Catalog: Silver: Sterling: Flatware

spoons, length 5 3/4 inches, Total Troy weight 4.6 ounces, excellent original condition, crested and monogrammed as shown in first enlargement, with half-matte engraved bowls, marked with retailer's mark only and "sterling"; see photo number four.

Also available as a set of twelve, at a slightly more attractive price.

gilt pear shaped bowl, monogrammed "LC" (script, reverse), excellent condition, length 4 1/8 inches, marked only Bigelow Kennard and "sterling" but looks to be Wood & Hughes.

length 8 5/8 inches, weight 3.9 Troy ounces, monogrammed "B", outstanding original condition, marked "Shreve Crump & Low" with 925 in oval. Though not a "first demand" pattern, the Antique Ivies were made by several manufacturers, and involved extensive skill and hand work to produce. Expensive when first sold, they are members of a dying breed, as most flatware of this quality has now been consigned to the melting pot...

length 6 7/8 inches, weight 1.19 Troy ounces, excellent condition, no monogram.

Please see third enlargement for mark. The craftsman is Charles W. Brown

length 9 1/4 inches, weight 3.07 Troy ounces, no monogram, some light surface scratches which we've exaggerated here but fine overall condition.

A lovely complement to any "Berry in Calyx" holloware, this fine piece by craftsman Charles W Blanchard is not a commonly encountered pattern.

craftsman Charles W. Brown, length 8 3/8 inches, weight 1.65 Troy ounces, excellent condition, no monogram.

Chickering shows a fish knife in a similar pattern with notes that Stone was heavily influenced by Dresser's "The Art of Decorative Design (pl. XXVI)", which we have reproduced here in enlargement number five.

length 6 1/2 inches, weight 1.85 Troy ounces, excellent condition, no monogram, craftsman Charles Brown.

A nearly identical though slightly smaller example is pictured in Chickering, p. 157; plate 160.

length 2 3/4 inches, weight .53 Troy oz., fine condition, craftsman George Erickson, monogrammed as shown.

length 11 3/8 inches, weight 6.67 Troy ounces, craftsman Charles w. Brown, no monogram. There are a few minor scratches on bowl and tines (ask us nicely and we'll gently hand polish these before shipping) as shown in the 2nd and 3rd enlargements, but the overall condition is excellent, no monogram...

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round upturned end with full front midrib and thirteen-lobed shell drop, length 4 5/8 inches, engraved with initials "D N", weight .32 oz Troy, some annoying abrasions in bowl but very good overall condition.

Faithful readers of our little web page know we never tire of mentioning that Burt was a substantial and by all reports jovial fellow who weighed three hundred and eighty pounds.

length 9 1/2 inches, weight 7.4 Troy ounces (!), excellent original condition with rich oxidation, crisp detail and a brightly gilt bowl, marked and monogrammed as shown in second enlargement.

length 7 7/8 inches, conjoined script monogram "MHC" in bowl, cast, chased and reminiscent of Martelé flatware (see Carpenter plate 249 p. 235). Marked only "Sterling Black Starr & Frost".

London 1902, the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, length ten inches, total Troy weight 6.21 ounces, no monogram, exceptional original condition with red leather presentation case.

The perfect gift for your royalty obsessed friend who also loves antique silver.

Boston and Salem Massachusetts circa 1800, length 9 1/8 inches, slight tip wear but heavy and in fine overall condition, monogrammed "H" (obverse, script with flourishes).

length 12 1/2 inches, weight 1.04 Troy ounces, monogrammed "T" (obverse, see second photo), excellent condition, unmarked.

The attractively engraved shield in bowl lends this an elegance which will uplift your entire martini routine.

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length 14 inches, weight 6.55 Troy ounces, a bit of polishing wear and some minor dents in bowl but fine overall condition.

Engraved with crest of the Mossman family and their admirable motto "ME MELIORA MANENT" (better fortune awaits me).