Catalog: Silver: Sterling: Flatware

length 5 3/4 inches, weight 7.37 Troy ounces, excellent condition, marked and monogrammed as shown in enlargements. Although these don't have the "h" weight designation, they are exceptionally heavy for their size.

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length 2 3/4 inches, gilt bowls, excellent condition, monogrammed "P" obverse, Old English. Please see second photo for marks.

length five inches, no monogram, gilt bowls, excellent condition, total Troy weight 2.63 ounces.

Designed by the great French scultor Antoine Heller, these figures have attitude!!

length 7 1/8 inches, weight 7.63 Troy ounces the lot, monogrammed as shown in second enlargement, marked "H & S STERLING" and "Watts."

When it comes to condition, what separates the men from the boys, or the women from the girls (Don Soeffing describes the figure as "somewhat androgynous," so let's honor that!) is the clarity of the ivy garland. Have a look at our third photo and we think you'll agree that these comport themselves rather well...

length 6 5/8 inches, fine condition, monogrammed "m" (obverse), total Troy weight 7.93 ounces, marked as shown in fourth enlargement.

with heart shaped cut out in tines, length 6 1/8 inches, total Troy weight 7.08 ounces, fine condition, monogrammed "H" as shown in third enlargement. These are scarce.

length 4 5/8 inches, total Troy weight 2.1 ounces (on the heavy side for berry forks), excellent original condition, gilt tines, monogrammed as shown in second enlargement.

These are truly a choice find!

retailed by Hennegan Bates and presumably the work of S. Kirk, just shy of 5 3/8 inches long, fine condition, monogrammed "A".

length 10 1/2 inches, no monogram, handles in excellent condition, marked as shown in photos 4 and 5.

Before you get all steamed up about what an incredible bargain these are (those folks who Replace your stuff want 199.95 each, on ebay), dear reader, allow me to draw your attention to the blades, which are steel and have some pitting (we've shown this in unflinching detail; see second enlargement). They are also "pinned" in place which would make replacing them complicated...

length 5 5/8 inches, weight 4.22 Troy ounces, monogrammed as shown, some very light scratches on blades (see third enlargement) but fine overall condition.

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length 6 1/4 inches, monogrammed "LES" script obverse, fine condition, retailed by The Cowell & Hubbard Co.

length 4 3/4 inches, weight .34 oz. Troy each, excellent original condition, monogrammed as shown, retailed by Boston's own Shreve Crump & Low.

You'd be hard pressed to find better examples than these.

length 5 1/4 inches, total Troy weight 5.70 ounces, fine condition, monogrammed as shown in third enlargement.

This lovely old high relief pattern is one of R & B's best designs.

Banks and Biddle Company, length 8 1/4 inches, excellent condition, monogrammed "C" (script, obverse). A classic example of Philadelphia style bright cut engraving. Marked with trademark only, but our guess is that it's sterling rather than coin silver.

engraved on reverse of blade, length 10 3/8 inches, monogrammed with Old English style "F" (?), excellent condition, weight 2.62 Troy ounces.

Excellent condition, monogrammed "Theodora", looks like an ocean liner up there on your screen but actual length is 3 1/2 inches. Not an easy piece to find in this pattern.

length 7 1/4 inches, weight 1.38 oz. Troy, no monogram, some scratches on blade as shown (we've exaggerated them, here) in third enlargement but fine overall condition.

properly known as a "pie knife," length ten inches, light scratches on front of blade but good overall condition, weight 2.93 Troy ounces, monogrammed with a lovely Art Nouveau script "S."