|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cup and saucer by Brower & Rusher, NYC, c1840
Silver:
Coin Silver:
Hollowware:
Pre 1900 stock# 799
|
 click for details
|
North Hill Antiques
(845) 357-4484
$575
|
Handled cup with 12 panels on raised ring fitted on 16-paneled saucer, also on raised ring, both engraved in feathered script RM over GBM. Dimensions as follows: cup 2-5/8" high, saucer 5-1/4" diameter; total weight is an imposing 7.25 Troy oz. Condition is excellent throughout. Which, of course, leaves open the question: what is the purpose of an uninsulated silver cup and saucer? One answer is that, in an opulent household, it was used for display, nothing more.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Teaspoon by John Peabody, Nashville, Tenn.
Silver:
Coin Silver:
Southern:
Pre 1900 stock# 695
|
 click for details
|
North Hill Antiques
(845) 357-4484
$200
|
Peabody's spoons are distinctive in design --slim oval-end downturned fiddle handles -- nothing quite like them by other makers. This piece has flared shoulders and a short reverse rib. The mono is EB in a feathered script. Length is 5-3/8". Condition is near-mint. This is probably the same John Peabody who worked earlier in Fayetteville, NC. The spoons pictured on p. 125 of "Silversmiths of NC" are not at all similar in design to this piece.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|