Cherry Blossom is an Art Nouveau pattern which Blackinton introduced in 1903. This is a sugar shell or spoon from a Maine estate. It is 5 5/8 inches long. Other photographs are available and can be emailed on request.

Nice small ladle by Blackinton with pierced decoration in the bowl. Length is 5 inches. There is a single script letter lightly engraved on the handle. We have not been able to identify the pattern.

Particularly handsome pierced olive spoon in the rare Dauphin pattern by Durgin, first made in 1897. Just a tad longer than 6 inches, this piece is skillfully pierced and very well finished on front and back, a sign of the care lavished on American sterling flatware by the better manufacturers in the late 19th century. There is a delicate script monogram on the back of the handle. More photographs are available and can be emailed on request.

Silver baby food pushers are scarce,and this one is particularly so because it is in the rare Narcissus pattern by Unger Brothers. Narcissus dates from 1890. The name "Edith" is smartly engraved on the business end of the piece.

Master butter serving knife in Gorham's most popular pattern, Chantilly. Never monogrammed. Length is 6¾ inches; weight is 0.94 troy ounces. Marked on the back: GORHAM STERLING.

These came out of a Maine estate —six demitasse spoons in the desirable Art Nouveau Lily pattern by Whiting, first made in 1902. They are very crisp with a very elegant period script monogram. They are four inches long and weigh a total of 2.41 troy ounces. Detailed photographs are available and will be emailed on request.

Directly from a Maine estate, this sterling claret spoon bears the marks of the Concord Silversmiths. It is 11 inches long and is not monogrammed. it weighs 2.7 troy ounces. Condition is very good. Probable date is about 1940. More photographs are available and will be emailed on request.

Interesting small catalog from sale titled "A Group of Important Georgian Silver" held on Friday, May 16, 1941, at Parke-Bernet Galleries on East 57th Street. The silver was property of Parish-Watson & Co., Inc., of New York "to be sold consequent on the death of M. Parish-Watson, Esq. The 24-page booklet is self-bound and contains listings of 31 lots and photographs of most of them. A nice period piece for collectors and dealers.

Marrow scoops are easy to find, though very nice. Marrow spoons are few and far between. This is a shell-back George II marrow spoon by the renowned London silversmith Ebenezer Coker, with the date mark for 1750. It has a nice shell and period block initials on the back. The marks are easily readable which is not the way you always find them on bottom marked pieces. The piece is 8 3/8 inches long and shows a slight bit of tip wear...

Antique English sterling mote spoon dating from around 1750. The only hallmarks are a maker’s mark which I cannot quite make out and a lion passant. The spoon is 5 ¼ inches long and weighs 6.2 dwts Troy. Detailed photos are available and can be emailed on request.

Rare and possibly unique large Queen's pattern sterling ladle by the renowned Philadelphia silversmith Peter L. Krider with beautiful aesthetic style engraving in the bowl and a perky rabbit at the bottom. Dating from about 1880, it measures 12 inches in length and is in virtually mint condition. The pattern is double struck, and there is a finely executed script monogram below the anthemion at the top. The ladle is quite heavy, 6 troy ounces and 13 pennyweights.

Cake serving knife with a sterling handle in the Wallace Violet pattern and a new stainless blade. Wallace first made this Art Nouveau style in 1904. Overall length is 9 ½ inches.