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Durgin CHRYSANTHEMUM sardine fork
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2271 On Hold
length 6 1/4 inches, weight 1.58 oz. Troy, the slightest distress to outer tine (at end, barely enough to show up in photo number three) but fine overall condition, no mono, retailed by Harris & Shafer of Phila.
Compare @ 299.00 with those folks who Replace your stuff.
By the way, dear reader, our late lamented S 7000 has finally died a peaceful death and we're using a rather primitive point and shoot until the new camera arrives, so please bear with our reduced quality images.
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Pair William Johnson, London, 1834 'Tipt' Sterling Silver Dinner Forks
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
3211f $125.00
To a European scale, each of these two, matching, forks measures 8" long. They are very heavy at 5.2 T. oz. the pair. The pattern is a (Fiddle) Tipt, with beveled edges along the margins of the handles. The ends are slightly upturned, and the tines are long and tapered. Each piece is fully marked with a "lion" for sterling, a "leopard's face" for London, a date letter "e" for 1834-35, a duty mark, and "WJ" for maker William Johnson. Unadorned save for feathered script "H"... Click for details
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Knowles & Ladd QUEEN berry spoon
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2257 Sold
length inches, weight 2.17 Troy ounces, monogrammed "G" (?) in elaborate shaded script, obverse, and "1824 / 1874" reverse, reticulated gilt bowl engraved with ivy leaves, immaculate original condition.
We have never encountered a spoon with this boat-shaped flat bottom bowl in the past, and have conferred with a Very Knowledgeable Fellow who has owned one (yes, just one) before and is of the opinion that this is indeed a berry spoon.
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Durgin IRIS fish forks, eight
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2248 Sold
retailed by Hardy & Hayes, length 7 3/8 inches, weight 15 Troy ounces, monogrammed "C", fine condition.
If pressed as to why you, dear reader, should buy these Iris fish forks as opposed to some others listed elsewhere on the interwebz, I'd have to say that ours are probably in better condition. If pressed even harder, I'd confess that these are also attractively priced.
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Gorham "588" Sterling Silver 19th Century Bonbonniere
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
3136f $165.00
Bonbonnieres are bonbon spoons set large. The form was popular in the late 19th century, and no company was more successful in producing impressive examples than Gorham. This example is model number "588" offered by that firm. It is medium-sized, measuring 6 1/8" long, has a bowl that is roughly 2 3/4" in diameter, and weighs just under 2.0 T. oz. It is cast rather than die struck, as these forms generally were. Casting allows for the introduction of more intricate detail and... Click for details
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Joseph Seymour "Duchess" Sterling Silver Berry Spoon
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
3118f $115.00
Syracuse, New York, was a major silver manufacturing center in the mid to late 19th century. Joseph Seymour, the maker of this 8 1/4" long, 1.9 T. oz., berry spoon, was one of the most prominent names among that city's firms, with a history that began in 1846, terminating in 1905. An innovative producer, Dorthy Rainwater in her "Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers" notes that he received a patent for making spoons in 1859, and further that, "the company was one of the first to... Click for details
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Wood and Hughes "Japanese" pie knife
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2226 $375.00
length 10 3/8 inches, weight 3.48 Troy ounces, no monogram, excellent condition.
As our friend Don Soeffing has recounted in "The Battle of the Birds" (Silver Magazine, November/December 1995), production of this pattern was short lived, because W & H lost this particular battle against Tiffany for infringement of their design pattern...
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Old Newbury Crafters stuffing spoon,
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2202 Sold
length 12 7/8 inches, weight 4.11 Troy ounces, no monogram, excellent condition.
With the added cachet (we were going to say "snob appeal", but then remembered that our faithful readers, all two of them who remain, aren't snooty) of a Cartier retailer's mark.
Bought new, it costs just about as much as a small Mercedes, but here what a deal!!
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"Hollywood Boulevard at Night".
vintage postcard. California, 1940s
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