Catalog: Silver: Sterling: Flatware

6 flat butters length 5 3/4; 2 salad forks length 6 1/8 inches, no monogram, fine condition, total Troy weight 6.76 ounces.

All for one low, low price. What a deal!!

length 8 3/4 inches, weight 1.43 Troy ounces, monogrammed "C" as shown in third enlargement, fine condition.

Nine out of ten alleged Lily lettuce forks that come on the market are recast, so it's a pleasure to see an old, original example.

length 8 1/4 inches, pleasantly heavy in the hand at 4.59 Troy ounces, no monogram, gilded with light wear to gilding at high points but exceptionally fine overall condition, marked as shown in fifth enlargement.

An exemplary item for the collector of cast bonbonnieres.

length just shy of 5 1/8 inches, total Troy weight 2.15 ounces (heavy for berry forks @.36 each), marked as shown in third enlargement.

Though the three letter script monogram may not be traditional for Fairfax, these are nearly impossible to find.

Bergen circa 1930, length 3 3/4 inches, total Troy weight 1.41 ounces, no monogram, immaculate original condition. For those of you who are not familiar with this mark, 830S = 83% silver.

These would make a splendid hostess gift, especially if your hostess happens to be of Scandinavian descent. Price is for the six.

length 2 3/8 inches, weight .28 Troy oz, no monogram, some blemishes in one bowl but excellent overall condition, no monogram.

length 7 1/2 inches, weight 6.56 Troy ounces, monogrammed script "P," one small pinprick dent as shown in enlargement number two, but very fine overall condition.

length 4 1/8 inches, excellent condition, no monogram, marked as shown in second enlargement.

Compare on ebay (item 283431332903) @178.00

length six inches, some very light scratches on tines as shown but fine overall condition, weight 1.0 oz Troy each, monogrammed "S" (script, obverse), please see fourth enlargement for marks.

Price is for the pair.

length 5 1/2 inches, weight .66 oz. Troy, no monogram, some light scratches in bowl which we've exaggerated here but excellent overall condition.

The Watson Company of North Attleborough, MA made a wide-ranging series of high relief floral patterns in the early 1900's. Designed by Eustace Crees and Charles Court, they rank as some of the finest representations of nature in American silver flatware.

length 4 3/4 inches, weight 1.38 Troy ounces, excellent condition, softly gilt tines, monogrammed as shown. Price is for the lot.

Update: we have one odd fork available at, you guessed it, 25.00!

length 8 3/8 inches, no monogram, a small test mark on front of bowl at 11 o'clock position but otherwise excellent condition, weight 1.92 Troy ounces, marked as shown in fourth enlargement.

These are often found with pairs of chopsticks, but some miscreant seems to have made off with the chopsticks.

length 6 inches, weight 1.08 Troy ounces, excellent condition, no monogram.

The hooked tine has a chamfered edge, which initially led me to believe that this was a pastry fork, and it would serve that purpose well.

length 9 3/4 inches, weight 4.17 Troy ounces, no monogram, some very light scratches on blade (ask me to give it a gentle buffing before shipping, if you'd like) but excellent overall condition.

This is a big, splashy looking server which will make a wonderful wedding gift for a couple with a solid sense of style.

Marked as shown in fourth enlargement.

length 7 1/8 inches, weight 1.88 Troy ounces, no monogram, some light scratches in bowl (see third enlargement) but fine overall condition.

Size matters, in a soup spoon. Why settle for a small one?

Again, for those of you like me who favor comparison shopping, compare on ebay (item 363480057160) @87.00

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.

with decorative bright cut engraving, length 5 3/8 inches, total Troy weight 2.64 ounces, monogrammed as shown in third enlargement. My apologies for only picturing one here, but they are all identical.

These are benchmark examples, looking today just as they did upon leaving the factory on Elmwood Avenue some hundred and fifty years ago. They are engraved (slightly differently) in an exceptionally well designed and well executed manner upon all three sides...

length 5 5/8+ inches, weight 3.67 Troy ounces, superb original condition, gilt bowls, engraved (reverse) 1883 as shown in enlargements.

Those folks who Replace your stuff have given this pattern the prosaic name of "WHS9", but we don't believe them for a minute. Engraved patterns such as this, if they had a name, were often known by number, for example "Antique Engraved number 7." They involved hours of skilled, exacting work by craftsmen who were paid more than most of their peers...