Cliff Nunn - Antique Silver and Decorative Arts  
20190914-02   $22.50

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Offered is a nice American coin silver teaspoon by the firm of Farr & Brother, which should be connected to John C. Farr of Philadelphia. This piece has a clear maker's mark or retailer's mark, and also has a period engraved script monogram. This spoon measures about 5 7/8 inches in length and weighs about 20 grams. Condition is good overall, with some surface wear but no splits or repairs. Please take a look at all photos. All in all a nice useful coin silver spoon!

Cliff Nunn - Antique Silver and Decorative Arts  
20190914-01   Sold

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Offered is a very good American coin silver spoon by by the celebrated Philadelphia firm of R. & W. Wilson, in business circa 1820s through about 1850. This piece has a clear maker's mark and standard mark, and also has a good engraved period script monogram. This spoon measures about 6 1/8 inches in length, and weighs about 21 grams. Condition is very good overall, with only light wear and no splits or repairs. Please review all pictures. All in all a fine example of the form!

Cliff Nunn - Antique Silver and Decorative Arts  
20190913-17   Sold

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Offered is a nice Philadelphia coin silver teaspoon by noted silversmith Thomas Fletcher, working circa 1827-42. This teaspoon is engraved "EW" in period script and is struck with a very well executed maker's mark. Please review all pictures. This spoon measures about 6 inches in length and weighs about 15 grams. Condition is good overall, with some surface wear, but no splits or repairs. All in all a very nice example of this famous maker's mark!

Cliff Nunn - Antique Silver and Decorative Arts  
20190913-14   $10.00

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Offered is an American coin silver teaspoon by Baltimore silversmith Thomas J. Brown, working circa 1842-84. This piece has a rubbed maker's mark and a period engraved script monogram. It measures about 5 3/4 inches in length and weighs about 13 grams. Condition is fair, with some wear and over-polishing to the surface, and minor dings but no splits or repairs. Please take a look at all the photos. All in all a usable spoon for one's daily tea or coffee!

Cliff Nunn - Antique Silver and Decorative Arts  
20190913-12   $17.50

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Offered is a nice example of one of the maker's marks of the noted NY firm of J. & I. Cox. This piece has a good clear maker's mark and is also graced with a period engraved script monogram. This spoon probably dates to the 1830s but could be a decade earlier or later. This piece measures about 5 7/8 inches in length and weighs about 18 grams. Condition is good overall, with some modest surface wear, but with no splits or repairs. Please take a look at all the photos. All in all a good... Click for details

Cliff Nunn - Antique Silver and Decorative Arts  
20190913-10   $12.50

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Offered is a good American coin silver teaspoon for everyday use by Buffalo silversmith Philo Dubois (fl. 1841-81); this piece has his maker's mark and manufacturing marks and is also graced with a period engraved script monogram. This spoon measures about 6 1/8 inches in length and weighs about 18 grams. Condition is excellent overall, with minimal wear, no notable dents or dings, and no splits or repairs. Please take a look at all the photos. All in all a very good coin silver spoon for... Click for details

Cliff Nunn - Antique Silver and Decorative Arts  
20190913-09   $22.00

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Offered is a nice early American coin silver spoon bearing the maker's mark JAS.D.PHILIPS, probably for a man of that name who worked in New York. This mark has been mis-attributed to a Cincinnati and Kentucky silversmith, but the style of this piece likely precludes such an attribution. This piece has a clear, well-struck maker's mark and a worn but legible period script "BEB" monogram. This spoon measures about 5 7/8 inches in length and weighs about 15 grams. Condition is fair, with... Click for details

Cliff Nunn - Antique Silver and Decorative Arts  
20190913-08   $17.50

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Offered is a good Philadelphia coin silver spoon by jeweler Abijah B. Warden (1814-1882), working circa 1842-67 and thereafter in partnership with Howard Wriggins. This piece has a good clear maker's mark and a period engraved script monogram, as well as slightly later engraving to the reverse. This piece measures about 5 7/8 inches in length and weighs about 18 grams. Please take a look at all the photos. All in all a nice typical Philadelphia coin silver spoon of the period!

Cliff Nunn - Antique Silver and Decorative Arts  
20190913-03   $15.00

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Offered is a nice example of the work of Earl Woodworth of Springfield, MA (flourished circa 1825-50). This spoon has a maker's mark of E.WOODWORTH in a serrated punch, though the E is a bit rubbed. This piece also has a period engraved script monogram of "KP" which is nicely done. This teaspoon measures about 5 9/16 inches in length, and weighs about 10 grams. Condition overall is fairly good, with light tip wear and modest surface wear, but no splits or repairs. Please take a look at all... Click for details

Cliff Nunn - Antique Silver and Decorative Arts  
20190828-01   $67.50

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Offered is a very rare pair of Missouri coin silver spoons from Hannibal jeweler George Mitchell, whose biographical information appears below. These spoons are well marked with a mark of COIN, a mark of G.MITCHELL, and a mark of HANIBAL (the town's name was spelled "Hannibal" even during Mitchell's time there, so this mark was cut incorrectly by the die maker). Missouri silver sometimes includes a town mark, but Hannibal (hometown of Mark Twain) seems to be more rare than most as a mark. ... Click for details

Bruce Cherner Antique Silver  
2403   $75.00

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with shell drop, bearing the marks traditionally associated with his time in Savannah, GA, length seven inches, weight 1.21 oz Troy, excellent condition, monogrammed as shown in third enlargement.

Extensive studies have shown that if you eat your fruit and yogurt each morning with a silver spoon, you'll live to be one hundred!

Bruce Cherner Antique Silver  
2400   $450.00

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preserve spoon with gilt shell bowl, length 9 1/8 inches, excellent original condition, weight 2.01 Troy ounces, retailed by Larmour & Co. of Baltimore.

Though admittedly my memory is not what it used to be, I can't recall ever having owned an item in this pattern. It is a wonderful naturalistic form which Krider executed with the highest quality. We believe that the original cat tail and butterfly model was executed in clay, cut to create the flat side, then folded over (see arrow in... Click for details

Old Friends  
3941f   $75.00

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Catherine Hollan in Philadelphia Silversmiths offers dates of 1876-87 for the firm of "McCarty & Hurlbert," which is the name that is imprinted on the backside of this 9 1/4" long, 2.4 T. oz., berry spoon. Antecedent firms trace back to c. 1845.

It is also marked "Coin," which is late for this standard, as most manufacturers had converted to sterling by the 1870s.

It has an "Old English" handle with a tipt backside and a bright cut fine flower and leaf theme on the front.

The... Click for details

Cliff Nunn - Antique Silver and Decorative Arts  
20190716-01  

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This piece is not currently for sale, but if you can solve its mystery mark with a definitive (or at least very strong) attribution, I'll offer you your choice of either $10 off your next order, or a free coin silver spoon in good condition!

This pair of feather-edge sugar tongs are marked once inside the bow with a maker's mark that appears to be IVB conjoined, but could be MB or NB conjoined. Please click on the first photo to scroll through all the pictures. The tongs appear to be... Click for details

Old Friends  
3922f   $65.00

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Likely dating 1855-1862, this sugar sifter measures 7" long and weighs 1.2 T. oz.

It was made and sold by Philadelphia's "Bailey & Co.," and is so marked, along with a "lion, S, shield" with additional "lion" pseudo hallmark that was used while George Sharp was the company's manufacturing manager 1852-c. 1862 (Catherine Hollan Philadelphia Silversmiths).

The "S" indicates sterling, while a like mark with a "U" indicates coin silver, with the former introduced in 1855 (Hollan).... Click for details

Old Friends  
3884f   $80.00

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Measuring 8 1/8" long and weighing 1.8 T. oz., this coin silver item has a generously sized, 2 1/2" diameter, shell-shaped, pierced, bowl and "Reverse Tipt" handle.

Generally identified as a large sugar sifter, there is some argument to be made that pieces this scale from this period were actually early ice spoons.

In either case, it is a fine representation of what it is.

It is stamped "R. Fisher, Jr." and "331 Broad Way, N.Y." on the reverse, for Richard Fisher, working 1846-50, also... Click for details