Bruce Cherner Antique Silver  
2145   SOLD

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inscribed "Elizabeth MCarty / Born February 19th, 1781 / Died Feb.y 13th, 1832", length 8 7/8 inches, weight 2.95 Troy ounces, bearing the full set of marks which we normally associate with Marquand's work from Savannah (please see third photo), excellent condition.

Elizabeth McCarty (nee Van Bergen) was married to Richard McCarty, Congressman from Coxsackie, NY and prominent merchant.

North Hill Antiques  
673   $4500.00

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Downturned fiddle handle with ornamental cut-outs at base of fiddle; pointed shoulders which extend over rim of bowl to create a decorative (and probably unique) design (see pic); cut-cornered (coffin-end) drop on bowl back; prominent rib on back of handle, feathered script mono B on front. Length is 12-1/2". Round bowl is 3-3/8" in diameter. Mark is T. CAIN. with Masonic pseudos. Condition is near-mint.

North Hill Antiques  
694   Set of 10 $1150

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Forward-tipt fiddle handle, c1840 -- high sugarloaf shoulders, feathered script mono L C lightly engraved on reverse. Length is 8-1/4". Weight is a hefty 17.5 T oz. Some tinewear, otherwise condition is fine.

North Hill Antiques  
698   $5,000

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Baird is listed is Hollan's "Virginia Silversmiths." He began his career as a silversmith in 1802 in Petersburg, VA; by 1806 he was plying his trade in Natchez, MS, and from 1813-38 he was working in Kentucky -- Paris, Washington and then Maysville. This piece has an 18thC-style pointed-end handle, and an interesting and unusual squared drop on the bowl back; the handle has a reverse rib. The mono on front is a shaded feathered script D P B. The ladle is 14-3/4" long and has a 3" round b... Click for details

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671   $375

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Pinched-waist fiddle handle, pointed shoulders, unusual broad drop on bowl back (see pic). Mono is W M H in shaded script lettering on front of handle. Length is 13-1/4" with 3-3/8" round bowl. Weight is 5 T oz. Condition is near mint.

North Hill Antiques  
657   SOLD

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This is a beautifully raised bird, wings akimbo, ready to take flight. Spoon was never engraved, probably never used at table. It is 5-5/8" long, and in minty condition, no wear at all.

Hampton Galleries  
7329   $875

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Rare coin silver tobacco box by H. E. Baldwin & Co., New Orleans, Louisiana (c.1842-1853), 3-1/2" long by 2-1/8" wide by 3/4" high rounded rectangular box with engine turned bright cut decoration on cover and bottom with decorative large cartouches in center, cover is hindged on side, marked inside cover "H. E. BALDWIN & Co" incuse.

Hampton Galleries  
7316B   $7,995

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Rare Southern water pitcher by James Reed, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (c. 1832-1850), 9-1/4" to top of handle, 8-3/4" to top of lip, 8-3/4" from spout to handle, 4" circular stepped base to short pedestal with round body with short neck and wide pouring spout, matching applied bands around base and throat, gadrooned bands around lip and top of pedestal, hollow C-shaped handle with split terminals at bottom, peg-shaped thumb grip matches peg-shaped ends on handle, marked underneath "J.REED" in larg... Click for details

Bruce Cherner Antique Silver  
2104   $375.00

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Virginia circa 1810, length 5 3/4 inches, monogrammed "T" (??) in period script with flourishes, weight 2.51 oz. Troy the lot, light wear and some minor dents in bowls but superb color and very good overall condition. Clarico's work would appear to be scarce.

Richards Antiques  
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Fine early tablespoon by one of the rarest Southern makers, Martin Noxon of Edenton, North Carolina. It has a pointed handle and dates from about 1805. It is in excellent condition, measuring 8 7/16 inches and weighing 1.68 troy ounces. It also has a beautifully engraved, elegant script monogram on the handle. I have also noted that the hallmark is the only one I know which reads the same upside down. We have owned this spoon for almost a decade and have carefully followed sales of Noxon items, ... Click for details

Old Friends  
1328kc   $ 70

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This 8 3/4" long, weighty, near 1.8 T. oz., coin silver tablespoon is stamped "W.R. Evans." His dates are c. 1844-1860 and he worked first in Cincinnati and then across the Ohio River in Covington, Kentucky. It has the broad, rounded, tipt end and high shoulders typical of the lower Ohio River Valley and areas south. There is a feathered script "MER" monogram on the front. It is in very good condition. The bowl is well-shaped and free of tip wear, but with a slight bit of pinpricking in the... Click for details

North Hill Antiques  
665   $750

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A rare form for sugar tongs, the arms at a 90-degree angle with the bend. Dual wrigglework decorative lines on both sides of arms and around bend, the decorative work carried through on the spoon nips. Never engraved, 5-1/2" long. Excellent condition. Until recently, Merchant was said to have worked in NYC, c1795. Now, Hollan's tome on VA silversmiths clearly identifies him as working in Dumfries. Equally telling, VonKhrum's compilation of NYC silversmiths and allied artisans does not incl... Click for details

North Hill Antiques  
662   SOLD

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Early fiddle handle, c1815 -- slight pointed shoulders, drop on bowl back, feathered script mono M P on front; 9" in length. Weight is 2 T oz. each. Condition is excellent.

North Hill Antiques  
341   $100

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Pinched-waist fiddle handle, pointed shoulders, script mono on front; 8-1/8" in length. Condition is fine. Mitchell is not listed in any of the books dedicated to Missouri silver. However, the 1860 census lists George Mitchell, age 41, as a jeweller, with a wife and 2 sons. Further, spoons have been collected which show both Mitchell's mark and his home town of Hannibal. Probably by this time, Sam Clemens would have moved east.

North Hill Antiques  
352   Ea. $100, Pair $175

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Pinched-waist fiddle handle, c1850 -- pointed shoulders, feathered script mono S J L on front; 8-5/8" long, each weighs 50 grams. Condition of both is excellent.

Bruce Cherner Antique Silver  
2076   $250.00

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Wilmington, Delaware circa 1855, the tines and handle all highly engraved in a manner typical of the mid-southern United States, length 10 5/8 inches, weight 3.46 oz. Troy, monogrammed "S", excellent condition.