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formed the Tuttle Silver Company in 1890, in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. His first work was to duplicate sterling pieces by special order. And because the pieces he duplicated were generally English sterling pieces, the original Tuttle pieces are dated in the English custom, with the crest of the reigning monarch of the times, to indicate the time period. What makes Tuttle sterling pieces different and unique, is the fact that beginning in the 1920s, during the term of president

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, - in order to indicate the time period the pieces were produced - he changed the marks, to what is referred to as presidential marks. The presidential marks consist of a

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containing the initials of the incumbent President of the United States, starting with CC in the term of Coolidge, and following with HH in the term of

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and so on. Under the crescent is a

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, which may indicate, either in what term of the presidency it was produced, or - by some accounts – it stands for the exact year of the presidency it was produced. Over the crescent, the mark contains a Pine tree, this is another patriotic symbol, as it is the same mark, as

the pine tree shilling The pine tree shilling was a type of coin minted and circulated in the thirteen colonies. The Massachusetts Bay Colony established a mint in Boston in 1652. John Hull was Treasurer and mintmaster; Hull's partner at the "Hull Mint" was Robert S ...

the fourth and most famous of the earliest American coins, from the

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era. In 1958 the Tuttle Silver Company was purchased by

Wallace Silversmiths R. Wallace & Sons (born 1835) was formed in Wallingford, Connecticut, and incorporated in 1879. As of 1893, this company manufactured silver and plated ware and cutlery and had about 600 employees. In 1887, William Hale Beckford in '' Leading bu ...

, which was in 1986 itself purchased by Syratech Corporation Unknown
/ref> both brands Tuttle and Wallace are now under the ownership of Lifetime Brands.

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{{reflist American silversmiths Manufacturing companies based in Massachusetts Manufacturing companies established in 1890 1890 establishments in Massachusetts