$55.00
This 6" long, 1.3 T. oz., shell bowl, sauce or cream ladle, is an especially fine example of the later form.
It has a gracefully arched, broad, "Reverse Tipt" handle that is bright and diamond cut on the front in a floral, leaf, and swag design.
There is a central reserve area that is engraved in a leaf script "W" monogram...
$55.00
It is stamped "· F&H ·" for Farrington & Hunnewell, along with "Pure-Coin," which is a characteristically New England regional term designating the silver content.
The arched handle has an anthemion-shaped end suggestive of its circa 1865 Greek Revival period, which along with the main shank, is finely engraved in an intricate leaf and scroll design...
$225.00
An Olive pattern, which was particularly popular in Boston in the period and produced with slight variation by several makers, it is marked "lion, F&H, bust," for manufacturer "Farrington & Hunnewell."
It is a hotcake, aka pancake or waffle, lifter...
$115.00
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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...
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Elegantly designed, it has a lengthy, slender, handle that has high, double swell, chamfered fins off the blade. The end is fiddle shaped and features a raised shell motif.
The blade is somewhat short at 2 7/8" long and wide at 1 1/8". It has a blunt end and curved upper edge with a notch toward the tip...
$65.00
Each arm is stamped "F. [for Foster] Tinkham," born in Middleboro, Massachusetts, in 1803, and documented working in New York City in 1840, the approximate date of this piece, as a jeweler and watchmaker. He had returned to Massachusetts by 1855.
The arms are Fiddle shaped, which is a style consistent with their period...
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One distinguishing aspect is the combination of maker and retailer.
It is stamped with the "eagle, thistle, harp" mark of Philadelphia's Taylor & Lawrie." Catherine Hollan in Philadelphia Silver notes "they [T&L] advertised they had manufactured for Bailey & Kitchen then for Bailey & Co. for twenty years . . ...
$105.00
The form is uncommon and hence of uncertain function. It may be a spinach or toast/bread fork, or for another purpose yet. The proportions assure it is definitely original and not adapted from another piece as, for example, most potato forks are derived from dinner forks.
The maker was George Sharp, Philadelphia, as indicated by his "lion, S, ...
$115.00
It is a large, 9 1/4" long, approximately 2.5 T. oz. ice cream server.
It has an oval blade with two ribs in the interior, notched shoulders, a beveled edge, and a gold washed upper surface. This is shallowly concave and more o...
$115.00
A relatively plain pattern, this is embellished on the handle front with a delicately en...
$58.00
This 7" long, T. oz., preserve spoon is an early example marked "Patent 1861" and "Coin."
The bowl is shell form with a scalloped and dotted edge.
There is a feathered script "HSS" monogram delicately engraved sideways on the handle front.
This is in outstanding estate condition, absent polishing wear or damage and s...
$95.00
This 7 1/2" long, 1.9 T. oz., gravy ladle is an early piece, marked "Coin," along with "Patent 1861."
The handle backside is engraved with an "H.A.B" monogram in Old English lettering.
The bowl is large, 2 3/4" by 2 1/4" by 1" deep, helmet-shaped, has ...
$285.00
This example is marked only "Patent 1861" and with Gorham's "lion, anchor, G" emblem absent a sterling designation, thus indicating it is coin.
It is also the largest iteration of a ladle in this line and is for soup. In keeping with mid 19th century practice for this sort of item, it measures a massive 14" long and weighs 6.1...
$75.00
Other marks on this include Gorham's "lion, anchor, G" emblem, and the name of the retailer, Philadelphia's "Geo. H. Bechtel."
"Ionic" is a Greek Revival design that incorporates a central rosette with a stylized a...
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Also marked "Pure-Coin," this doubtlessly has Boston origins, likely made by Farrington and Hunnewell, based on the design.
It has an Old English, i.e. downturned, rounded end, Reverse Tipt handle.
The 4 1/2" long by 2 3/4" at the widest, blade is unusually shaped, with a double scalloped edge, a raise...
$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...