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All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1490826 (stock #5607f)
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$46.00
The design on this 6 5/16" long, .8 T. oz., sugar or small jelly spoon is reflective of its mid 19th century, New York City, origins.

It has a twisted shank that is joined to a broad, upturned end, shaped edge, handle with engine turned and bright cut engraved scroll, leaf, and flower detailing.

The handle front is engraved with a feathered script "AMV" monogram set sideways in the open reserve area...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1837 VR item #1490568 (stock #5598f)
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$46.00
Zebulon (alternatively Zachariah as noted by Belden in Marks of American Silversmiths) was listed in New York City directories 1815-20 and from 1822-70 in Sag Harbor, on Long Island. He spent 1821-22 in Salisbury, North Carolina as a partner with Edmund Burnham.

The plain, rounded and downturned end with a smooth back, style of this 9 1/4", 1.4 T. oz., coin silver serving spoon dates circa 1820, tracing to his NYC years or even his short period in NC...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1490487 (stock #5596f)
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$85.00
A prominent, arguably the dominant, name among mid 19th century New York City retailers (before Tiffany's ascendency), "Ball, Black & Co." marketed a variety of work from important regional makers.

This coin silver piece is a large, 8 3/4" long, 1.9 T. oz., berry or other serving spoon, marked for BB & Co...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1490414 (stock #5594f)
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$38.00
Made by the mid 19th century Boston silver manufacturer Farrington & Hunnedwell, this 5 15/16" long, .77 T. oz., coin silver sugar spoon was retailed by Worcester jeweler Benjamin Goddard, whose name, along with the maker's "F&H" mark, appears on the handle backside.

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...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1490222 (stock #5589f)
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$44.00
Measuring 6 7/8" long, and weighing 1.16 T. oz., this piece is stamped "N. Harding & Co." for the mid 19th century Boston firm established by Newell Harding. It is also marked "Pure Coin," which was a standard designation largely used in the New England.

It is a double die struck Olive pattern, meaning the design appears on both sides of the arched and upturned handle...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1489925 (stock #5581f)
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$38.00
A 6" long, .9 T. oz., item, this c. 1865, coin silver sugar spoon is stamped "C C S" on the reverse, for the maker, Charles C. Shaver, who worked in Utica, New York during the second half of the 19th century.

The pattern appears on both sides of the handle and features anthemion leaves, along with other period detailing...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1489833 (stock #5579f)
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$110.00
Price for the pair.
Described in Flynt & Fales Heritage Foundation Collection of [New England] Silver as "a man of many alliances," Boston silversmith John B. Jones enjoyed a long and esteemed career.

Flynt & Fales note he began working in 1809 with Richard Ward and continued under many guises that ended with Jones, Shreve, Brown & Co., in 1854. This firm eventually became Boston's renowned jewelry and fine goods retail establishment Shreve, Crump & Low...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Hollowware : Pre 1900 item #1489600 (stock #5574f)
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$1,325.00
A high style piece representative of the finest quality silver work generated in mid 19th Boston, this item is a substantial-sized water pitcher.

It stands 11" tall to the highest point of the lofty handle, has a bulbous, eight panel, baluster-shaped body that is 6" across at the widest, sits on a rimmed, 4 1/2" diameter, octagonal base, weighs 25.75 T. oz., and holds four pints (64 ounces) of liquid...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1489436 (stock #5570f)
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$46.00
A pattern that originated with Albert Coles, Jenny Lind established itself as a popular mid 19th century design and was adopted by numerous manufacturers.

This example, a 6 7/8" long, 1.25 T. oz., coin silver jelly or preserve spoon bears the four part pseudo hallmark that John McGrew in his benchmark work Manufacturers' Marks on American Coin Silver attributes to the "Gilbert, Cunningham, Cooper" complex of New York City.

This has a shell form bowl and is engraved "M...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1489106 (stock #5563f)
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$65.00
This 8 1/8" long, 1.67 T. oz., spoon is marked with an "animal head over shield" emblem attributed to James P. Butler, Philadelphia.

It is also stamped with the words "Coin" and "Patent" and the name of the retailer, Philadelphia jeweler "J...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1488995 (stock #5561f)
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$42.00
One of William B. Durgin's earliest designs, the pattern on this 5 7/8" long, .64 T. oz., sugar spoon goes by the name Bridal, although it is also referred to as Bow, (Crossed) Ribbon or Knot, taken from the bow and knotted ribbon that appear on the handle front and back sides.

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...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1488670 (stock #5553f)
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$65.00
A typical design of its mid 1860s period, this 7 3/16" long, 1.0 T. oz., jelly or preserve spoon has a plum-shaped bowl with a twisted shank that leads to a disk-shaped, pointed end, handle with a slightly tipt backside.

The handle obverse is extensively engraved in a fine, dense, bright cut and wriggle work, pattern that includes a fancy, feathered script, "MCO" monogram in the open reserve area.

It is stamped "James E. Caldwell & Co." on the backside for the renowned Philadelphia ...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1488630 (stock #5552f)
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$24.00
Price per piece, five available.
This 6" long, coin silver, teaspoon is one of five matched pieces that weigh .55 T. oz. (17 grams) each.

It has a Tipt end handle with something of a Fiddle shaped shank with tall, narrow and beveled, fins off the bowl, and a pointed end bowl. The backside heel has a plain drop.

This one, along with the other four, has a fancy, feathered script, "SEA" monogram set sideways on the handle front.

Marked "Coin" on the reverse, it is also stamped "S.P. Bell," who was likely the ...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : Pre 1837 VR item #1488362 (stock #5546f)
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$48.00
Price per piece, two available.
The Baltimore Museum of Art volume Baltimore Silver notes that Andrew Ellicott Warner "is the best known of a family of silversmiths which included his father Cuthbert, brother Thomas, and son Andrew Ellicott Warner, Jr."

This example of his work is a 7" long, weighty at 1.3 T. oz., place or dessert spoon.

The marks on this, "A.E. Warner" along with the peculiar to Baltimore "11" assay stamp (midway between coin and sterling silver), is one of seven documented in the above reference...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1488235 (stock #5543f)
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$48.00
One of numerous mid 19th century silver manufacturers situated in cities along the Hudson River, John L. Westervelt of Newburgh was a major producer in his 1840s to 1880s period.

This lengthy at 7 1/2" and weighty at 1.3 T. oz., master butter knife is stamped with his "star, lion, D" emblem along with "Sterling" on the blade backside.

The pattern is Ivy, which was one of Westervelt's full line designs. Naturalistic in manner, Ivy faithfully represents this vine which served ...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1487939 (stock #5536f)
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$110.00
This 8 1/8" long, 1.77 T. oz., coin silver piece stands apart for several reasons.

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 . . . (1857 adv)."

This is stamped "M.W. Galt & Bro.," for the Washington, D.C. firm establishe...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : 18th and Early 19th Century : Pre 1837 VR item #1487636 (stock #5528f)
Old Friends
$100.00
Price for the set of six.
As documented by Flynt & Fales in The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, Eleazer Wyer, born in Boston in 1786, learned goldsmithing from his father (of the same name), and his sister married silversmith Timothy Keith, so the trade was clearly a family tradition.

Eleazer relocated to Portland, Maine about 1806, and from 1814-18 was in partnership there with Charles Farley.

Four of these six, essentially matched, coffee or tea spoons are marked "Wyer & Farley" along with an "ea...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1487459 (stock #5521f)
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$48.00
The dominant silver house in Cincinnati from the mid 19th century onward, Duhme's first line pattern, No. 1, followed after the broad, fiddle shaped, handle design characteristic of the Ohio River Valley of the period.

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...

 
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