Shallow fluted bowl atop elaborate cast pedestal on circular foot; script engraving in center of bowl: JT to M E; 3-3/4" high x 5-1/2" diameter x 6-3/4 T oz. Condition is excellent.

Made by Knight & Biddle, retailed by J.E. Caldwell & Co., both in Philadelphia, c1860 -- straight spout, ebony handle, engraved with leaves and banner on upper 1/3rd of body, on lid and around base; ball finial on lid; intertwined mono M C on side of body; 11-1/4" across handle and spout, 20 T oz. Excellent condition throughout.

Bush worked in Easton, PA. These spoons have downturned fiddle handle ends with high pointed shoulders and are reverse-tipt; bowl backs have a crescent drop and the mono is M. P. in feathered script; they are 5-7/8" long. Condition is excellent throughout, extended bowl tips unworn. Each piece is nicely marked BUSH (see pic).

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...

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. Shame, that...

Set of 3 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 3 spoons are in excellent condition, extended bowl tips unworn.

Coffin-end serving spoon, c1810-15 -- no shoulders, no drop, light reverse rib, feathered script mono G on front; 8-7/8" long. Condition is excellent, near mint. We bought this piece several months ago: Warner, should be a snap to find him; probably Delaware, right? Maybe Philadelphia -- maybe a stray southern maker. Well, maybe, but we haven't located him yet. Will keep looking.

6 knives and 6 forks, Dominick & Haff pattern patented in 1895 -- retailed by Bigelow, Kennard and Co. (see pic) -- feathered script mono F C on each piece -- forks 7-1/4" long, knives 7-3/4" long, total weight 21+ T oz. Condition throughout is near mint.

Pointed-end handles, pointed drops, ornate feathered script mono E G on front; 6" long. Excellent condition, extended bowl tips unworn.

Oval-end handle, drop, feathered script mono J R L on front; 14" long, 3-3/8" round bowl. Bowl has a few shallow bumps, otherwise condition is fine.

Joseph W. Cary is cited in new book by Norman Mack--"Missouri's Silver Age." Mack says that Cary moved his jewelry store from Alton, Ill., to St. Louis ca 1870-75. These spoons have pinched-waist fiddle handles, pointed shoulders with feathered script mono E C S; length is 6-1/8", and condition is near mint, extended tips unworn.

Mustard ladle, c1860 - pinched-waist fiddle handle, no shoulders, feathered script mono M S A S on reverse; 5-3/4" long. Condition is excellent.