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Shiebler Month "March" Floral "Violet" Sterling Silver Youth Fork
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
5040f $85.00
An example of Shiebler's Month series of flatware introduced in 1902, this four tine, likely youth, fork measures 6 1/4" long and weighs a substantial 1.2 T. oz. The month is March with the corresponding flower being Violet. Decidedly Art Nouveau in manner, the portraiture is expressively sinuous and fluid as is characteristic of the mode. There is a flowing script "WKH" monogram engraved on the handle front. In very good condition, this shows little evidence of... Click for details
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Gorham "New Tipt" Sterling Silver Sugar Spoon with Gold Washed Bowl
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
5034f $34.00
Among Gorham's oldest full line patterns, New Tipt was introduced in 1871. This 5 5/8" long, .6 T. oz., sugar spoon is an early example, monogrammed on the handle front "C.E.F." in script and with the date "1872" on the reverse. More detailed than a standard Tipt design, this version incorporates Greek and/or Egyptian Revival features set on a broad end, tubular shank, handle. These features carry onto the backside heel of the plum shaped with central vee, gold washed, bowl.... Click for details
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Duhme & Co. "Tipt" Sterling Silver Sugar Spoon Engr'd. "Belmer"
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
5030f $42.00
Marked "Sterling," "925/1000 in a shield," and "Duhme Co.," this 6 1/8" long, approximately 1.0 T. oz. spoon has Cincinnati origins and associations. It has a Tipt handle with straight sides and rounded shoulders off the bowl. This departs from the pronounced Fiddle shape with angular shoulders typical of 19th century Ohio River Valley silver design. The shell bowl is also something of its own form, with an undulating edge and a raised central vee extending from the handle... Click for details
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Gorham "Cluny" Individual Ice Cream Spoon with Gold Engraved Bowl
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
5028f $105.00
Relatively large for an ice cream place spoon, this piece measures 6 1/8" long and weighs a substantial near 1.4 T. oz. Made by Gorham, the pattern is Cluny which bespeaks the French origins of its renowned designer, Antoine Heller. The pattern features dense, high relief, floral elements with rosette and palmetto accents, and has proven to be enduringly appealing. The handle backside of this is engraved in script, "A.P.W." over "Oct. 17, '91.," indicating the piece originated... Click for details
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Gorham MEDALLION sterling cheese knife
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2487 $250.00
length 7 1/2 inches, weight 1.25 oz. Troy, monogrammed as shown in second enlargement, excellent condition. Often, Gorham's engraved decoration is unsuited to the pattern's theme, but here a classically engraved blade with wrigglework border goes well, stylistically, with the Greek bust woman's portrait.
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Alvin "Majestic" (Peony) Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Cold Meat Fork
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
5021f $105.00
The larger of two cold meat forks that Alvin offered in its Majestic line of flatware introduced in 1900, this piece measures 8 5/8" long and weighs a robust 2.4 T. oz. A multi-motif floral, the portraiture on this is "peony." Producer of such touchstone Art Nouveau designs as Raphael and Old Orange Blossom, Majestic reflects the same sensitivity to the subtle, flowing sensibilities of the mode, all expressed inprecise, intricate detail. The serving end of... Click for details
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Dominick & Haff "Pointed Antique No. 2" Sterling Silver Sugar Sifter
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
5018f $95.00
A late 19th century pattern, Dominick & Haff's Pointed Antique was issued in a number of variations, with the one on this 7 1/8" long, heavy at 2.1 T. oz., sugar sifter being No. 2. A strikingly clean design, D&H's interpretation of this classic design has a slightly downturned handle with chamfered edges and a midrib backside. No. 2 adds a diamond cut border to the front, which is a motif common to English Georgian period silver. The handle front is also... Click for details
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William Gale "Jenny Lind" Sterling Silver Sandwich or Asparagus Tongs
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
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5013f On Hold
A pattern developed by Albert Coles in the mid 19th century, Jenny Lind proved a popular period design that was eventually offered by a number of producers and retailers, and made over time in both coin and sterling silver. This example is marked "Sterling" and "Wm. Gale & Son," who was a major New York City manufacturer, with this particular mark dating 1862-66 according to Dorothy Rainwater in Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers. A massive piece, it measures 9... Click for details
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Older International "1810" Solid Sterling Silver Cold Meat Fork
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
5012f $65.00
An early production example of the 1810 flatware pattern introduced in 1930, this 8 1/4" long, weighty at 2.3 T. oz., all silver (not partly stainless steel) cold meat fork is marked with the "Native American profile" emblem of the Wilcox & Evertsen division of International Silver, along with "Sterling." The pattern is colonial in style, featuring a fiddle shaped handle with a tipped backside and distinct flanking shoulders off the bowl. The serving end has four symmetrical, plain... Click for details
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P Fries & Son, Phila., "Antique Engraved" Sterling Silver Sugar Sifter
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
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5005f $75.00
A decorative item, this 5 7/16" long, approximately 1.1 T. oz., sugar sifter has a rounded end Antique handle with a Tipt backside. The front is bright cut engraved in a floral, starflower like, pattern along with a fancy, feathered script, "AMJ" monogram. The essentially round, 2" diameter, pierced bowl has a scalloped edge, coffered sides, and a raised circle in the base. The interior has a satin matte finish that is wriggle work engraved with "pom pom" like detailing that... Click for details
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John Wendt "Medallion" Sterling Silver Youth Fork Engraved "Mary"
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
5002f $70.00
A highly regarded iteration of the Medallion genre popular among silver manufacturers of the 1860s, nearly all of John Wendt's product in this line was retailed through New York's "Ball, Black & Co.," whose name, along with "Patent" and "925," appear on the backside of this 5 3/4" long, approximately .8 T. oz., relatively heavy, youth fork. Appropriate to the item function, the figure on this is young and could in fact be either male or female and thus a suitable association for a... Click for details
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Gorham "Angelo" circa 1870 Sterling Silver Oyster Ladle
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
5000f $335.00
Gorham's Angelo aka No. 10 flatware pattern forms the core of the fabled (Henry Jewett and Elvira Irwin) "Furber Collection" of silver held at the "Rhode Island School of Design Museum." Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance 1850-1970 edited by Elizabeth Williams recounts, "Sitting down to the Furbers' table, one would have been confronted with a bevy of Gorham flatware--687 pieces in all. The majority of serving and dining utensils are the Angelo pattern, which... Click for details
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Reed & Barton "Intaglio" (Iris) Nouveau Sterling Silver Sugar Spoon
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
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4999f On Hold
Measuring 6 1/8" long, this relatively heavy at approximately 1.3 T. oz. sugar spoon is an early production example of Reed & Barton's Art Nouveau Intaglio pattern issued in 1905. It is marked with R&B's "eagle, R, lion" emblem, "Sterling," and "Pat. Appl'd For," all in fine, precise lettering as would be expected on an old piece. It also carries the retailer's stamp, "Cady & Olmstead," Kansas City, Missouri, and as was customary with this multi-motif floral line, the name of the... Click for details
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"Hollywood Boulevard at Night".
vintage postcard. California, 1940s
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