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Speer & Cosper, Chicago, 'Tuscan' Coin Silver Long Handle Ladle
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5463f $55.00
A piece attached to the early history of Chicago, this coin silver sauce or small gravy ladle is marked "Speer & Cosper" "Chicago," for a partnership of only two years duration, 1852-53, although Isaac Speer had been in business as a jeweler and watchmaker since 1840, and continued on after the pairing dissolved. This is an unusually proportioned piece. It measures 7" long, with a handle that is lengthy in comparison to the 2" by 1 1/2" by 1/2" deep oval bowl. It weighs 1.1 T. oz. The... Click for details
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John Gorham, New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1815 Coin Silver Serving Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : 18th and Early 19th Century
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5403f On Hold
The name Gorham immediately evokes Jabez Gorham of Providence, Rhode Island, and the legendary firm he founded. The same surname, however, appears in the history of 18th and 19th century silversmithing in New Haven, Connecticut. This minor dynasty included Miles Gorham, his son by the same name, and his nephew John, whose "J. Gorham" mark is imprinted on this lengthy, 8 7/8", 1.5 T. oz. coin silver spoon. Born in 1789, Flynt & Fales Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver notes... Click for details
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W. P. & H. Stanton, Rochester NY, Shell Grip Coin Silver Tongs
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5398f $65.00
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he worked as a silversmith in the 1820s, and apparently with a short-lived presence on Nantucket Island, Masschusetts, William P. Stanton established himself in business in 1829 with his brother, Henry, in Rochester, New York. This pair of 5 3/4" long, .9 T. oz., coin silver tongs are marked "W.P. & H. Perry" for that partnership. Their plain, angular, fiddle shaped arms date them from early in the partnership, c. 1830. Perhaps they were an old style... Click for details
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Durgin 'Spray' Sterling Silver Master Butter Knife with Engraved Blade
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
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5395f $48.00
One of William B. Durgin's earliest patterns, dating circa 1870, and commonly identified as Spray, this design features a bouquet of woodland flowers and grasses tied by a bow. This motif appears in the top center of the handle, and is repeated on the lower front and backside heel of the join with the blade of this 6 3/4" long, 1.0 T. oz., master butter knife. There is a script letter "R" monogram on the handle front. The blade has a scalloped upper edge, upswept and pointed tip,... Click for details
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F. Hoffmann, Phila., 'Shell' Large Coin Silver Master Butter Knife
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5384f On Hold
Relative large, this coin silver master butter knife measures 7 3/4" long and weighs a commensurately heavy 1.3 T. oz. Elegantly designed, it has a lengthy, slender, handle that has high, double swell, chamfered fins off the blade. The end is fiddle shaped and features a raised shell motif. The blade is somewhat short at 2 7/8" long and wide at 1 1/8". It has a blunt end and curved upper edge with a notch toward the tip. It has an implied provenance in that the front of... Click for details
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J.E. Caldwell, Phila., Twist & Engine Turned Coin Silver Berry Shovel
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5380f $145.00
This large, 9 1/8" long, just over 3.0 T. oz. (95 grams), berry scoop or shovel (sometimes identified as a cracker scoop) is a mid 19th century item with Philadelphia provenance. It is marked "J.E. Caldwell & Co." for the renowned manufacturer turned jeweler from that city. Other marks include "coin" for the silver standard, and very small cartouche with the letters "ET," for which there is not an immediate explanation. The form is very much of its period and place. The handle has a... Click for details
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Gorham 'Grecian' Large Coin Silver Soup Ladle Engraved 'H. Luce'
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5366f $285.00
One of Gorham's earliest full line patterns, Grecian was produced to a coin silver standard beginning in 1861 and then continued in sterling from 1868 onward. This example is marked only "Patent 1861" and with Gorham's "lion, anchor, G" emblem absent a sterling designation, thus indicating it is coin. It is also the largest iteration of a ladle in this line and is for soup. In keeping with mid 19th century practice for this sort of item, it measures a massive 14" long and weighs 6.1... Click for details
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Foster Tinkham, NYC, c. 1840 'Fiddle' Coin Silver Tongs
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5358f $65.00
This pair of coin silver tongs are generously sized at 6 1/4" long and weigh 1.2 T. oz. Each arm is stamped "F. [for Foster] Tinkham," born in Middleboro, Massachusetts, in 1803, and documented working in New York City in 1840, the approximate date of this piece, as a jeweler and watchmaker. He had returned to Massachusetts by 1855. The arms are Fiddle shaped, which is a style consistent with their period. The grips are shell form, and the arch is engraved in a very elegant... Click for details
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S. Kirk & Son 'Repousse' c. 1850 10.15 Silver Heavy Sugar Tongs
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5333f This item is currently being auctioned
This item traces to mid 19th Baltimore and reflects the character of early silver from that city. Sugar tongs, they measure 5" long, and at 1.7 T. oz., are exceptionally heavy for their size. Stamped "S. Kirk & Son" and "10.15" for the peculiar-to-Baltimore silver standard that is essentially equivalent to coin, each arm is chased in a high relief flower and leaf design that is akin to Kirk's holloware of the period, as illustrated, for example, in Maryland Silver published... Click for details
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Vanderslice, San Francisco, Coin Silver 'Fiddle Thread' Pie Server
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5319f $235.00
Dating circa 1860, this 9 1/4" long, solid weight at 2.4 T. oz., pie server is an early example of California (coin) silver. It is stamped on the handle backside, "Vanderslice & Co. S.F. Cal." for the firm established in 1858 which, as recounted in Silver in the Golden State, became "the longest lived of the nineteenth-century San Francisco manufacturing firms," suggesting that this piece, unlike much California silver of the period, was regionally produced. The handle is a... Click for details
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F. Franks & Co.'Tipt' Shell Bowl Coin Silver Sugar or Jelly Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5315f $36.00
Dating circa 1840, this 6 1/2" long, .7 T. oz., Tipt aka Fiddle Tipt spoon is stamped "F. Franks & Co." and "Dollars." Lacking a certain attribution, Catherine Hollan in her Philadelphia Silversmiths writes, "The firm is unidentified, probably from New Hampshire or New England where "DOLLAR[S]" is used [although this term, designating a coin silver standard, is not exclusive to New England]." She further notes, however, that Yale University Art Gallery has spoons [with... Click for details
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Fessenden, Providence RI, 'Engine Turned' Coin Silver Pie Server
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5301f $115.00
Founded in Providence, Rhode Island, by William B. Fessenden (who had a prior working history in Boston with various and New York City with Whiting) in 1858, the firm that bore his name was one of numerous silver manufacturers located in the Providence to North Attleboro, Massachusetts corridor, all anchored by Gorham. Given this concentration of industry, there was a body of skilled workers in the area available to Fessenden, which enabled it to produce quality items from its onset. This... Click for details
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Farrington & Hunnewell 'Olive' 'Urn of Flowers' Coin Hotcake Lifter
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5257f $225.00
This 8 3/8" long, 2.0 T. oz., item is a superb example of mid 19th Boston silver work in terms of form, execution, and condition. An Olive pattern, which was particularly popular in Boston in the period and produced with slight variation by several makers, it is marked "lion, F&H, bust," for manufacturer "Farrington & Hunnewell." It is a hotcake, aka pancake or waffle, lifter. Characteristic of the form, it has a 2 5/8" diameter, essentially round in this instance, flat server... Click for details
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"Hollywood Boulevard at Night".
vintage postcard. California, 1940s
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