Downturned fiddle handle, c1840 - pointed shoulders, script mono FR on front; 5-3/8" long. Mark, in serrated rectangle as shown in Cutten, is lightly struck but all letters are there and readable. Bowl has a few shallow teething marks, but otherwise spoon is fine.
Downturned fiddle handles, c1835 - pointed shoulders, drop on bowl back, feathered script C A L on front; 7-1/4" in length. Excellent condition on both.
Narrow downturned handles, c1835 -- pointed shoulders, drop on bowl back, never engraved; 5-3/4" long. Stress crack at handle join on one, others are fine.
Classic coffin-end, c1800, straight tapering line from handle end to bowl - incised pointed arch drop, reverse rib, block mono H R on front; 5-3/8" long. Excellent condition throughout.
William Jones died in 1730, so this spoon has to be among the earliest Hanoverians made in the Colonies. It has a prominent front rib and a long tapering rattail (see pic). It is marked W barred I on both the handle and in the bowl (see pix of both marks). The mono is a shaded block B over W S on reverse. This spoon is in perfect condition except that the left side of the bowl tip has been restored -- perhaps 1/16" or so in width in a half-inch arc. For the purist, the restoration may b ...click for details
Brightcut and roulette work length of handle, shaded feathered script mono R G in cartouche; 5-3/4" long. Condition of spoon is excellent, bird is very good.
Classic coffin-end form with tapered handle extending straight to the bowl; pointed arch drop; prominent reverse tip (see pic); feathered script mono L E H C on front; 5-7/8" long. Condition is near mint.
Downturned fiddle handles, square shoulders, drop, reverse tipt. Mono is a feathered script G S L C on the front of the handles; length is 5-5/8". Condition is very good -- some have a touch of tipwear, but, still, overall very good.
Forward-tipt fiddle handle, flared shoulders, feathered script mono S. P. Hifsinger on front; 8-3/4" long; light tipwear, bowl bumps. It seems that Baird did not work in North Carolina, as suggested by Cutten; he has been re-situated in Ohio by John McGrew in "Manufacturers' Marks on American Coin Silver."
Outstanding length of 9-5/8" -- a beautiful feathered script mono M in a perfect brightcut circle on front of the handle. Oval-end handle and drop on bowl back. Condition is excellent throughout - near mint.
