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Samuel Ayres — S.Ayres without a supported border

S.Ayres without a supported borderReviewed

The reviewed sources support associating the transcribed clue set with Samuel Ayres in Lexington & Danville, Kentucky with the source-transcribed reference note shown. Compare the full object and do not treat this mark alone as authentication.

Maker: Samuel AyresReconstruction for visual comparison — not authentication, exact dating, or valuation.

The mark

Independently reviewed record
Reviewed typographic transcriptionAppraisily typographic transcription checked against Ensko (1948), Smithsonian Libraries CC0.
Maker/factory
Samuel Ayres
Mark text
S.Ayres
Region
Lexington & Danville, Kentucky
Reference note
(b.1767 - d.1824) Active c.1784-1822 in Lexington, 1823-1824 working in Danville, also involved in Ayres & Haydon and Ayres & Hiter.
Review state
Reviewed 2026-08-03

Every recorded Samuel Ayres mark, with line drawings →

Observable features

1 clue
  • Transcribed mark: S.Ayres

Common misreads and confused-with clues

  • Worn or incomplete impressions
  • Similar surnames, initials, or retailer marks

What the sources support

2 cited sources

The cited material supports a bounded maker or mark-family context and the source-transcribed date or reference note shown here. Exact variants require further review.

Date basis
Maker details are transcribed from the cited 925-1000 American silver index and have not been independently reconciled.
Material context
American silver
Source detail
Source-linked reference
About this comparison

First-party typographic transcription; not exact geometry

Appraisily typographic transcription checked against Ensko (1948), Smithsonian Libraries CC0.

First-party HTML transcription checked against a Smithsonian Libraries CC0 reference; the third-party reconstruction is not used on the indexable presentation.

Reviewed auction examples

Prices retain their original currencies; buyer-premium inclusion is unknown. These maker-name matches do not value your object.

What this mark cannot settle

  • The mark alone cannot establish authenticity.
  • The mark alone cannot establish condition or provenance.
  • The mark alone cannot establish an exact production date unless a specific variant is independently sourced.
  • The mark alone cannot establish value.
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