North Hill Antiques
356   Set $250

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Made by Gideon Botsford, c1825 - downturned fiddle handles, flared shoulders, feathered script mono M E L on front of handles; 6" long. All in excellent condition.

North Hill Antiques
887   Matched pair $300

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Made by Curtiss, Candee & Co., Woodbury, c1830 -- cast claw nips on shaped arms, feathered script mono A S L on bend of one, C B L on bend of the other, each is 6-1/4" long, each in excellent condition.

North Hill Antiques
357   $25

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Shepherd & Boyd made this piece. It has a downturned fiddle handle, square shoulders, an incised pointed arch drop, and the family name is in script on the front of the handle. Length is 6", overall condition is very good, and the mark is excellent. Price is $25.

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888   Ea. $35

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Philadelphia pieces made about 1830 - downturned fiddle handles, pointed shoulders, drop, reverse tipt, feathered script mono L M on front; 8-3/4" long. Condition of all 9 is fine.

North Hill Antiques
667   Ea. $40, Set $175

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Set of 5 teaspoons, c1860 - pinched-waist fiddle handles, pointed shoulders, script mono I G S on 4, I M S on one; 6-1/4" long; condition is fine, no tipwear.

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134   $20

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18thC-style oval-end handle, drop, shaded feathered script mono M L on front; 5-3/4", excellent condition.

North Hill Antiques
370   Ea. $20, Set of 5 $75

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Retailed by J.B. Mayo in Newark, c1868, made by Joseph Seymour in Syracuse. Forward-tipt oval-end fiddle handle, sugarloaf shoulders, script mono N L H on front; 5-1/2" long, all in very good condition, extended tips unworn.

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676   Set of 6 $250

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Forward-tipt pinched-waist fiddle handles, pointed shoulders, drop, feathered script mono I T on front; 7-1/8" long, excellent condition.

North Hill Antiques
358   Set of 6 $150

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Made by Sigourney & Hitchcock, Watertown, NY, for the Jeff. Co. Agl. Soc. (see pix). Watertown is the center of Jefferson County in upstate NY. Description of the spoons is as follows: forward-tipt fiddle handles, flared shoulders, 6" in length. Condition is very good - a few bowl dings and very little wear. Agricultural premium silver is always interesting as an artifact of 19thC rural American history.

North Hill Antiques
890   $50

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Downturned fiddle handle, pointy shoulders, incised pointed arch drop, feathered script mono P L on front of handle, 9-1/4" long, very good condition, excellent mark.

North Hill Antiques
360   $50

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Downturned fiddle handle, almost coffin-end in shape, square shoulders, ornate feathered script L R on front; 8-1/4" long. Bit of tipwear and a few shallow bowl bumps, but it has a well struck mark and is in overall good condition. Abel's work, along with Enoch's, is the least commonly found among the Moulton boys (Lydia's work being even rarer, of course). We have a bunch of Moulton and other Newburyport silver, dating forward from the mid-18thC. Inquiries are welcomed, to be sure.

North Hill Antiques
363   Set of 6 $200

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Set of 6 forward-tipt fiddle-handled teaspoons with flared shoulders. Feathered script mono J.L.C. on front; 5-7/8" long, excellent condition. NOTE: In putting together the book on North Carolina silversmiths, Cutten assumed that the N.C. following the Hanna mark referred to North Carolina, and that silver found with the mark was made by an unidentified NC smith. Not until some years later did the truth out. You can read about the Hanna department store in New Castle by typing the appropriat... Click for details

North Hill Antiques
397   $40

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Downturned fiddle handle, pointed shoulders, drop, feathered script C.J.L. on front; 6" long. Condition is excellent, bowl tip unworn.

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893   $85

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Marked S.C. SPAULDING; also marked JANESVILL (no E) WIS, and also COIN. Spaulding was the retailer of this piece. It's also struck with 3 pseudos, the marks of the maker, Hall, Hewson in Albany. Description as follows: forward-tipt fiddle handle, flared shoulders, script mono Gray on front of handle, 8-5/8" long. It is in excellent condition, bowl unworn. Wisconsin coin silver - especially when it is self-identified, so to speak - is extremely rare, almost unheard of; as a matter of fact, t... Click for details

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895   $75

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On the basis of style (wide stubby fiddle handle and unusual high angular shoulders), we've attributed this piece to B.B. Hastings of Cleveland. The ladle is 6-1/8" long and the mono is I.A.A. in feathered script. Aside from an incompletely struck mark, condition is excellent.

North Hill Antiques
388   $10

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Downturned fiddle handle, flared shoulders, reverse tipt, feathered script mono H J G (?) on front; 5-7/8" long. Condition is fine.

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385   Set of 4 $200

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Made by R & W Wilson and shipped west. Forward-tipt fiddle handles with high pointed shoulders; script engraving on front: Ray Co. A. S.; 5-1/4" long. Condition is excellent. A search discloses only one Ray County in the U.S. of A., and that honor belongs to Missouri. Ray Co. is in the western part of the state, not far from Kansas City.

North Hill Antiques
379   Pair $45

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Forward-tipt fiddle handles, flared shoulders, feathered script mono H R on front; 3-3/8" long. Marked with Westerveldt's manufacturing tiny pseudos -- star, lion, D. Also marked DW by retailer. Excellent condition.

North Hill Antiques
369   $50

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Coin silver dessert spoon with downturned fiddle handle, flared shoulders, feathered script mono F C P C on front; 7-1/8" long. Condition is excellent, extended bowl tip unworn.

North Hill Antiques
373   $240 set

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Forward-tipt fiddle handles, sugarloaf shoulders, script mono D D on front; 5-5/8" in length. These spoons were retailed by S. G. Durfee, probably in Palmyra, NY. All in excellent condition.