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William Glaze coin silver mug, Columbia, SC, circa 1840
Silver : Coin Silver : Southern
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2502 $1,250.00
height 4 inches excluding handle, top diameter 3 1/4 inches, weight 6.67 Troy ounces, marked Wm Glaze with another partially effaced mark as shown in fourth enlargement.
Those with long memories will recognize this as the same mug which sold at Charlton Hall, June 14 2009, (lot 730) for 1725.00. Please take a moment to look at those catalogue photos (see fifth enlargement), and you will notice a few dents and some surface abrasion presumably due to improper cleaning with steel wool. We... Click for details
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James Guthre, Wilmington DE, c. 1830 Coin Silver Table Serving Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware
Old Friends
5327f $70.00
A large table or serving spoon, this piece measures 9" long and weighs 1.8 T. oz. Coin silver, it is stamped "J. Guthre" for James Guthre, who worked in Wilmington, Delaware in the second quarter of the 19th century. References record him in partnership with Emmor Jefferis c. 1840. Well-crafted, this has an exceptionally wide, flat with a slight downward arc, front with a subtle Tipt back, Fiddle handle. This is engraved with a feathered, line script, "CP" monogram on the... Click for details
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Vanderslice, San Francisco, Coin Silver 'Fiddle Thread' Pie Server
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
Old Friends
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
Old Friends
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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"Hollywood Boulevard at Night".
vintage postcard. California, 1940s
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