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Serving spoons by Robert Best & Co.,Cincinnati, 1815-17
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Pre 1837 VR stock# 880
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North Hill Antiques
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Ea. $250
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Long (3-1/4") downturned fiddle handles, early pointed shoulders, no mono (never engraved; no sign of mono removal); 9-3/8" in length. Condition is excellent, with the exception of very minor tipwear. Members of the Best family were among the earliest silversmiths in Cincinnati. In her book on Cincinnati silversmiths, Elizabeth D. Beckman points out that the firm of R. Best & Co. was in business for only 2 years - 1815-17. (One sold, 3 remain.)
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Kentucky silver -- 3 spoons by the Ramsey clan
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Pre 1900 stock# 673
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Set of 3 $225
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P. W. Ramsey worked with his brother Milton C. for 3 years -- 1855-8 -- in Louisville. These 3 spoons -- table, dessert and tea -- carry the same mono -- E. A. McB. -- but seem to have been made at different times, the tablespoon being a different style with a different hand at the engraving tool. All 3 are in near-mint condition -- the table 8-1/2" long, dessert 7-1/4" and the tea 6".
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Coin silver by Cornelius Tryner, Maroa, IL, c1880
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Pre 1900 stock# 349
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Set of 4 teaspoons marked Tryner in arc cartouche -- pinched-waist fiddle handle, pointed shoulders, feathered script L H on front, 5-3/4" long. The pinched-waist style is, of course, typical of the midwest. The name Cornelius Tryner was found in a search of Ancestry.com. He is listed as a 23-year-old jeweler in Maroa, Macon County, Illinois. All 4 spoons are in excellent condition, extended bowl tips unworn.
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American coin silver Mystery Mark #1 -- AHB
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Pre 1837 VR stock# 886
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$100
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Mustard ladle, c1810-20 -- This is a 4-3/4"-long piece with an extraordinarily long (2-1/2") fiddle; it has square shoulders and a tiny (3/4") oval bowl. Mono, as shown, is T E C in feathered script. One would think that a smith, or a partnership of smithies, with a 3-letter mark would be easy to find. Not so. We went thru the B's in Kovel and other silver books to no avail. Then we did the same with the A's, thinking it might be a 3-person partnership. Still no luck ...click for details
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18thC tsp. by John Lamson, Boston & Baltimore, c1790
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Pre 1800 stock# 106K
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Pointed-end handle brightcut its entire length, slashed drop, feathered script mono E R in cartouche on front; 5-7/16" long. Lamson presents a bit of a mystery, although he's listed in various books -- Belden, Flynt & Fales, "Maryland Silver," etc. Thorn gives a pretty good representation of his initial mark, which is picked up by Kovel, and is shown in one of the pix associated with this piece. Lamson seems to have begun his working life in Boston, c1790, and by 1817 pr ...click for details
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