This shuttle was made by Simons and Bros. & Co. which was established in 1839 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by George W. Simon. His brother Peter Boneil Simon joined him a few years later. They manfactured several items and had a contract to design military items, I believe it was sold by Otto Stumpf and Company. Simon Bros. and Company sold many items wholesale not just jewerly as items below shows. This unique shuttle has found a home with me. It shows the word sterling and Simon Bros. Hallmark with the number 2314. I believe this shuttle to be a RARE find.This shuttle was Birthday gift to me from my Mother. It is one of my favorite shuttles in my collection! This is what the Christopher Papadakis the owner had to say about this shuttle when asked for the history on it.
" I purchased the shuttle 2 weeks ago from another dealer who was retiring ( late 70's age). He had inherited it from a close family friend decades ago and kept it all this time." Wyomissing Pennsylvania
http://www.simonsbrothers.com/about.htm
www.rubylane.com/blog/categories/vintage-collectibles/spotlight-the-simon-brothers-company-did-you-know/
https://collections.dma.org/artwork/3207319 Elizabeth Weaver
Look at the double post this is a unique feature to this shuttle. You usually only see one post on tatting shuttles. This shuttle is much heavier than most shuttles. It is heavier than my Foster and & Bailey shuttles. You have numbers after the hallmark stamp.
I was told by Mike from Simon Bro. & Company that number is the style number.