By C, Jordan Thorne. Taylor Publishing Co., NY, 1949. One of the early compilations of makers and marks, nearly 3500 in all. Line drawings of forms and marks. Plates of representative examples; 6.5" x 9.25", 289 pages. Condition: very good. Dust jacket good, some fraying and loss.

By Margaret Holland, published by David & Charles, 1971. An account of English Provincial Silver with sections on Ireland, Scotland and Wales; 49 line drawings of marks, 39 plates 3 maps; 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 240 pages, including bibliography and index. Condition fine. Dust jacket fine.

Title: "The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver & Gold Marks of Great Britain and North America," by Michael Clayton; 2nd edition, revised 1985, published by Antique Collector's Club Ltd. Comprehensive and well illustrated description of forms from 1150 to 1880. Explanation of marks and manufacturing methods; 16-page bibliography, 9" x 13"; 351 pages. Condition fine, dust jacket fine. U.S. 1st-class shipping $16.

Downturned fiddle handles, low pointed shoulders, incised pointed arch drop on bowl back, feathered script L F on front, later script C.F.B. on reverse; 5-5/8" in length. Condition is excellent, extended bowl tips unworn.

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...

Description: pinched-waist fiddle handles, pointed shoulders, feathered script mono M W on front; 6: long. Slight tipwear, otherwise fine.

Hinckley worked in Barnstable. This piece has a pointed-end handle with a 9-lobe shell drop and with brightcutting half way down the handle. Mono is block A * B in a cartouche on the front. Length is 5-3/8". Condition is fine.

Rare swaging of a flame rising out of a rose growing in a basket (see pic); oval-end handle, short reverse rib, feathered script mono M P on front; 5-1/4" long. Condition is near-mint, bowls unworn, and etcetera.

Hamilton & Co. worked in Calcutta - These casters have a baluster body on a round pedestal foot, pierced lid with bud finials; repousse bands of grapes, leaves and tendrils at shoulder, at bottom of body and at base (see pic); gilt interiors; 4-1/4" high, 2" dia., 7 T. oz; excellent throughout.

Downturned fiddle handles, c1835 - pointed shoulders, drop on bowl back, feathered script C A L on front; 7-1/4" in length. Excellent condition on both.

Narrow downturned handles, c1835 -- pointed shoulders, drop on bowl back, never engraved; 5-3/4" long. Stress crack at handle join on one, others are fine.

Classic coffin-end, c1800, straight tapering line from handle end to bowl - incised pointed arch drop, reverse rib, block mono H R on front; 5-3/8" long. Excellent condition throughout.