Old Friends  
1071f   $ 135 set

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Thomas Conlyn is listed as a Philadelphia silversmith c. 1843. These six, matching 5 7/8" long, 3.1 T. oz. the group, coin silver teaspoons that bear his stamp date near to that. They have plain fronts, while the reverses have subtly tipt ends. The bowls have exposed drops. Each spoon has a feathered script "EB" monogram that is appealingly primitive straining to be sophisticated in style and execution. The condition of the set is near immaculate. There is no bowl wear, nor bends on the ha... Click for details

Old Friends  
1065f   $ 60 HOLD

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This mid 19th century item is marked "F & H" flanked by a caret on either side, for Boston's Farrington & Hunnewell Company. It is a 6 7/8" long coin silver master butter knife. It has a twisted shank, with a broad, scalloped handle end. Although not particularly heavy at approximately 1.0 T. oz., the piece has a solid feel. The twisted section seems especially robust. The blade and handle are both monogrammed in matching period scroll and leaf design elements, and have central circles. Th... Click for details

North Hill Antiques  
890   $75

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Downturned fiddle handle, large square shoulders, faint incised pointed-arch drop on bowl back, reverse tipt, ornate feathered script mono P M M J on front; 9-1/2" in length, 2 T oz. in weight. Condition is excellent throughout.

Old Friends  
1055f   $ 45 pair

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Each of these two, matching coin silver teaspoons measures 6 1/8" long, which is large for the form. They weigh 1.0 T. combined, although they have a greater sense of heft in the hand than the weight would imply. The maker's stamp is "C.A. Burr & Co." for Cornelius A. Burr, of Rochester, NY, whose dates are 1816-1863. They are an appealing design, with a broad fiddle handle with a pronounced tipt end. The shoulders are high off the bowls and rounded rather than angular. The bowls are egg-sh... Click for details

North Hill Antiques  
490   Set $1500

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Made by Ball, Tompkins & Black, NYC, c1845 -- 12 forms, each 7" long, and 11 knives with silver blades, 8-1/4" long. Mono on all 23 pieces is M D (shown). Only the knives are marked with the makers' names. Some of the hollow handles have light dings, but, by and large, overall condition is excellent.

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.

North Hill Antiques  
345   HOLD

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Forward-tipt fiddle handle, c1860 -- square shoulders, gothic mono H on front; 8" long, nearly 13 T. oz. Condition is excellent throughout, no tinewear at all.

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

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

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  
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

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.

Old Friends  
1030f   $ 55

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Made by the last of the storied Moulton family of silversmiths of Newburyport, Massachusetts, this exceptionally long, 9 3/16", and weighty, 1.7 T. oz., tablespoon is stamped "J. Moulton" for Joseph. It is a fiddle tipt form rendered with a broad, staunch end. It is engraved "M.C. from S.D." in a fine script and in exceptionally fine condition. There is no tip wear on the dent-free bowl nor damage of any sort to the rest of the piece. The finish is nicely patinated.

Gebelein  
4896   $775 for 8; $200 for 2

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Coffin end, length 6-1/4", lengthwise script monogram ER. Overall and mark condition are excellent (bowl tips near mint).