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.

Beautiful French silver wine bottle ticket or label with an open slot into which you can put a card with the name of whatever wine you have in your bottle or decanter. The decoration has an anthemion at the top and a foliate border at the bottom but if you look at it with a different eye it appears like a face with eyes at the upper corners with a bushy moustache above a crescent-shaped mouth -- maybe reflecting the silversmith's sense of humor...

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.

This sterling silver sugar spoon with a nice shaped bowl is in the desirable Art Nouveau style Les Cinq Fleurs pattern, first made by Reed & Barton in 1900. It is in excellent condition and has never been monogrammed. It is 6 ¼ inches long. More photos are available and can be emailed on request.

Sterling cold meat serving fork by George W. Shiebler in the American Beauty pattern which dates from 1897. All the decoration is clear and crisp. There is a period gothic style “N” monogram. The piece is 7 ⅝ inches long. More photos are available and can be emailed on request.

American silver manufacturers in the latter part of the 19th century made some high quality products. The firm of Dominick & Haff was notable; among their excellent items were sterling silver photograph frames, which were a popular item in the period. Here we have an assembled pair of a rare model. I bought one of them about two years ago; it sat on my desk because I never found time to repair the ribbon holding easel in position...

Handsome cold meat fork, 7 13/16 inches long, in the Watteau pattern by Durgin, which was patented in 1891. Condition is excellent. Monogrammed. More photos, including closeups on the handle and marks, are available and can be emailed on request.

Silver plated caddy spoon in the bead pattern dating from the late 19th century. This English piece is in good condition and is 3 1/2 inches long. Marked EPNS A1 on back.

Christofle silver plated salad set in an Art Deco patter, probably dating from 1930-1950. The fork is 10 1/8 inches long while the spoon is 9 5/8 inches long. The fork is hallmarked with the usual Christofle marks. The set is quite heavy.

I have long felt that Gorham's Newcastle pattern, which dates from 1895, was underrated. It is a handsome beaded design with interesting serving pieces, and the pieces are usually hefty. This fork and spoon in this set measure a tad longer than 9 inches and retain their original gilt in the bowls. There is a period script monogram "T" on the handles (a photograph of the monogram is available and can be emailed on request)...