American Coin and Sterling Silver Colonial through Art Nouveau
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All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1920 item #1483170 (stock #5411f)
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$65.00
A not readily found pattern, Frank Smith's 1912 George VI aka Ridgefield is, appropriately, a regal looking design that features a variety of raised acanthus leaves and scrolls set on a shaped handle with double lined margins.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1483131 (stock #5410f)
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$215.00
Massively scaled, this serving piece measures 10 3/4" long and weighs 4.4 T. oz.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1910 item #1482679 (stock #5404f)
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Issued in 1909, Norman Hammered by San Franciso's renowned Shreve & Company follows in that firm's Arts & Crafts tradition of silversmithing.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1482563 (stock #5402f)
Old Friends
$46.00
One of Gorham's earliest full line patterns, patented in 1868 as stamped in the reverse of this 6 1/4" long, .6 T. oz., sugar spoon, Ivy has a tubular stem and broad, convex handle end that features an intricately rendered portraiture of ivy leaves and berries set against a stippled ground.

The handle reverse is engraved with a delicately inscribed, feathered "HC" monogram...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1482263 (stock #5395f)
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$48.00
One of William B. Durgin's earliest patterns, dating circa 1870, and commonly identified as Spray, this design features a bouquet of woodland flowers and grasses tied by a bow.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1482232 (stock #5394f)
Old Friends
$90.00
An early line pattern, Gorham's Louis XIV, is Greek Revival in style in spite of carrying a French name.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1800 item #1482092 (stock #5389f)
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$85.00
Finely crafted, this 8 5/8" long, 1.74 T. oz., serving spoon has an Old English, i.e. rounded end with tipt back, handle.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1482032 (stock #5387f)
Old Friends
$135.00
Stamped "Sterling" and with the "H&S" emblem of Hotchkiss & Schreuder, Syracuse NY, and retailed by "Austin & Prescott," Batavia NY, this piece measures 8 3/4" long and weighs 1.7 T. oz.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1481911 (stock #5383f)
Old Friends
$165.00
A 7" long, 1.1 T. oz., preserve or jelly spoon, this piece has a generously sized, 2 1/2" by 1 5/8", shell shaped bowl with a scalloped edge and slightly pointed tip...
All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1481673 (stock #5378f)
Old Friends
$135.00
Designed for a very specific purpose, claret ladles are necessarily lengthy, and this solid silver example is especially so at 13 1/4". It weighs a substantial 2.4 T. oz.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1910 item #1481607 (stock #5377f)
Old Friends
$285.00
Price for the set of six.
Introduced in 1906, Pointed End was one of renowned Arts & Crafts silversmith Arthur Stone's earliest line patterns. It has a "Tipt" backside and slender, arched and tapered handle.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1481530 (stock #5375f)
Old Friends
$85.00
As the name would imply, John Wendt's, NYC, Osiris falls within the Egyptian Revival design mode popular in its 1870 date of issue.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1481442 (stock #5372f)
Old Friends
$85.00
Price per piece, two available.
Marked with Gorham's "lion, anchor, G" emblem, "Sterling," and "Copyrighted" on the backside heel of the bowl, this is an early production example of the company's 1888 Versailles pattern.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1481364 (stock #5370f)
Old Friends
$85.00
Marked with Durgin's "D" emblem along with "Sterling" and the number "2," this 7 3/4", approximately 1.0 T. oz., long handle olive spoon is not immediately identifiable as a regular line pattern.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1481020 (stock #5361f)
Old Friends
$395.00
Price for the set of twelve.
One of several specially designed, numbered, oyster, aka shrimp or seafood cocktail, forks that Gorham presented in its 1886 catalogue (see enlargement 2), No. 10 features a ball top with twisted stems.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1950 item #1480958 (stock #5359f)
Old Friends
$115.00
Issued in 1945 in the beginning flourishes of what is now identified as the Mid Century Modern design era, Wood Lily by Frank Smith shows clean lines with an architectural quality.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1920 item #1480660 (stock #5356f)
Old Friends
$60.00
A long handled version, this olive spoons measures 7" as against a regular length 5 1/2" or so for this form. It weighs .7 T. oz.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1480606 (stock #5355f)
Old Friends
$145.00
Lengthy at 10 1/4" and weighing 2.6 T. oz., this all silver server is likely a fish slice although some sources identify it as an ice cream server.

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...

 
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