Oval-end handle, reverse tipt, block mono C over P * M on front. Length is 5-1/8". There is some tipwear, as shown. Bird is in pretty good shape.

Downturned fiddle handle with square shoulders, c1815 -- feathered script mono E T on front; 5-1/4" long. Eagle is typical of the period (see Krause birds, for example) -- fierce, protective -- probably related the recent War of 1812. Both spoon and bird are in near-mint condition.

Extended sliding temples; 4-1/4" across lenses, 5-3/4" earpieces with extensions. Unmarked -- condition is excellent.

Just 4-3/4" in length and as minty as when they were made -- strawberries and leaves festoon most of the handle, and a single berry tops the tines (see pic). Retailed by A. Stowell & Co., Boston. Vacant cartouche - never engraved.

In 1825, the Erie Canal opened, sending to NYC and beyond the agricultural riches of Ohio and ultimately the entire midwest. For 10 years -- from 1825-35 -- this cornucopia was celebrated in the arts, including the art of silvermaking...

Downturned fiddle handle, square shoulders, feathered script mono A C on front. Length is 8-1/2". Weight is a solid 38 grams. Condition is minty. Seller pays freight.

Double-swell fiddle handle, flared shoulders, inscription on reverse: SW/to/LEG. Length is 5-5/8" Weight is 28 grams, just shy of an oz. Harding spoons are common enough - but not like these. Absolutely perfect -- sharp pointed bowl tips totally intact and bowls as smooth as silk.

Double-swell forward-tipt fiddle handle, flared shoulders, script mono A M B on reverse. Length is 7-1/2". Weight is 27 grams, just shy of 1 T oz. Condition is near-mint.

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

Coffin-fiddle handle, c1810-15 -- pointed shoulders, feathered script mono G on front, date 1802 on reverse (perhaps G's date of birth). Length is 5-1/4", with Enoch's typical elongated handle. Condition is excellent, extended bowl tip unworn.

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.