Four Lot Antiques  
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Here is a nice coin silver tablespoon by Hugh Gelston of Baltimore, Maryland, working ca. 1821 to 1833. The spoon is 8 1/2 inches long and weighs 54 grams. The spoon has squared shoulders, a swaged arch drop and a downturned rounded fiddle handle. The spoon is monogrammed "H" in script on the handle front as shown. The spoon is marked with a leaf stamp and [HU.GELSTON] in a rectangle as shown. The leaf mark is unusual for Baltimore.... Click for details

North Hill Antiques  
660   Set of 12 $3750

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Downturned fiddle handles, c1825 -- reverse tipt, 6 with slightly pointed shoulders, 6 with rounded shoulders, all with a feathered script mono T.W.B. on front; 7" in length. All in near-mint condition.

Four Lot Antiques  
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For sale is a rare pair of early coin silver master salt spoons by Hugh Gelston of Baltimore, Maryland. The spoons measure 3 5/8 inches long and together weigh 12 grams. The spoons have no shoulders, no drop, and downturned rounded handles. The spoons are monogrammed "White" in script as shown. The spoons are marked [GELSTON] as shown. There was a George Gelston in New York who used a similar mark, but he worked later than the style of these. Also, the White family was prominent in Baltimor... Click for details

Hampton Galleries  
7134D   $1,850

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Coin silver snuff box, Mitchell & Tyler, Richmond, Virginia (c. 1845-1866), 2" by 2-3/4", approximately 3/4" deep, hinged cover has crisp repoussed picture of a pair of pheasants in open field with picket fense in left forefront and old farmhouse in rear, script inscription "Mother" on upper part of cover, marked on bottom of inside "MITCHELL & TYLER" in rectangular punch.

North Hill Antiques  
661   $250

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Oval-end handle, c1790 -- drop on bowl back, reverse rib, feathered script mono D on front; 7-1/2" in length. A little unevenness in bowl, otherwise condition is excellent.

North Hill Antiques  
669   $350

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18th century oval-end handle, feathered script mono F on front; 7-1/8" in length. Condition is excellent throughout. The mark is exceptional in its crispness, as is the distinctive eagle of Capt. William Richardson, which came with the business when Cowan took it over in 1808.

Hampton Galleries  
7144   $75 each

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Pair of coin silver tablespoons, H. P. Horton, Savannah, Georgia (c. 1850), 8-1/2" long, full bowls with few tooth marks, Fiddle Thread pattern, script monogram "CMP" on front, marked "H.P.HORTON" incuse with three pseudo marks (bust, lion and C).

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  
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.

Bruce Cherner Antique Silver  
item #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...

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  
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.

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.