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1051f   $ 28

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Dating from the early 20th century, Lunt's Chippendale design is a reticulated pattern that fully mirrors the open fretwork that might be seen on a piece of Chippendale furniture. This example is a 5 3/8" long, .6 T. oz., jelly or cheese server. It has an asymmetrical flat serving area with a raised and scalloped upper edge. The item is in excellent condition, with no signs of wear save for normal surface scratches on the serving end. There is no monogram or removal. Marks are the Lunt embl... Click for details

Dorothy Robinson Antiques  
  $495 offers considered

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This 12-1/2" antique Irish platter spoon is by Christopher Haines, Dublin, 1796. It has the curled-under end exclusive to Irish silver. There is no monogram. No damage, no repairs, light tip wear as shown in photo. $495.

Old Friends  
1050f   $ 95

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Generically called a fruit knife, the form of this 7 7/8" long, 1.5 T. oz, item often goes by the more precise term orange knife. This example is by Whiting in its Heraldic pattern. It is solid sterling silver, including the curved blade with serrated upper edge. Heraldic is a robust design, whose main features are a shield surmounted by a helmet. This has an Old English "M" monogram on the shield area. It also has its original gold wash finish on the blade, front and back, and this remains... Click for details

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1049f   $ 35

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This 5 1/4" long spoon made by Lunt is a novel design and evidently intended for a novel purpose. It has a tubular stem with an open ring at the end of this. There is a cluster of cast and applied strawberry fruit and leaves applied below this. These are faithfully rendered and precisely detailed, clear to the leaves on the backside. Given the presence of fruit, this may have been a jam spoon. It is a bit large for a baby spoon, but that is another possibility. The bowl is shell form, 1 1/... Click for details

Dorothy Robinson Antiques  
  $19.99

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Sheffield Silver Plate, G. Bernard Hughes, Prager Pubs., 1970, apparent first edition, 303 pages, b/w photos. Lots of good solid information on various items made in Sheffield plated wares. Previous owner's name written, dustjacket with some edge wear and also with chipping top of spine, but a nice sound readable copy. $19.99

Dorothy Robinson Antiques  
  $39.00

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Indiana Silversmiths, Clock Makers and Watchmakers, 1779-1900, by Jerome Redfearn, 1984, Americana Publications, Georgetown, KY, 271 pages, 11-1/4 x 8-3/4". As-new condition. The definitive guide for Indiana makers of coin silver, watches and clocks. $39.00 $39.00

North Hill Antiques  
889   $750

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With 3"-long cast acorn nips enveloped in oak leaves; arms embossed with grapes and leaves, and a feathered script mono M M in a cartouche on bend. Overall length is 7-1/8" and weight, at 89 grams, is just short of 3 T oz. Condition throughout is minty.

Old Friends  
1048f   $ 115

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This pair of tongs are substantial. The measure 5 3/4" long, are 1 1/4" wide at the arch, and weigh 1.8 T. oz. The style is without question Boston from the third quarter of the 19th century. This origin and date is confirmed by the retailer's stamp, "Crosby, Morse & Foss," a partnership which dates narrowly from 1869 to 1875. They are also marked "925" for sterling, but less than ten years earlier they would have been to a coin silver standard, which many pieces in this genre are. The arms... Click for details

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1047f   $ 38

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Measuring 6 1/4" long, and modest weight, this olive spoon has an elongated and highly elaborated, pierced bowl. The bowl itself is 2 1/8" by 1 1/8" at the widest. The design is Art Nouveau and portrays a trailing cherry blossom that without the benefit of the pattern name at hand, or astuteness about such matters, might seem to be a wild rose or dogwood. It is in flawless condition and without a monogram or removal. The pattern detail remains sharp and well-defined, and the bowl is free of b... Click for details

Dorothy Robinson Antiques  
  $75.00 offers considered

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English and Other Silver - The Collection of Irwin Untermyer, text by Yvonne Hackenbroch, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, exhibit catalogue, hardcover, 1963, 200 b/w plates, 96 pages of text. Dustjacket with corner tears, book good. $75

Old Friends  
1044f   $ 2,950 set

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John Wendt was a prominent mid 19th century silversmith. His name evokes a host of associations in the burgeoning world of commerce and the carriage trade as it existed in New York City at the time. Thus so strongly identified with this one locale, Wendt actually first established himself in Boston, and that period of his working years often goes overlooked. While in Boston, he quickly emerged as a skilled and exceptionally able craftsman, and eventually linked with Ball, Black & Company, whi... Click for details

North Hill Antiques  
884   $150

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Downturned fiddle handle, pointed shoulders, slight reverse rib, feathered script mono M W P on front; 7-1/8" long. Condition is excellent. The eagle pseudo accompanying the maker's mark is attributed by McGrew to Wallace

Old Friends  
1043f   $ 55

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Measuring 5" long, this cream ladle is smaller than the typical size in Gorham's Virginiana, which is something less than an inch longer. The oval bowl is 1 1/2" by 1 1/4" and 1/2" deep. It has subtly flanged shoulders, but is otherwise plain. This poppy pattern may be Gorham's most successful full line art nouveau design, and deservedly so. This example is flawless, showing scant signs of use, having a brilliant (hand polished only) finish, and is without a monogram. Marks are lion, anchor... Click for details

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1042f   $ 85 HOLD

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The Flynt and Fales work on New England silversmiths cites Joseph Barton with dates of 1764-1832, and working in Stockbridge, Massachusetts until he moved to Utica, New York in 1804. His business was robust enough that he advertised for an apprentice in 1792, and Flynt and Fales reference another ad for him as a silversmith placed in 1798. This example is a somewhat unusually shaped, 9" long, approximately 1.6 T. oz., coffin end coin silver tablespoon. The square corners of the handle on this... Click for details

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1039f   $ 675

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Tiffany's 1872 Vine actually featured a wide array of motifs in the series, of which "Grape" was one of the more popular, and consequently fairly available to today's market. The form of this 9" long, heavy, 3.5 T. oz., serving spoon, however, is not at all common. It is an ice cream server with an unusual bowl. It is documented in William Hood's "Tiffany Silver Flatware/1845 - 1905." He illustrates the identical form right to the size (figure 265, page 178) in conjunction with the Japanese ... Click for details

Bruce Cherner Antique Silver  
2052   SOLD

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length 12 7/8 inches, weight 6.00 oz. Troy, monogrammed "F.A.P." (?) obverse, fine condition. Luxuriously constructed, with a broad flat portion at leading edge of bowl, this is a rare piece in a rare pattern.