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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...
$395.00
Solid coin silver and dating circa 1860, it was made by Wood & Hughes whose "WwH" emblem is stamped on the underside.
It could be a sugar basket for large tea set, or perhaps a sweet meat server.
Very much a period piece, it incorporates design elements popular in the period...
$365.00
Baluster form, it has a beaded base with smaller beading encircling the top rim...
$345.00
Hallmarked for London, 1875-76, sterling, with a Queen's duty head, and "HH" for maker Henry Holland (later Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater), it carries considerable provenance. Holland and the subsequent firm were recognized as one of the most significant English silver manufacturers of their time.
This is artful in multiple ways...
$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...
$245.00
It is marked on the solid silver blade front with an "eagle, V, bust" hallmark for James Vancourt...
$235.00
It is stamped on the handle backside, "Vanderslice & Co. S.F. Cal." for the firm established in 1858 which, as recounted in Silver in the Golden State, became "the longest lived of the nineteenth-century San Francisco manufacturing firms," suggesting that this piece, unlike much California silver of the period, was regionally produced...
$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...
$195.00
As recounted in Silver in the Golden State, Vanderslice & Co. became "the longest lived of the nineteenth-century San Francisco manufacturing firms."
This piece is a 9 1/4" long, 2.54 T...
This period demarcated a turning point in the history of Gorham, defining the pivotal time when the company began its ascendency as a premier silver manufacturing firm.
It bears citing Charles Carpenter's passage in Gorham Silver 1831-1981 about this partnership:
Whether or not Jabez Gorham learned spoon making during his apprenticeship is unknown, but when he deci...
It is illustrated in a "handle patterns" unit of Catherine Hollan's Philadelphia Silversmiths, where it is attributed to Robert and William Wilson, a partnership that dates from the second quarter of the 19th century, and their "R.&W. Wilson" mark does appear on the backside of this coin silver piece.
The handle is flat and double die struck, meaning the pat...
Round and matching, each one measures 2 1/4" in diameter and 1 1/4" tall. They are moderately heavy, weighing 2.5 T. oz. combined.
Each one has a body that is repoussed all over in a leaf and flower pattern, with a reserve area that has never been monogrammed. There is an applied plain top rim. On...
$165.00
It is stamped on the underside "Currier & Trott," along with "Coin," for the Boston partnership of jewelers and watchmakers with dates from the mid 1820s to the mid 1850s.
The style of this suggests it traces to the 1840s.
It has applied gadroon rims on the top a...
$145.00
The handle is a die struck "Bead" pattern that appears on both the front and back sides. There is a cursive "EWL" monogram inscribed on the reverse.
The generously proportioned, 3 1/2" by 2 3/8", scoop is engraved with a highly detailed and finely rendered motif that portrays ...
$145.00
Possibly for use with a (pickle) caster, they are large at 6 5/8" long, and heavy at 1.7 T. oz., and combine a variety of period design elements.
The arms have a twisted central section joined to a solid squared block where they meet the substantially-scaled talon grips.
The upper portions are br...
$145.00
Other marks include "coin" for the silver standard, and very small cartouche with the letters "ET," for which there is not an immediate explanation.
The form is very much of its period and place. The handle has a twi...
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This example is an 8 7/8" long, 1.9 T. oz., pie server marked "coin" for the silver content.
It has a generously proportioned, 4 1/2" by 2 7/8" ...