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There is some slight wear to engraving on blade, though nothing tragic, and also a few scratches as shown in first enlargement which I'll gladly attempt to polish out before shipping if you ask me very nicely.
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The handle is applied with wirework in the form of a watch spring, making this the perfect gift for your martini-drinking watch collector friend!
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With their band of cast applied grapes and elegant double molded rim, these are an outstanding example of the best American Empire era Philadelphia style...
With faux alligator skin, and applied silver matte finish "calling card."
As mentioned elsewhere on these pages, Porter's work is of inconsistent quality. Here, the soldering is a bit sloppy and the hammering is rather random. So let's just consider that part of the charm, if we may.
We have always been fond of Gorham's first high style designs, especially those in the manner of Mary Todd Lincoln's tea service.
We've owned many similar tongs over the years, but these are distinguished by the cross hatched detail inside the grasping area, which is both pleasing to the eye and practical for levitating your ice cubes.
Though it may only win second prize in a beauty contest, the price is attractive and we've certainly seen uglier ones.
For those of you who like comparison shopping, check item 192469545712 on the Bay of Eees, which weighed not even half as much and measured a mere inch an a quarter in diameter.
Did these spoons belong to one of Vice President John Calhoun's children? We like to think yes, but don't ask me to prove it!
What could you do with them? Well, I for one would be ecstatic if served an appetizer of duck liver paté in a little ramekin with a very elegant silver knife. But then again, I'd probably also be pretty happy to see this even without one...
$252.00
The perfect gift for your hard-to-please bibliophile friend.
Both figures appear to be hand chased-- note the detail in Blue's hat and knickers.
An attractive and reasonably priced little item from the Art Deco era.
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This mark is commonly given to Saunders Pitman, but we are not so certain that it is his. For example, though the Met attributes a cream jug in their collection (accession number 33.120.311) to Saunders, some might consider this attribution to be problematic, since he'd been dead for a good solid forty years when it was made.
Other reasonable possibilities would include John K...