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It is marked "Benedict & Scudder" over "New York," a partnership dating 1828-36, with Andrew Comstock Benedict, who also worked independently, the more prominent and lasting name in silversmithing of the two.
The end of the handle features a raised Basket of Flowers. This, along with the Sheaf of Wheat motif, were two popular embellishments on the otherwise largely plain designs on silv...
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The top consists of a well-articulated cast figure of a standing miner with a hat on his head, boots on his feet, balancing a pick axe in his right hand and contemplating a chunk of ore that he is holding in his left hand.
There is a small crossbar below the figure and it reads, "Millions in It."
The shank of the piece is comprised of a pair of twisted wires that resemble rope. These end in...
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With family roots in Gardner, Massachusetts, George originally worked with Arthur Stone. Porter went on to establish one of the most well-known silver workshops in California, where the family also founded the California Society of Arts & Crafts.
The "B09 in an oval" that appears on this 6 3/16" long, .87 T. oz., teaspoon was an early mark of the partnership,...
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Very much in the manner of its 1860s period, and engagingly so, it has a twisted stem and a flat, shaped-edge, handle that is bright cut and wriggle work engraved in a period design.
The engraved area includes an open reserve ...
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This 4 3/8" long, .64 T. oz., pair of tongs are stamped with the number "15" on the inside arch along with Gorham's "lion, anchor, G" emblem, and "Sterling," and are, consistent with the above statement, an unusual design and particularly well-finished.
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Coin silver, it is stamped C[harles]. C[arter] Coleman, for the Worcester, Massachusetts silversmith and jeweler with dates 1844-60. It has a "P (or T) W H" feathered script monogram engraved on the front of the curved handle.
This is finely crafted, with excellent proportion, good balance ...
$36.00
The two men established a partnership, which through a series of transitions eventually became Lunt Silversmiths, thus there is a long silversmithing lineage represented in this 6 3/16" long, .5 T. oz., sugar, or possibly small jelly, spoon marked "W. P. Jones" and "Coin."
It dates 1847-57, the period when Jones...
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Lacking a certain attribution, Catherine Hollan in her Philadelphia Silversmiths writes, "The firm is unidentified, probably from New Hampshire or New England where "DOLLAR[S]" is used [although this term, designating a coin silver standard, is not exclusive to New England]."
She further notes, however, that Yale University Art Gallery has spoons [with...
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It is marked J.C. Kelley, along with "Sterling," for the Philadelphia jeweler in business 1849-77.
The pattern is an engraved leaf and grass design presented in an Aesthetic manner on a convex Antique Tipt handle with a mid point crossed ribbon.
This is one of two similar designs produced by James Watts, also Philadelphia, and Kelley and Watts are paired on other jointly...
$35.00
A jelly or large sugar spoon, it has an engagingly naive quality about it.
The handle has a narrow stem, and flat, shaped, round, upturned end with a slight knob tip. The surface is engraved in a simple, but endearing, leaf and flower design. The flower appears to be a narcissus.
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The portraiture includes a turtle, along with oyster shells and seaweed on the handle, and the North Point battle monument in the gold washed bowl.
It has a script "M" monogram engraved in the open area on the h...
$34.00
More detailed than a standard Tipt design, this version incorporates Greek and/or Egyptian Revival features set on a broad end, tubular shank, handle. These features carry onto the backside heel of the plum shaped with central vee, gold washed, bowl.
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Decidedly distinct from a standard Tipt design, it incorporates period Greek and/or Egyptian Revival motifs such as palmettes, reeds, and beading, set on a broad, pointed end, handle with a tubular shank.
This example is a 5 5/8" long, .7 T. oz., early pastry or pickle fork.
This has an Old English letter "B" monogram on the handle backside, and is in flawless estate condition, free of...
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Toward the Art Nouveau in manner, the design features a single full blossom at the top of each arm, with a bud and abundance of leaves below it.
Interestingly, and unusual for tongs which generally have plain surfaces on the insides, the pattern ...
An Oval Thread pattern, they are stamped "Squire & Lander" for the New York City jeweler, along with the "star, lion, D" manufacturing mark of John L. Westervelt, Newburgh, New York.
The rounded bowls measure 1" by 3/4" and are moderately deep at 1/4".
They are engraved "Thorpe." in script set sideways on the handle fronts.
In excellent condition, the ...
$32.00
The Reverse Tipt handle is bright cut engraved in a wispy leaf design with training stems that encircle a script letter "LHN" monogram.
It also has an usual form bowl with scalloped ends and interior paneling, all finished in a pale gold wash.
It is stamped Harry Raynes for the Lowell, Massachusetts, jeweler working from 1865 into at least the 1880s, and at times in collaboration wi...
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As this does, motes spoons typically have a pierced bowl on one end and a pointed or spear tip on the other.
Most commentary about their purpose indicates mote spoons were originally tea related, used for filtering loose leaves, with the point serving to clear a spout of clogs.
This 8 3/8" example was made by FS Gilbert, North Attlebor...
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Sculptural in manner, the central design element is a cherubic figure set against a dense, decorative background.
It is strongly reminiscent of Dominick & Haff's Labors of Cupid, which it predates by five years, introduced in 1895 vs. 1900.
It is a multi-motif line, meaning the figural representation varies between different pieces.
This example is a 5 5/8...
