Gadroon base, engraving around the sides of the top, which pulls off. Height to top of finial 4". Weight 1.6 troy ounces. No monogram. Overall and mark condition are excellent.
Fiddle, sharp fins, broad elliptical grips. Length 6-1/4". The monogram at the bow is a script CN. Marked inside each arm. Yale attributes this mark to David Hempstead of New London, CT. See Silver magazine, March/April 1990 for discussion of mark. Overall and mark condition are excellent.
Downturned handles. Length 5-5/8". The monogram is a script PC. Overall condition is near mint. An unusual, stylish form of coffin end spoons.
Marked I.T. in a rectangle, uncrowned leopard's head, and a P (see McGrew, page 119). Length 5-7/8". The monogram is a lengthwise script CS (superimposed). Overall and mark condition are excellent (minor dents in bowl).
Downturned fiddle, drop, tipt on back. Length 5-7/8". The monogram is a lengthwise script DLMS(?). Overall and mark condition are excellent.
Downturned fiddle, no fins, drop, tipt on back. Length 6". The monogram is a lengthwise script SM (nice engraving). Overall condition is excellent (near mint). Mark condition is very good (C Davison in a rectangle, and an eagle looking right in a horizontal ellipse - see McGrew page 88).
Upturned handle, fiddle, tipt on top, rounded fins. Marked PREMIUM/ SIGOURNEY&HITCHCOCK /PURE COIN. Length 5-13/16". Overall and mark condition are excellent (near mint).
Rounded fins. Retailed by George Swortfiguer of Schenectady, NY. Length 5-1/2". The monogram is a lengthwise script EW. Overall condition is excellent (minor dents in bowl). Mark condition is very good.
No fins. The mark is HUTTTON in a rectangle (not sure whether this is a rare typo mark or whether it is doublestruck). Length 5-5/8". The monogram is a lengthwise script JMP. Overall and mark condition are excellent (other than the mark anomaly mentioned above).
Blades marked STAINLESS ITALY, handles apparently unmarked but appear to be solid silver. Length 7". No monogram. Overall and mark condition are excellent.
Downturned handle, fiddle, rounded fins. Length 8-5/8". The monogram is a lengthwise script LAP. Mark condition of the name is excellent; mark condition of "Providence" is poor. Overall condition of the spoon is excellent except for a small tear at the base of the bowl. Notes: (1)this mark of J.GORHAM&SON, all in caps, is not illustrated in Carpenter, Belden, or Flynt & Fales (2) this is really a pair, but the second spoon has two small tears in the bowl and the bowl needs regulating. The price ...
Many forks, some knives and spoons. Some hand made by Gebelein, others major manufacturers. Set illustrated is by Lunt. Forks illustrated were hand made by Gebelein in the 1930's, still in mint condition.
3/4" engraved design around flat top edge. Applied molded band around top edge. Diameter point-to-point 7-5/8"; flat sides 7-3/8". Height 1-1/2". Weight 8-3/4 troy ounces. No monogram. Overall and mark condition are excellent.
Upturned handles, tipt on top. Not fiddle. The incuse Wilcox mark is probably that of a retailer. Length 5-3/4". The monogram is a lengthwise script E.J.B. Overall and mark condition are excellent. Third quarter of the 19th century.
Fiddle, thread and shell; drop. Length 8-3/4". Weight 2.775 troy ounces each. The monogram is a script AG. Overall condition is excellent (very slight tipwear); mark condition varies from excellent to very good [the mark is CU in a rectangle plus 4 pseudohallmarks].
Coffin fiddle, drop. Length 7-3/4". The monogram is a lengthwise script JN. Overall condition is excellent; mark condition is very good.
Downturned handles, oval end, drop. Length 5-3/4". The monogram is a script M. Overall condition is excellent; mark condition is good.
