Old Friends  
583b   $ 245

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Mid 19th century soup ladles, which this piece of Syracuse, New York's Joseph Seymour is, tend to be large scale, almost to the extreme. That is the case with this which is exceptionally big at 13 3/4" long, has a bowl 4 1/4" wide, 3 3/4" across, and is 1 1/4" deep. It weighs a proportionately heavy 5.3 T. oz. The pattern appears to be a Tuscan derivative, which itself is a variant of Olive. It is double die struck, meaning the design appears on both sides. There is an "A.E.L." feathered sc... Click for details

North Hill Antiques  
655   Set of 6 $500

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Downturned fiddle handles, c1825 -- pointed shoulders, drop, script M on front (original mono removed). Length is 8-1/4". Weight is 7-3/4 Troy oz. Condition is quite good.

individual  
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7 piece set, circa 1855-1860, pre-civil war,coin silver,buried by plantation owner,purchased in vicksburg mississippi,good condition

North Hill Antiques  
697   $450

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Garretson worked in Wilmington. This spoon has an oval-end handle, c1790, with a drop on the bowl back. The mono is a feathered script T C on the front of the handle. It is 9-3/16" in length. A slight touch of tipwear, but overall in very fine condition.

North Hill Antiques  
656   Ea. $50, Set of 5 $225

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Forward-tipt fiddle handle, c1850 -- high pointed shoulders, feathered script mono L J on front; 5-3/4" in length. Condition of all 5 is excellent.

Gebelein  
4668   $200 for 3

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Coffin fiddle. V drop. Length 6-1/8". The monogram is a lengthwise script ZEC. Overall and mark condition are excellent.

North Hill Antiques  
696   $200

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Pointed-end handle, c1790 -- this is the date at which McConnell became a silversmith in Wilmington. Mono is a feathered script LD, length is 5-1/4". Bird is lightly struck but all its parts are intact. Spoon is in very good condition, no tipwear, the handle a bit askew but nothing major. McConnell is not known for his birdback spoons; this may in fact be a rarity.

Bruce Cherner Antique Silver  
1908   $1100.00

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circa 1850, height 3 3/4; top diameter 3 1/8; bottom diameter 2 1/2 inches, satisfyingly hefty at 5.94 oz. Troy, a few very minor dings but fine overall condition. Just one or two mouse clicks in a Google® search window will find you a similar example which was lighter, shorter and in rather shabby condition that fetched our same price, at auction...

Hampton Galleries  
0000   SOLD

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Rare pair of coin silver marrow scoops, Adolphe Himmel, New Orleans, Louisiana (c. 1855), 9-11/16" long, thin 4" scoop on each side of center bar, feather script monogram "McC" on one side of center bar that is wider in center than on sides, other side of center bar has either a "1" or "2" and is marked "A.H." on one side of numeral and "N.O." on other side, all incuse.

Todd L. Pusey  
tlp 025   SOLD

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Impressed in rectangle "T.J. BROWN" AND "STANDARD" incuse, circa 1845-1855, Baltimore southern coin silver teaspoon, 14 lobed shell bowl, a little over 6 5/8" in length, shell bowl approximately 1 1/2" by 2". Monogram "EG" in feather script, gorgeous engraving on handle. Excellent condition.

Todd L. Pusey  
tlp 019   SOLD

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Southern coin silver tongs, talon ends, heavy, Gabriel Duval Clark, Baltimore, MD, circa 1840-1850, sharp talon end tongs, poor mark "G.D. CLARK", assay mark poor 10-15, approximately 6 1/2" in length,monogram feather script "RRR" on arch. Excellent estate condition.

North Hill Antiques  
690   $775

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Fiddlethread pattern, 13" in length with 4-1/4"-long bowl, huge flared shoulders at base of stem. Mono on front of the handle is W C in old English letters, topped by the crest of a crown, and over the date, 1864, probably the year of its manufacture. Outside the south, of course, a rice spoon is more commonly referred to as a stuffing spoon. Condition of this piece is excellent.

North Hill Antiques  
689   $450

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Oval-end handle, c1795 - reverse rib, feathered script mono A T on front; 8-5/8" in length. Bird worn (see pic), but spoon is in fine condition and mark is excellent.

Hampton Galleries  
7042   $575

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Coin silver octagonal cup, retailed by Hyde & Goodrich of New Orleans, Louisiana and manufactured by Wood & Hughes in NYC (c. 1840), 3-1/8" tall, octagonal-shaped cup with slightly everted rim, bright cut ferns and swags on each panel, feather script monogram "JCS" ? on front panel, hollow flat-topped C-shaped handle, marked "HYDE & GOODRICH" in rectangular punch and "W & H" (vertically) in oval punch.

Hampton Galleries  
7126D   SOLD

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Coin silver punch strainer, Adolphe Himmel, New Orleans, Louisiana (c. 1855), 3-1/8" circular bowl about 3/4" deep with everted reeded rim, pierced flower-like design in center, one tear-drop-shaped reeded strap handle, marked on back of bowl "A.H. N.O." incuse.

Richards Antiques  
08058-4   SOLD

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American coin silver tablespoon with a rare “B&R” mark for Charles Burnett and John Rigden of Georgetown, DC. The attribution comes from Winterthur where there is a tea set bearing that mark The spoon is in good condition except for some tipwear, shown in the photos. It is 9 inches long.