Made in Rising Sun, IN, c1830 -- short rounded-end handle, large chunky shoulders, feathered script mono JTC on front; 5-1/2" long. Light tipwear. Best worked in Paris, KY, and Cincinnati before settling down in Rising Sun, which is on the KY border and just a step from Cincy.

Downturned fiddle-handled teaspoons, c1810 -- no shoulders, strong reverse rib, ornate feathered script mono D M B on front. Length is 5-3/4". Condition is near-mint -- extended bowl tips unworn, birds with all of their feathers

Double-swell fiddle handle, c1860 -- flared shoulders, script mono D D B on front; 6" long. Condition is fine, with just a few shallow bowl wimples.

Downturned fiddle handle, square shoulders, feathered script mono M L on front. Length is 9-1/8". Weight is a respectable 51 grams. Just a touch of tipwear, otherwise condition is excellent.

Forward-tipt fiddle handle, c1840 -- high sugarloaf shoulders, feathered script mono L C lightly engraved on reverse. Length is 8-1/4". Weight is a hefty 17.5 T oz. Some tinewear, otherwise condition is fine.

Double-swell fiddle handles, flared shoulders, never engraved; 4-1/4" long. Condition is excellent.

Downturned fiddle handle, flared shoulders, incised crescent drop on the bowl back; feathered script mono M S G on front; 8-1/2" long. Condition is minty.

Plain tapered fiddle arms, square shoulders, oval nips, decorative crimps at bend, never engraved. Length is 6-1/4", weight is 48 grams. Condition is near-mint.

Retailed by Nehemiah Bassett, also of Albany -- downturned fiddle handle, pointed shoulders, incised pointed arch drop, feathered script mono C V A on front; 9" in length; each weighs 40 grams. Bird mark, as show in pic, is attributed by McGrew to Green Hall.

Downturned fiddle handle, flared shoulders, script mono T.A. Hatch on front; 8-5/8" long. Combined weight is a tad over 3 T oz. Overall condition is excellent, mark is outstanding (see pic).

Made by E. Jaccard & Co., St. Louis -- at 8-7/8" in length, it is a mid-sized ladle suitable for serving soup out of a small crock, or gravy out of a large bowl, or grog out of a middlin'-sized cup, or perhaps it is an oyster ladle used to pluck the briny shellfish out of whatever they are served in. In the event, it is a neat piece, with a pinched-waist fiddle handle, high pointed shoulders and a 2-7/8" oval bowl, and engraved on the front the letters B.C.A.M.A...

Spatulate-end fiddle handle with flared shoulders; full-name mono on the front, S.M. Stewart in feathered script. Length is 6", condition is excellent, no tipwear at all. The Phinney & Mead partnership lasted from 1850-57 (see David Perrin's book on Vermont silversmiths).