A fine coin silver gravy boat of good form on three shell-topped hoof feet, beaded rim and leaf-capped scroll handle. It looks earlier than I have dated it but the closest I have come to identifying the maker's mark, S.W & Co, is a reference in Belden to Samuel White of NY, NY, whose mark is S.W, being in a partnership forming a company S.White & Co between 1820-25. Kovel's lists S.White &Co as NY, NY. C.1830, without a maker's mark for the company either.
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I cannot offer any background information on this article but its very impressive and is fashioned in a very primitive, arts & crafts manner. It is extremely well handcrafted with an exaggerated hammered texture, featuring a very wide two-lipped bowl and a hook handle.
Made by John Wannamaker of Philadelphia, c.1900. Hallmarked with an eagle between two rectangles. In one is the maker's mark JW and in the other is 925/100.
Dimensions: 16.5" long. Bowl is 6" wide.
A fabulous set of 12 fish forks by Tiffany in the Old French silver-plate pattern. Even Tiffany's silverplate is far more attractive than most sterling. This is a very pretty pattern with lots of detail, as you can see from the pics.
Condition is excellent. No erosion of plating, no scratches, no pitting. 3-letter monogram as pictured.
Fully marked: Tiffany & Co. EP. Pat. 1889.
Dimensions: 6.25" long.
A fantastic fish slice and fork with sterling blades and carved ivory handles in its original fitted box. The sterling blades are engraved with floral motifs and are fully hallmarked for John Round, Sheffield 1898. Each of the handles have a carved relief on both sides of assorted sea creatures. The handles do have a few shrinkage cracks along the sides, not the faces that display the fish and there is one small flake off one corner just near the end of the handle. It does not affect the fish di ...click for details
A very rare and wonderful form with graceful features. A mere 4-bottle cruet is lifted into an art form. No wonder Garrard's were appointed the Royal Silversmiths. Fully hallmarked on the base and the top of the frame for London 1832. I could not get my camera near enough but there are two small crests, of a man and a bird with outstretched wings. They are on the base below the handle. Total height 5.75", length 6.25" and 5.75" deep. Perfect condition.
This is a really neat set of six sterling napkin rings in a fitted box. They are all fully hallmarked for J. Dixon & Son (well renowned firm of silversmiths, going back to the Victorian era), Sheffield 1921. Each bears a family crest and each is numbered 1-6. Excellent condition throughout. Each is 1" wide, 1.75" in diameter.
This is a magnificent cased mug finely engraved in the aesthetic style by Walter and John Barnard, London 1878. Walter & John Barnard ran the business from April 1877 to June 1896. The Barnards were a dynastic family of silversmiths whose patriarch, Edward Barnard, took over the old and respected silversmithing firms of Chawner and Emes in 1828, after which successive generations of the Barnard family ran it till 1974 when it was sold.
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A wonderful pair of coin silver sauce ladles with shell bowls and heart terminals. Some nice decorative features which I have tried to photograph. Stamped with Baldwin's 'horse and chevron' mark together with COIN. Also stamped with the name of the retailer W. Brown & Co.
Dimensions: 8" long. Total weight 3.2 Troy oz.
Quite an early, robust marrow scoop with crisp clear hallmarks, for London 1739, maker John Jacob. The earlier scoops did tend to be heavier but, due to age, did suffer from rubbed, illegible hallmarks. That is what is so exciting, if one could find marrow scoops exciting, about this example. It has all the features you desire: good age, good gauge, good marks. Dimensions: 8.75" long. 2 Troy.oz.
Here is a very fine sample of her work. Very fine bright-cut decoration on the shanks terminating in acorn-shaped tips. Bears a contemporary monogram 'S' or 'T'. Marked with the maker's mark, Lion Passant for sterling and the Sovereign's Head. There is no Date Letter which is quite acceptable for smaller 18th century articles, though this piece can be dated to 1784/85 by the shape of the Sovereign's Head. This shape was in use between December 1784 and May 1785.
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