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5522f   $80.00

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Reed & Barton held a commanding position within the realm of Art Nouveau silver producers at the turn of the 20th century, with designs such as Love Disarmed an unexcelled figural offering and Les Six Fleurs a benchmark among florals.

La Parisenne, the pattern on this 6 3/4" long, weighty at 2.12 T. oz., gravy is another expressive Reed & Barton design from this period.

A multi-motif floral line, the image on this is a water or pond lily (whether by... Click for details

Old Friends  
5521f   $48.00

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The dominant silver house in Cincinnati from the mid 19th century onward, Duhme's first line pattern, No. 1, followed after the broad, fiddle shaped, handle design characteristic of the Ohio River Valley of the period.

The pattern had variants or close parallels, of which this 9 1/8" long, 1.9 T. oz., coin silver table serving spoon is one.

It has a plain, chamfered edge, shank (vs. twist handle on other versions), a knob end, and very high, pointed and beveled edge,... Click for details

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20240101-04   $32.50

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Offered is a very fine early American coin silver coffin-end spoon initialed "SD" in period script and marked with the maker's mark of Jabez Baldwin, working in Salem, Massachusetts between 1795 and 1813. This piece measures about 6 3/16 inches in length and weighs about 16 grams. Condition is very good overall, with minimal wear and no dents, splits or repairs. All in all a fine example of the pure coffin-end form at its height!

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20240101-03   $27.50

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Offered is a lovely decorated coin silver spoon dating to about 1805-1809, the period New York City silversmith Thaddeus Keeler (1787-1813) was working alone. This piece is nicely engraved with period script initials "JRB" and the decoration on the handle is quite unusual. It is also marked with Mr. Keeler's maker's mark to the reverse. This piece measures about 6 inches in length and weighs about 15 grams. Condition is very good overall, with one tiny shallow dimple in the bowl but no... Click for details

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20240101-02   Sold

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Offered is an excellent early American coin silver teaspoon by noted Long Island and New York City silversmith Joel Sayre (1778-1818), who was working in Southampton from 1798-1801 and in NYC from 1802-1811. This piece is beautifully engraved along the handle, and features period script initials of "CK". Joel Sayre's maker's mark is legibly struck to the reverse. This piece measures about 5 1/4 inches in length and weighs about 10 grams. Condition is very good overall, with minor wear from... Click for details

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5519f   $195.00

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One of the earliest names attached to California silver, Vanderslice & Co., dates to the late 1850s. Unlike many subsequent San Francisco firms which sourced much or most of their goods from Eastern manufacturers, Vanderslice was a primary source from its founding in 1857/58.

As recounted in Silver in the Golden State, Vanderslice & Co. became "the longest lived of the nineteenth-century San Francisco manufacturing firms."

This piece is a 9 1/4" long, 2.54 T. oz., coin silver berry... Click for details

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20231230-06   Sold

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Offered is a very fine and heavy mid-18th Century (ca. 1735-60) English sterling silver teaspoon, with a spectacular and rare cipher form set of period engraved initials that appear to be "ELL". This spoon has a squeezed maker's mark with enough unique features that it should be solvable with some diligent reviewing of Grimwade. The lion passant mark is more legible. This spoon measures about 4 1/4 inches in length and weighs a very heavy 15 grams - about twice the weight of most American... Click for details

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20231230-04   Sold

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Offered is a beautiful fancy-back mid-18th Century coin silver spoon marked "DD" twice - it appears to be a mark for Daniel Dupuy Sr. that didn't get included in Catherine Hollan's "Philadelphia Silversmiths". However, spoons with this mark are documented in Belden (mark a.) and in the Winterthur collection online (e.g.,... Click for details

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5518f   On Hold

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Although primarily a New York City Silversmith, Louise Belden in Marks of American Silversmiths and other sources note that William Grigg spent some years in other locations, namely Albany 1770-78, and Halifax, Canada, 1782-89.

He was a freeman worker in 1765, dating this group of six, matched, 5 1/2" long, just over 3.0 T. oz. (95 grams) the lot, to the decades between then and Grigg's death in 1797.

They are all stamped "W.Grigg" in a serrated cartouche, which is one of four marks... Click for details

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20231230-03   $24.00

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Offered is a nice American coin silver master salt spoon made and marked by Ezra Whiton of Boston; this piece has rubbed maker's mark as well as a city mark of BOSTON. This spoon is also engraved with a period script monogram. It measures about 3 5/8 inches in length and weighs a good 9 grams. Condition overall is very good, with modest wear from normal use but no dents, splits or repairs. All in all a nice example for display or for use!

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20231230-02   $17.50

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Offered is a worn American coin silver master salt spoon bearing the maker's mark of Benjamin Barnabas Hastings, circa 1835-46. This piece has a legible but rubbed maker's mark and a very worn monogram that may be MAW. This piece measures a bit over 3 5/8 inches in length and weighs 7 grams. Condition is fair overall, with one or two small dings or nicks to the bowl, but no splits or repairs. All in all a useful piece!

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20231230-01   $24.00

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Offered is a nice example of a coffin-end or transitional coffin-to-fiddle pattern master salt spoon by Newburyport, MA silversmith Theophilus Bradbury (1763-1848), circa 1805-20. This piece is not monogrammed and there is no obvious sign of an erasure. The maker's mark and pseudo-hallmarks are clearly struck, and the bowl is quite attractive. This piece measures just over four inches in length and weighs 7 grams. Condition is good overall, with modest wear from normal use, but no splits or... Click for details

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20231229-14   Sold

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Offered is a beautifully made and preserve American coin silver teaspoon by Boston silversmith Ebenezer Moulton (1768-1824), circa 1790-1800. This spoon is expertly engraved and bears lovely fluted period script initials "LH" for the original owner. It also has Mr. Moulton's maker's mark to the reverse. This piece measures about 5 1/2 inches in length and weighs a very good 14 grams. Condition is superb, with virtually no wear and zero damage or repairs. All in all a wonderful example of... Click for details

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20231229-13   Sold

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Offered is a nice American coin silver spoon by New York City silversmith John Sayre (1771-1952), circa 1796-1800. This piece has Sayre's maker's mark to the reverse, and the front is engraved with period script initials "EC" in an oval reserve. It measures about 5 1/4 inches in length and weighs 11 grams. Condition is fair overall, with some wear and weathering to the bowl and to the upper handle, but no splits or repairs. All in all a good useful spoon, dating back about 225 years!

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20231229-12   Sold

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Offered is a quite rare example of the work of little-known Portland, Maine silversmith Daniel Poore (1767-1840), who was born in Newburyport, MA but was working in Maine by 1795. This piece is very nicely decorated and engraved with period script initials "BT"; it is a transitional form between the coffin-end and fiddle patterns. This spoon measures about 5 3/4 inches in length and weighs 11 grams. Condition is very good to excellent overall, with minor wear but no dents, splits or repairs. ... Click for details

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20231229-11   $28.00

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Offered is a nice late 18th Century American coin silver spoon by important New York City silversmith Hugh Wishart (fl. 1793-1824); it is engraved to the front but has no monogram and no obvious sign of erasure. It also has a legible strike of Wishart's maker's mark to the reverse. This piece measures about 5 1/2 inches in length and weighs about 13 grams. Condition is fair overall, with some dings and wear to the bowl, but no splits or repairs. All in all a nice useful spoon from centuries... Click for details