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Catalogue: Silver: Coin Silver: 18th and Early 19th Century (2)

6 Carson & Hall, Albany, Early 19th c. Coin Spoons Silver: Coin Silver: 18th and Early 19th Century: Pre 1837 VR stock# 1158f
click for details		Old Friends $ 165 set
One of the quiet delights of early coin silver is that it sometimes speaks an elegantly simple language. That is the case with these six, matched teaspoons marked "Carson & Hall," for the Albany, New York partnership with dates 1814-19. They are somewhat singular in size and style. Four of them are 5 7/8" long, one 6", and one 6 1/8", which is simply natural variation deriving from these being hand made. Each one has a slender shank, a narrow, plain end, a small, ...click for details

Early 19th Century Ebenezer Phelps Coin Tablespoon Silver: Coin Silver: 18th and Early 19th Century: Pre 1837 VR stock# 612e
click for details		Old Friends $ 95
The immediate presumption is that the maker of this piece was Ebenezar Phelps of Northampton, Massachusetts, based on the "Phelps" stamped on the reverse. The early 19th century style would correspond with that attribution as well, given Ebenezar's dates were 1766 until at least 1830. However, there is a second imprint which is a multi-point star. McGrew illustrates this in his work on pseudo hallmarks, and attributes it in one instance to S. Bell working in Philadelphia and lat ...click for details

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