One factor which ultimately contributed to the demise of his firm was that George Shiebler's best designs were difficult to execute and costly to produce. Not many of these forks were made, and the surviving examples vary in quality and condition...
$475.00
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For those of you who wonder what that unusual symbol between the Whiting trademark and "sterling" might mean, we suspect that is a letter h inside a circle, meaning 'heavy,' since these weigh a bit more than the average Lily butter spreader...
$1,450.00
Little is known about La Paglia himself, though Dorothy Rainwater relates (see Silver Magazine, May/June 1995, item pictured in article) that he worked as a spy during WWII, and was smuggled into and out of Italy on board a submarine...
Those of you with long memories will remember when Martha Stewart featured some of our "finds" in her article (Glints of Genius, pp 154-9, November 2008) about collecting bright cut silver. This item is of a higher quality than anything which is pictured there...
An underrated manufacturer, Watson had exceptionally talented die sinkers who were capable of producing flatware with fine detail and high relief. This spoon showcases their talent perfectly.
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These are truly a choice find!
$295.00
This pattern gets much less love than its close relatives Iris and New Art, but is every bit as finely detailed and well executed as either one of those.
$240.00
For those of you who favor comparison shopping, check out prices (69.00 each) over there on the Bay of Ease.
$295.00
Also available as a set of twelve, at a slightly more attractive price.
$95.00
$33.00
If you've been slurping your soup with a stainless steel spoon, it's time to leave the halls of heathendom, email us your order, and begin the year anew as a civilized being!
$275.00
$210.00
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...
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...
$320.00
This lovely old high relief pattern is one of R & B's best designs.
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
$250.00
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.