Spoons by Elijah M. Ringo of Tennessee
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Pre 1837 VR stock# 698
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North Hill Antiques
(845) 357-4484
Set of 4 $1500
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Set of 4 tablespoons, c1830 - downturned fiddle handles, small square shoulders, lightly engraved feathered script mono W O on front; 8-3/8" long, heavy gauge silver. Condition is fine, with a touch of tipwear; marks lightly struck, in one case poorly struck. See "Tennessee Silver" by B.H. Caldwell for a discussion of Ringo's career in Fayetteville, Lincoln County.
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Kentucky silver -- 3 spoons by the Ramsey clan
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Pre 1900 stock# 673
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(845) 357-4484
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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18thC tsp. by John Lamson, Boston & Baltimore, c1790
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Pre 1800 stock# 106K
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(845) 357-4484
$150
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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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