Compare 1 source-linked mark variant recorded under Tifft & Whiting. These are reconstructions for comparison, not source photographs or authentication evidence.
Source location statements
North Attleboro, Massachusetts
Source date statements
c.1840 -1853 Albert C. Tifft & William D. Whiting, makers of quality coin silver items & some original flatware patterns. Mark is sometimes seen with "arm & hammer" reversed. Succeeded by Whiting & Gooding, then Whiting, Fessenden & Cowan which became Whiting Mfg. Co. in 1866.
Mark variant 1
Line reconstructionAI-assisted oxidized reconstruction
Source-recorded mark text: rooster, T&W, arm & hammer
Four stacked compartments preserve sparse incomplete upper and lower pictorial contours around two central T- and W-related heraldic groups.
Maker labels and date or location statements follow the cited source records. Similar names across source collections have not been merged. Compare the photographed mark and the complete object before relying on a resemblance.