$375.00
Ball Black & Company's items made in this higher silver standard tend to be heavy and of fine quality. They may have been intended for export to the French market, where .950 was de rigueur.
$250.00
Over the years, we've bought and sold many King and King's variant items in coin silver, but this is a particularly fine example in terms of form, quality, and condition.
$175.00
Averaging 1.74 Troy ounces apiece, these are wonderfully heavy in the hand, and a pleasure to use.
Price is for the group.
$145.00
One can't help but wonder if this wasn't the personal silver service of Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, or some member of his family.
$125.00
These are far above average in terms of quality, condition, and design.
$125.00
A stunning and pristine example of the best Scottish craftmanship and design.
$60.00
For whatever reason, items in this pattern do not tend to wear well. This one is in exemplary condition.
Compare on ebay (item 353930433927) @90.00!
Finding a set of twelve coin silver dessert spoons in any pattern is rare, but I'm hard pressed to think of the last time we had the privilege to offer a group of this quality (note the "flat" at the tip of each spoon) and decorative appeal...
With their short front "tip't" decoration, engine turned work and bright cut engraving trailing down to the area just above the tines (please see fourth enlargement), these are especially decorative and fine quality examples.
We could only wish that it had a fine old family name but alas there is no engraving and happily no removal.
One could spend a substantial number of hours searching through design patents looking for the original name of this pattern, and come up empty handed...
On Hold
Marked only "coin," back in the day we would have hastened to read through many musty issues of "Silver Magazine" in order to find the maker of this fine ladle, but now, in our dotage, we will leave this task to you, dear reader.