$75.00
This example measuring 7 1/2" long and weighing 1.3 T. oz. was made by Dominick & Haff in the "No. 10" pattern.
A dense yet delicate multi-floral design dominated by a single chrysanthemum set at the handle end, "No. 10" was patented in 1896, as marked on backside.
Other marks include the company's three part embl...
$95.00
A strikingly clean design, D&H's interpretation of this classic design has a slightly downturned handle with chamfered edges and a midrib backside. No. 2 adds a diamond cut border to the front, which is a motif common to English Georgian period silver.
The handle front is also...
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It has a rounded end handle with a plain, concave back that is engraved in a script letter "JBS" monogram.
The front is ridged in a series of parallel swirls that overall are reminiscent of waves. The design relects a...
$145.00
Possibly for use with a (pickle) caster, they are large at 6 5/8" long, and heavy at 1.7 T. oz., and combine a variety of period design elements.
The arms have a twisted central section joined to a solid squared block where they meet the substantially-scaled talon grips.
The upper portions are br...
Artfully crafted, the hollow handles have rounded ends with a "Thread" design and arum leaf detailing at the join with beaded and engraved banding.
The knife blade, fork, and spoon themselves are all solid silver, and each one is delic...
$42.00
It has a Tipt handle with straight sides and rounded shoulders off the bowl. This departs from the pronounced Fiddle shape with angular shoulders typical of 19th century Ohio River Valley silver design.
The shell bowl is also something of its own form, with an undulating edge and a raised central vee extending from the handle ...
$165.00
In addition, several patterns that are essentially identical to, or strikingly reminiscent of, other makers also appear with Duhme's name on them, and that is the case of this 7 7/8" long, weighty at just over 2.3 T. oz., serving fork that markedly resembles Durgin's 1891 Louis XV .
The two designs incorporate the same densely arrayed rococo eleme...
$48.00
The pattern had variants or close parallels, of which this 9 1/8" long, 1.9 T. oz., coin silver table serving spoon is one.
It has a plain, chamfered edge, shank (vs. twist handle on other versions), a knob end, and very high, pointed and beveled edge, shoulder...
$38.00
It has a rounded end handle that gently curves upward from the flat blade. The front is engraved in a dense leaf design.
The blade, which has notched shoulders with a scalloped upper edge, is engraved with thre...
$85.00
The open work at the end of the handle, in company with the design details, evoke the Durgin's rarely found 1887 Alcazar pattern, although this is not an exact match. Other aspects of the pattern resemble Durgin's (French) rococo 1891 Louis XV.
Whether a variant of one of these patte...
$52.00
The pattern is "Bead," issued in 1893. It features a "Tipt" end with a beaded margin handle, joined in this instance to heavy, detailed, talon grips.
The plain arch is engraved with an Old English "T" monogram.
In superb condition, these are without wear or d...
$42.00
Introduced in the 1860s, it was initially made in coin silver and continued in production long enough to arc the transition to sterling, as examples in both standards exist (se...
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It is also stamped "M.F. Robinson" for the Springfield, Massachusetts jeweler with dates of operation 1860-99, and "Sterling."
A non-line pattern, its relatively plain style with a broad, fanned, handle end with bright cut diamond and bellflower components, suggests a date circa 1880....
$225.00
This item is a quite remarkable ice cream knife. It measures 10 1/8" long, has a hollow handle, and a solid silver, flat, blade that can only be described as a cleaver. It mea...
$135.00
The iconography includes a pair of upraised (presumably eagle) wings that appear to rise out of a crown, which itself sits over a lion rampant on a shield. Lastly, there is a rearing steed projecting out of a castle turret set below the above images.
This example is a 6 7/8" lon...
$45.00
It has three tines joined to a plain, cupped, heel. The outer two are splayed.
Issued in 1891, the design is French Rococo in manner with rocaille embellishments set in high relief.
This was originally finished with an overall gold wash, i.e. vermeil, but much of that has been polished away.
Never monogrammed, it is ...
New Standish adds a raised, rolled leaf detail at the handle end on the obverse.
This example is a 5 3/8" long, 1.06 T. oz., sugar sifter with an essentially hemispherical, 1 7/8" by 1 3/4" diameter by 1/2" deep, bowl.
The bowl has a raised vee on the heel where the handle joins. This prod...
$65.00
Made by Durgin, whose "D" emblem and the word "Sterling," appear on the backside, the pattern is Old Standish, issued in 1901, to be distinguished from New Standish introduced in 1905.
It is a clean pattern with a double lined border and tipt end set on a rounded handle.
There is a script "M" monogram engraved on the front.
The gold wash server follows after a style favored by Durgin...