothers?

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I have a set of handmade salad servers. The maker mark is EB. No country mark. I usually suspect American. Is anyone familiar with this mark? I thought maybe Engal Brothers, I think 1955 is a date. I have spent sone time on this before asking for your time, and I appreciate and value your time. Thank you. Susan

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I would say that an Engel Brothers attribution is unlikely. As far as I can tell, they produced only jewelry, and nothing in this kind of MCM style. And the EB logo on all of their pieces is much more stylized.

I agree that 1955 is likely the date. If they were plate, I’d say it was a pattern number, but if they are the handmade sterling that they claim to be, there wouldn’t be any number other than the date (or something indicating purity, like 800 or 925).

If forced to take a wild guess, I would say these come from some forgotten silversmith from one of the Southwest Native American tribes. I can’t say why I think that - it really is just a hunch, based on the “vibe” of the pieces.

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Jeff,
I have read your words to others and I can tell you have spent much time developing your knowledge. (Possibly expert status on some topics). Engel was a long shot and I didnt feel right about that guess. But your lead on the Southwest Native is a good possibility. I have only handled their jewelry never utensils. They’re not the easiest to research either. Maybe Eugene Belone.
The pieces are definitely above 925 standard as we own an xrf gun. I have been handling estate silver for about 10 years and I try to save important historical pieces from the melt buckets.
The maker research is critical, I have undervalued some items recently, as I didnt know where to get the knowledge from. (thousands $)
Thank you for your valued response.
Susan
Ontario, Canada

Also want to shout out to Phil, who helped me in my early days of silver research. Hi friend I see your still paying it forward.

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I’m not seeing this style of “EB” (with the pronounced serifs) in that reference work, so I’m not sure what this adds to the discussion.

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