$235.00
There is ample biographical information about him available online, along with illustrations of his products.
One UK source notes these details,
"He exhibited successfully at the Goldsmith's Company 'Loot' exhibitions from 1975 to 1981 and in their 'Contemporary Silver Tableware' exhibition in 1996...
$175.00
This 10" long, weighty 2.7 T. oz., meat skewer, sometimes identified as a letter opener, is an item from this highly touted source, stamped for London, Sterling, a letter date of 1982, and a script "JR" for the firm...
$135.00
That is the case with this 8 1/2" long, 2.6 T. oz., solid silver, serving serving spoon in the company's 1939 Oak Leaf pattern.
Modernist/Deco in style, the handle has straight, tapered edges, with a tip that is surmounted by a representational oak leaf flanked by what are presumably two acorns...
$185.00
A modernist, his work was hand fashioned, following after the Arts & Crafts movement that arose earlier in the 20th century.
This example of his work is an 8 1/2" long, 2.73 T. oz., solid silver, salad of other serving fork.
It has a plain, tapered, handle with sharply angled corners and a straight across end...
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The pattern is the company's signature "Repousse," featuring an array of high relief, satin finish, flowers and leaves.
The backside is plain and never monogrammed...
$55.00
A silversmith and pewterer with a specialty in jewelry, he studied and worked in New York City until settling in Maine about midpoint in his life, and where he remained active until about 1980. One source describes him as a "true modernist."
This 5 7/8" long, nearly 1.3 T. oz., gravy ladle is an apparently rare example of his flatware work executed in sterling silver...
$70.00
A clean design, French with a modernistic flair, this has scrolled margins which are expanded into a rosette on the handle end.
The blade is large, has scalloped edges, a pierced surface, and a slightly cupped heel...
Never monogrammed, they have plain backs save for the marks, which are "S. Kirk & Son," which Rainwater dates 1932-61, along with "Sterling."
In spite of their considerable age, they are in exceptionally fine condition, showing no evidence they were ever used...
Queen Anne is a Hanoverian design with a rounded-end, upturned handle with a midrib and a rattail bowl back.
A companion pattern, Williamsburg Shell was added in 1970...
$185.00
Rainwater further notes that "Mrs. Welles retired in 1940." Given that this 10 1/8" long, 3.6 T. oz., serving spoon is engraved on the backside, "AS HCM" over "Feb. 14, 1939," it traces to the founder's working years, which le...
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This 6 1/2" long, approximately 1.2 T. oz., serving spoon is an early production piece, original to George, marked "Erickson Sterling".
A serving spoon with an ovoid bowl, the pattern is "Chino," which is a rounded end fiddle design. ...
He produced jewelry and flat and hollow ware. In addition to the piece noted above, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum has a leaf form spoon of his that is listed on its online catalogue.
Working from 1897 onward, he established the partnership of Potte...
$65.00
The pattern is colonial in style, featuring a fiddle shaped handle with a tipped backside and distinct flanking shoulders off the bowl.
The serving end has four symmetrical, plain ...
$85.00
Fashioned in an Arts & Crafts manner, it was produced by Arthur Stone whose "Stone and hammer - Sterling" symbol, along with a benchman's "B" for Charles W. Brown, or possibly George Blanchard, appears on the handle reverse.
The angular "Coffin End" handle was one of Stone's early designs, first issued in 1910.
A plain piece, i.e. never monogrammed or...
$48.00
The heavily hammered, oval, bowl with notched shoulders, is a telling feature that places it within the Arts & Crafts mode, dating from the early decades of the 20th Century.
Further evidence of its construction is the fact that the handle and bowl were individually made and joined with an exposed drop on the backside.
The handle reverse is engraved with an Old English ...
These seven, 4" long, 2.35 T. oz. the group, coffee or demitasse spoons are early pieces marked with the company's "eagle, R, lion" (later items are stamped "Reed & Barton") along with "Sterling."
Cast rather than die struck, they are highly textured, possess intricate detail, and show a soft gray finish on the silver. Th...
$105.00
The pattern is "Lorraine" and has antecedents that predate the company itself.
The handle is a "Pointed Antique" with a slightly "Tipt" backside. The front is engraved in a "Mayflower" design that has its origins in Baltimore and which evolved into a full line of flatware produced by Kirk under this name...