|
|
|
|
Coffin-end dessert spoon, c1810, with new attribution
Silver:
Coin Silver:
Flatware:
Coffin-End:
Pre 1837 VR stock# 272
|
 click for details
|
North Hill Antiques
(845) 357-4484
$95
|
Marked PITMAN in serrated rectangle, one of the marks used by Saunders Pitman of Providence. Yet Saunders died in 1804 - he couldn't have made this spoon. Then who? His son, John K. Pitman, who was trained by his dad, worked with his pop, and simply continued to use the "family punch." Son Pitman is listed in the Flynt & Fales tome on New England silversmiths, but no mark is attributed to him. This is it! Plus, probably, all the other marks attributed to Saunders. You c ...click for details
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
member of

Collectibles and Antiques ~ Est. 1996 ©
|
|
|
| a |
 | company |
~ enabling vibrant online markets ©2008 |
|