Henry Hebbard Coin Silver Berry Spoon with Shell Bowl
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Pre 1900 stock# 1074f
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$ 95
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This item was made by New York's Henry Hebbard (also Hebberd) and retailed by Solomon (marked Soln.) Myers accord to the stamps on the reverse. It is an 8 5/8" long, 1.8 T. oz. coin silver berry spoon with a shell bowl. The pattern was patented in 1859 as indicated on the reverse. It is a modified Olive or Tuscan (itself a modified Olive) quite similar to John Polhamus's, with whom Hebbard is closely associted, Louis XIV of the same period. There is a feathered script "GS&q ...click for details
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Heavy, Large Bright Cut c. 1870 Boston Tongs
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Pre 1900 stock# 1048f
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$ 115
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This pair of tongs are substantial. The measure 5 3/4" long, are 1 1/4" wide at the arch, and weigh 1.8 T. oz. The style is without question Boston from the third quarter of the 19th century. This origin and date is confirmed by the retailer's stamp, "Crosby, Morse & Foss," a partnership which dates narrowly from 1869 to 1875. They are also marked "925" for sterling, but less than ten years earlier they would have been to a coin silver standard, which ma ...click for details
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Gorham Grecian Coin Silver Cheese Scoop
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Pre 1900 stock# 1021f
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$ 185
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It seemed to be a mid 19th century practice to create large cheese scoops, and this example made by Gorham in Grecian follows that mode. It measures 9 3/8" long and weighs approximately 2.3 T. oz. In keeping with the pattern, the shank is tubular (and solid), with the fan or leaf element of the design surmounting the end. The scoop itself presents rather elegantly, with a long, slender shoulder area, and high, sweeping sides on the relatively demurely-scaled working portion. This is ent ...click for details
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Gorham Saxon Stag Coin Silver Berry Spoon
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Pre 1900 stock# 987mt
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$ 275
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Measuring 9" long and weighing 2.2 T. oz., this berry or other serving spoon dates from the mid 1860's. The pattern is Saxon Stag by Gorham. In this instance, the retailer was Starr & Marcus of NYC, as marked. The pattern consists of a cast and applied stag's head set on a shank that is essentially the same as Gorham's Byzantine. Otherwise the piece is without additional design elements save for the scalloped and grooved bowl which is something of a stylized shell form. ...click for details
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Large Mid 19th Century Engraved Pie Server
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Pre 1900 stock# 945f
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$ 225
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This coin silver pie server is large, measuring 10 3/8" long overall, and with a blade that is 4 5/8" by 2 7/8". It is also heavy, weighing 2.9 T. oz. It was made by Syracuse's Bunnell and Shreuder (1853-57), whose eagle/BS/arm pseudo hallmark is imprinted on the reverse. It is also stamped with the letters "M.F. & C.H.S." for Mortimer F. & Charles H. Stilwell, Rochester, New York retailers, 1837-66. The pattern is Laurel, which is somewhat reminiscent of ...click for details
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Durgin Strawberry Pure Coin Sugar Shell
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Pre 1900 stock# 932f
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$ 60
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"Pure coin," as this 5 7/8" long, moderate weight sugar spoon is marked, is a mid 19th century term generally associated with the Boston area, and indeed that is the case with this. It is stamped "A. Stowell" for the Boston retailer, while this Strawberry pattern is an early design made by Durgin of Concord, New Hampshire. The one other mark is "Patent." It has a shell bowl and an Old English "S" monogram on the reverse. The condition is excellent ...click for details
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Durgin Medallion Coin Silver Shell Bowl Spoon
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Pre 1900 stock# 911f
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$ 130
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This c. 1864 item measures 6 7/16" long and weighs 1.1 T. oz. It may be a large sugar or small preserve spoon. It is a Medallion pattern made by William Durgin of Concord, New Hampshire, and stamped "Palmer & Bachelders" which was a Boston retailer. It is also marked "Pure Coin." The classical female figure presents in a formal manner very much in keeping with the Graeco-Roman period which served as the inspiration for the myriad medallion designs that evolved in ...click for details
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Early Tiffany Coin Silver Sugar Sifter
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Pre 1900 stock# 815f
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$ 185
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Tiffany first established itself as a retail silver merchant, only becoming an exclusive manufacturer in the 1860's. Part of the lore about Tiffany is that the company established a higher bar than others, apparently requiring from 1852 onward a sterling silver standard for all its flat and holloware goods when coin silver was otherwise the predominant market grade. This coin silver sugar sifter bearing the pseudo hallmark of Henry Hebbard (New York) along with "Tiffany & Co" ...click for details
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Rhodes, Anthony & Co. Cincinnati Coin Sauce Ladle
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Pre 1837 VR stock# 776f
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$ 65
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Born in Providence, Rhode Island,established himself in Cincinnati, Ohio as a jeweler. He had several partnerships, one with John Gould Anthony, also originally of Providence. The dates on this firm were 1836-40. This example bearing the Rhodes, Anthony & Co. mark is a 6" long, .9 T. oz. sauce or cream ladle. It has a plain, broad end that curves downward. The shoulders off the bowl are high and pronounced. There is a feathered script "KW" monogram. The condition is exc ...click for details
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