$65.00
The handle backside is less elaborate than the front, but still quite detailed.
This example is a 7 5/8" long, 1.77 T. oz., cold meat fork...
$215.00
Shovel form, it has a blade that is 4 1/2" long and 3 5/8" wide at the splayed end.
This has notched shoulders, wide flanged edges, and a central raised groove in the base.
The surface is extensively engraved in a leaf and flower motif with wriggle work on the flanged edges.
The handle is Old English with a rounded end and tipt backside...
Auction
It much resembles the company's flagship line, Fourteenth Century, having a hammered surface set on robust, i.e. thick and blocky, stock, that bespeaks a medieval origin.
This example is a 4 3/4" long, just over 1.0 T. oz., pair of sugar, olive, or even bonbon tongs...
$46.00
The handle reverse is engraved with a delicately inscribed, feathered "HC" monogram...
$48.00
This motif appears in the top center of the handle, and is repeated on the lower front and backside heel of the join with the blade of this 6 3/4" long, 1.0 T. oz., master butter knife.
There is a script letter "R" monogram on the handle front...
$90.00
The main feature is an anthemion leaf, with additional detailing reminiscent of Gorham's also Greek Revival Corinthian design of the same period.
This example is a lengthy 5 1/4", .9 T. oz., pair of sugar tongs with gold washed claw or talon grips and columnar legs...
$85.00
The plain front typical of earlier Old English design has been embellished on this. It has a feathered edge introduced in the 1770s and bright cut work characteristic of the 1780s.
In addition, the reserve at the handle end is engraved with a very fancy, feathered line script, "RL" monogram that is of a style consistent with these dates...
$135.00
The pattern is Longfellow, which clearly follows after the Moorish and Egyptian Revival trends popular in its 1870s period.
It features a repeating series of palm fronds, palmettes, rosettes and ivy leaves along a shaped handle with a pyramid end...
$165.00
$135.00
Made by Gorham, it is stamped with the company's "lion, anchor, G" emblem, "Sterling," and model number "912."
While the handle is rendered in Gorham's beaded-with-tipt-end Newcastle pattern, the fact that it is numbered indicates it was a specialty piece independent of the flatware line per se.
The central sec...
These six, matching, 8" long, 5.7 T. oz. the group, individual iced tea or lemonade stirring spoons are stamped with the "hammer over Stone" emblem, "Sterling," and an "E," for benchman George Erickson who established his own well-regarded silver shop subsequent to his work with Stone.
These show the qua...
$85.00
One of Wendt's less commonly found patterns, it features a lined handle with a fan end that suggests a palmetto leaf. This in turn is framed by two acanthus leaves placed at the base of the palmetto.
This is all joined to a multi-form stem which in this instance attaches at a right angle to the blade of this 7 3/8" long, weighty at 1.5 T. oz., solid sil...
A table, i.e. serving, spoon, it measures 8 1/2" long and weighs an exceptionally heavy 2.44 T. oz.
The pattern is multi-motif and known for its portraiture of scenes from daily life at the palace of Versailles and the court of French King Louis XIV.
The imagery on this features a seated...
$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...
This offering is for a full set of twelve matched pieces, all in flawless, original condition.
Each one measures 5 7/8" long, while the group weigh 4.7 T. oz.
They have three tines, the center one of which is spear form, joined to a cupped heel with scalloped shoulde...
$115.00
This example is a 7 1/2" long, quite substantial weight at 2.4 T. oz., gravy ladle.
It features the namesake woodlily plant at the handle end, interpreted in a manner reminiscent of Danish Modern designer Georg Jensen.
This item is unusual, however, in that the area between the leaf stems...
$60.00
Made by Watson, the pattern is Bridal Flower, introduced in 1910.
Although dating from late in the Art Nouveau period, this follows fully after that style, with a very fluid interpretation of the lily blossoms that form the centerpiece of the design.
The gold finish bowl (front and back sides) is shell form, with scalloped edges and a ribbed and...
$145.00
Ice cream servers tend to be more bulbous or stubby than fish slices, while conversely the later is more slender and generally has a more pointed tip and flatter surface than the former, and this goes in that direction. For contemporary usage, it could be used for a multitude of purposes.
Made by Gorham, whose "lion, anchor, G" emblem and the wo...