$48.00
As with much of R&B's work, the line was heavy, and that is so for this 6" long sugar spoon which weighs nearly 1.2 T. oz.
This has a generously sized, three lobe, bowl with embossed scrolling on the heel and shoulders. It is finished in a deep, matte, gold wash front and backsides...
$335.00
Most references date the pattern to 1880, although Charles Carpenter in his benchmark Gorham Silver places it about 1883.
This piece is a large, 13" long, nearly 7.0 T. oz. (215 grams), all silver soup ladle.
The intricacy of the design shows to full advantage at this essentially massive scale...
$65.00
An unnamed pattern, its scrolling, asymmetrical margins are suggestive of Whiting's Louis XV, although this version is more elaborate than Whiting's.
The dominant feature of the piece is its large, 2 7/8" by 2 3/4", pierced and embossed, bowl with a piecrust front edge and flange rim...
$48.00
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$245.00
This example is an 8 7/8" long, 2.4 T. oz., all silver, pie server that was retailed by "Ettenheimer [& Co.]," Rochester, New York, as stamped on the handle backside. Other marks include Whiting's "standing lion with a W" emblem, "Sterling," "Pat...
This group, a hard to find matching set of twelve in Whiting's Art Nouveau Violet, measure a typical 5 3/8" long each and weigh a relatively light 5.8 T. oz. the lot.
Introduced in 1905, these are early issue items marked "Pat. App. For." Other marks include Whiting's "lion and W" logo, "Sterling," and the name of the retailer, "I. Lewkowitz," located in New York City's lower East Side...
$60.00
Issued at the turn of the 20th century, the pattern features a variety of deeply textured and highly detailed flowers, each one specific to the particular item.
The portraiture on this is poppy.
It has talon grips and a wide arch with raised edges on either side...
$145.00
$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...
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...
$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...
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...
$38.00
The top consists of a well-articulated cast figure of a standing miner with a hat on his head, boots on his feet, balancing a pick axe in his right hand and contemplating a chunk of ore that he is holding in his left hand.
There is a small crossbar below the figure and it reads, "Millions in It."
The shank of the piece is comprised of a pair of twisted wires that resemble rope. These end in...
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The bowl is fully hallmarked with a "lion," "leopard," date letter "C" for 1818-19, duty "bust," and "W.B" in a double rounded cartouche for William Bateman, whom Jackson's Hallmarks identifies as "very good (best of the Batemans)."
The funnel is counter stamped with a "lion," "bust" and corresp...
$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...
$165.00
Made by John Wendt in his Medallion pattern, it is stamped with his characteristic "Patent" and "925," along with the name of the retailer, Boston's "Bigelow Bros. & Kennard."
One of the most impressive of the myriad Medallion figures offered by American manufacturers in the 1860s, the line featured a variety of...
$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.
There is a central reserve area on the handle fro...