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Coffin-end serving spoon by Fletcher & Gardiner, Boston
Silver: Coin Silver: Flatware: Coffin-End
North Hill Antiques 
282 $175
This is one of F&G's earliest pieces, made around 1810, before their removal to Philadelphia. Indeed, the Yankee Eagle -- often seen on New England silver of the period -- frames the F&G mark (see pic).
This spoon is in near-mint condition. It has square shoulders, an incised pointed arch drop on the bowl back, and a feathered script mono F C C on the front. It is a shade over 9-3/8" long. It weighs about 1.5 Troy oz., or 51 grams. The bowl is completely unworn.
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Jacob Sargeant, Connecticut, Coffin End Coin Teaspoon
Silver: Coin Silver: Flatware: Coffin-End
Old Friends 
1502f $ 30
Born in 1763, the maker of this spoon, Jacob Sargeant, lived and worked in an arc that ranged from Mansfield in east central Connecticut, then to Springfield, Massachusetts, and lastly to Hartford where he died in 1843. "Coffin End" style dating c. 1800, this spoon dates to his working years in Hartford. It measures 5 1/4" long and weighs .4 T. oz. There is a fancy feather script "NG" (?) monogram on the front, while the backside is plain save for the mark "J. Sargeant." It is in very good c... Click for details
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Deodat Williams (Boston) Coffin End Coin Teaspoon
Silver: Coin Silver: Flatware: Coffin-End
Old Friends 
1490fa $ 25
Measuring 5 5/8" long and weighing not quite .5 T. oz., this coin silver tea or coffee spoon is marked "D. Williams" with a hatched border. This is the mark for Deodat Williams of Boston, and its c. 1805 date would place it early in his career. It has a coffin end handle, with an elongated, rectangular shape and high, squared shoulders at the join with the handle. The backside is plain except for the mark. There is a rather primitive, large, feathered script "AB" monogram. The condition is ... Click for details
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Pair coffin-end serving spoons by William C. Little
Silver: Coin Silver: Flatware: Coffin-End
North Hill Antiques 
279 Pair $350
Classic tapering handle from end to bowl, c1800 -- pointed drop on bowl back, feathered script mono A B on front; 9-1/4" in length. Weight is 3.5 T oz. A touch of tipwear and a slight test nick on one of the handles, otherwise fine condition. William Coffin Little was born in Newburyport, Mass., and worked in nearby Amesbury until 1801 when he moved to Salisbury, NH, where these spoons were probably made.
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Six Coffin Ended Spoons, William Simes, Portsmouth, NH
Silver: Coin Silver: Flatware: Coffin-End
Richards Antiques 
$450 SOLD
Set of six teaspoons, dating from 1800-1810, by William Simes (1773-1824) of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. They are coffin ended with beautifully executed script monograms and interesting double roulette drops on the back. Each is marked with Simes' punch (mark "a" on page 382 of Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection by Louise Conway Belden). Length is 5 11/16 inches. Condition is very good: I would almost be tempted to say the spoons were never used. There is a slightly s... Click for details
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Coffin-end sauce ladle by John K.Pitman, Providence
Silver: Coin Silver: Flatware: Coffin-End
North Hill Antiques 
265 $225
Long tapering handle, light reverse rib, feathered script mono RTVL on front; 7-5/8" long. Condition is near-mint.
This is the same mark used by John's father, Saunders. The only way to identify the maker is to identify the approximate year it was made. This piece was made no earlier than 1805-10. By then, Saunders was dead. Incidentally, these small ladles, both coffin-end and late 18thC, were made almost entirely in RI, and most notably in Providence.
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"Hollywood Boulevard at Night".
vintage postcard. California, 1940s
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