Richards Antiques  
08058-3   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 and minor dings on the left side of the bowl (shown in the photos). It is 9 inches long.

Richards Antiques  
08058-2   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 and a minor ding in the bowl towards the heel (shown in the photos), It is 9 inches long.

North Hill Antiques  
666   Ea. $75, Set of 5 $300

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Downturned fiddle handle, no shoulders, drop, shaded old English S on front; 5-1/2" long. Condition is excellent. Franciscus worked in Baltimore from 1810-18, and from 1819-40 in Lancaster, PA. These spoons are fully marked with a shield, the dominical letter A (which denotes 1815 as the year it was made), and the head of liberty. It is rare to find Franciscus silver so clearly associated with Baltimore, the city of his birth.

Hampton Galleries  
7114A   SOLD

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Huge coin silver cann of the best quality, Hayden & Gregg, Charleston, South Carolina (c. 1832-1846), 4-5/8" tall to top of rim, 5-3/8" tall to top of handle, 3-1/2" diameter at rim and base, straight-sided flat-bottomed cup with short stepped rim at bottom with applied beading, applied beading at rim, large badge-shaped cartouche on front with repoussed flowers and vines extending around sides, large shaded Old English monogram "N" in cartouche on front, large fancy hollow S-shaped handle with ... Click for details

Hampton Galleries  
7126C   $1,250

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Pair of coin silver salts, John Kitts, Louisville, Kentucky (c. 1845-1855), 3-1/4" long by 2-1/2" wide (2-13/16" by 2-1/8" at lip), gadrooned lip and flowers and vines around body, four cast legs with wide shell terminals and stepped pad feet, cartouche on each side of body, one with script monogram "Taylor", marked underneath "KITTS" in rectangular punch with small oval punch on each side and "PURE COIN" incuse. Heavy and solid.

North Hill Antiques  
685   $4250

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Rare form in American silver. this piece was made about 1840 -- 4" diameter bowl with cast handle and hook for suspending the strainer over punch bowl. Length over handle is 5-5/8". Marked J.CONNING MOBILE (see pix. Condition is excellent throughout.

Hampton Galleries  
7118   SOLD

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Coin silver salt shovel, Lewis Owen & Co., Montgomery, Alabama (c.1831-1850), 3-7/8" long, pinched shovel bowl with rounded front edge, no drop, chamferred shoulders, downturned fiddle handle, feather script monogram "FCL" on front, marked "L. OWEN & CO" in rectangular punch.

Hampton Galleries  
7111   SOLD

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Coin silver teaspoon, Benjamin B. Lord, Athens, Georgia (c.1830-1839), 5-7/16" long, no shoulders, thin straight fiddle handle with few minor tooth marks at end over monogram, script monogram "DF" on front, marked "B.LORD" in serrated rectangular punch.

North Hill Antiques  
684   $475

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Made by Henry Harland, c1830 -- shaped fiddle arms, flared shoulders, paw nips, script mono M on bend; 6-7/8" long, good solid weight. Condition is excellent throughout.

North Hill Antiques  
674   Ea. $100

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Interesting double-swell fiddle handles, unusual for midwest and southern silver; pointed shoulders, feathered script mono I S B on front; 5-7/8" in length. Excellent condition. Boultinghouse lists William and Archibald Cooper as forming their partnership in 1836 in Cincinnati, probably moving across the river to Louisville the next year. The mark on these spoons is terrific (see pic), not shown in Boultinghouse.

Hampton Galleries  
7075   $495

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Coin silver soup ladle, retailed by Brown & Anderson, Wilmington, NC (c. 1850-1871), 12-3/4" long, 4-3/8" wide oval bowl, Mayflower pattern, feather script monogram "MJH" and March 5, 1869" on front of handle, marked "W & H" for Wood and Hughes and "BROWN & ANDERSON" incuse.

Hampton Galleries  
7112   SOLD

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Coin silver teaspoon, Daniel Booth Hempstead & Co., Eatonton, Georgia (C.1821), 6-1/8" long, few minor tooth marks in bowl, no drop, chamfered shoulders, downturned rounded fiddle handle that is tipt on back, feather script monogram "JJT" vertically on front, "D.B.H&Co." in serrated rectangular punch.

Hampton Galleries  
7108   SOLD

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Hampton Galleries  
7085B   SOLD

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Coin silver fish slice, Hayden & Gregg, Charleston, SC (c.1832-1846), 11-1/4" long, 6-3/8" asymetrical pierced blade, cast handle with hollow fiddle thread grip, feather script monogram "EDH" on handle, marked on back of handle "HAYDEN & GREGG" in serrated rectangular punch with three pseudo marks (bust, lion and C) on back of blade near handle.

Bruce Cherner Antique Silver  
1752   $250.00

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Virginia circa 1790 (see third photo for mark), bright cut border centering monogram "R.N.E." in period script, length 9 1/4 inches, weight 1.66 Troy ounces, a bit more tip wear than one might like to see, but fine overall condition.

Hampton Galleries  
7107   SOLD

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Rare coin silver sugar tongs, Thomas McConnell, Wilmington, Delaware and Richmond, Virginia (c.1790-1800), 6" long, horizontal oval nips, straight tapered sides with diamond cut bright cut design down arms and around bend, fancy feather script monogram "THA" in diamond cut oval cartouche, marked on one arm "McCONNELL" with a period under the small C in a rectangular punch (see mark in Belden).