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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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A.C. Benedict, NYC, 'Reverse Tipt' Set Four Long Coin Silver Teaspoons
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware
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5445f On Hold
Born in 1802, Albert Comstock Benedict was a prominent New York City silversmith during the first half of the 19th century and beyond. He worked in partnership with Egbert Scudder from 1828-36. His mark, which appears on all four of these lengthy, 6 1/4", 2.3 T. oz. the group, matching teaspoons is distinct. It reads, "A.C. Benedict" over "28 Bowery, N.Y." The handles are Fiddle shaped with Tipt backsides. There are high, rounded, fins off the bowls, and plain drops on the... Click for details
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S. Kirk & Son 10.15 Silver 'Reverse Tipt' c. 1850 Place Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware
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Bearing two telling marks, "S. Kirk & Son" used by the renowned Baltimore firm 1846-51, and "10.15" for the distinctive regional silver standard designation which is slightly less than coin, this place spoon measures 7" long and weighs 1.06 T. oz. (33 grams). A handsome and well crafted piece, it has a Fiddle shaped handle with a subtle Tipt backside. The bowl has an exposed drop, and high, pointed and beveled, fins at the join with the handle. The handle front is engraved... Click for details
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Pair T.A. Davis, Boston circa 1825, Long Coin Silver Teaspoons
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware
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Listed as a jeweler and watchmaker (although Flynt and Fales in the Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver note that "silverwork has been attributed to him") who engaged in several partnerships beginning in 1820, as well as operating singly 1825-34, Thomas Aspinwall Davis, b. 1798, was a Boston citizen of note. In fact, he was serving as mayor when he died in 1845. This pair of oversized, 6 5/16" long, 1.2 T. oz. combined, tea or place spoons are stamped "T.A. Davis," dating them to... Click for details
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Parisen, NYC , c.1800 'Fiddle Shell' Coin Silver Place Spoon x 5
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : 18th Century
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The name Parisen is associated with four noteworthy 18th to early 19th century New York City silversmiths and jewelers. The senior one was Otto Paul DeParisen, born in Berlin, Germany in 1735, and the others are his three sons, Philip 1761-1822, David 1765-?, and Otto W., 1770-? The "Parisen" mark that appears on this unusual length, 6 1/2", approximately .7 T. oz., place spoon, was apparently used by more than one of the sons (references vary about attribution). Sharply honed, it has a... Click for details
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J.L. Westervelt 'Oval Thread' Pair Coin Silver Master Salt Spoons
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware
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5407f $32.00
Dating from the mid 19th century, these two matching master salt spoons each measure 3 3/4" long and weigh .6 T. oz. combined. An Oval Thread pattern, they are stamped "Squire & Lander" for the New York City jeweler, along with the "star, lion, D" manufacturing mark of John L. Westervelt, Newburgh, New York. The rounded bowls measure 1" by 3/4" and are moderately deep at 1/4". They are engraved "Thorpe." in script set sideways on the handle fronts. In excellent condition, the... Click for details
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"Hollywood Boulevard at Night".
vintage postcard. California, 1940s
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