A table serving spoon, it is marked "Coin" and "Twambley & Cleaves" for the Biddeford, Maine, jeweler and silver retailer.
The handle is a Pointed Antique with a Tipt end. The surface is finely bright cut engraved in a period acanthus leaf design with a reserve area that is inscribed with a cursive "H" monogram.
The backside is plain save for the marks...
$44.00
This example made by Towle in its 1893 Canterbury follows that form and is fully original, i.e. not made up or custom as many such pieces currently available are. It measures 6 1/4" long, weighs an unexpectedly heavy .5 T. oz., and has the requisite cupped bowl with a rounded end...
$44.00
It is marked with the company's "standing lion in a T," "925/1000," "Sterling," and "(Pat. 1895)."
The bowl is essentially round, 1 3/4" in diameter and 1/2" deep. Characteristic of the line, it has a faceted interior and a flanged rim with scalloped shoulders...
$44.00
It is a double die struck Olive pattern, meaning the design appears on both sides of the arched and upturned handle...
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The quality of that work is exhibited on this 7 1/4" long, just over 1.0 T. oz., master butter knife stamped "Sterling" and "McCarty & Hurlbert" for the Philadelphia jeweler and manufacturer, 1876 successor to "Butler & McCarty," founded in 1849...
$42.00
The leaf appears on the handle end front and back sides, in elaborated manner on the reverse heel of the bowl, and in smaller stylized form on the front join with the bowl...
$42.00
It has a Tipt handle with straight sides and rounded shoulders off the bowl. This departs from the pronounced Fiddle shape with angular shoulders typical of 19th century Ohio River Valley silver design...
$42.00
The pattern is a Daisy and appears to be a variant from Watson's Floral Series No. 2 issued in 1903.
As was characteristic of the company's products, the die work is intricately detailed, presented in high relief, and struck with precision.
The finish is a soft, satin gray...
$42.00
An older piece, it is marked with R&B's "eagle, R, lion" emblem and the word "Sterling."
Measuring 5 3/8" long and weighing .6 T. oz., the pattern is an Orange or Orange Blossom, interpreted in something of an Art Nouveau manner...
$42.00
One of Gorham's enduring patterns, the design features French scroll margins with a shell detail at the handle end.
This has a shell-shaped bowl that is finished in a bright gold wash on the interior and has decorated shoulders. This latter detail is only found on older pieces; newer items have plain sho...
$42.00
Introduced in the 1860s, it was initially made in coin silver and continued in production long enough to arc the transition to sterling, as examples in both standards exist (se...
New Standish adds a raised, rolled leaf detail at the handle end on the obverse.
This example is a 5 3/8" long, 1.06 T. oz., sugar sifter with an essentially hemispherical, 1 7/8" by 1 3/4" diameter by 1/2" deep, bowl.
The bowl has a raised vee on the heel where the handle joins. This prod...
$40.00
Measuring 6 1/4" long and 3 1/2" wide, it has a silver handle attached to a dense cluster of soft, natural bristles.
It was made by Gorham, whose "lion, anchor, G" emblem, "Sterling," model number "C159," and a date symbol for "1898" are imprinted on the lower edge of the handle.
The handle is hollow (and not filled), and features an asym...
Measuring 7 1/8" long and weighing approximately 1.2 T. oz., this is a lunch, or simply a regular or place, piece.
It is characterized by a narrow shank that broadens widely, comes to a point at an unturned end which has a raised scroll and diamond drop that looks something like a fleur-de-lis...
$38.00
This item, a 5 3/4" long, .7 T. oz., circa 1880, sugar spoon, carries their mark along with the word "Sterling."
A high quality piece, it has an Old English Reverse Tipt handle that is bright cut engraved in an Aesthetic style floral, leaf, and grass design set on a satin finish g...
$38.00
Made by Whiting, whose "standing lion with W" and "Sterling," are stamped on the backside, this measures 5 7/8" long and weighs just under 1.0 T. oz.
The front of the handle incorporates the name of the event, along with "1893," as well as "Chicago" arrayed over a "star" and a staunch looking "phoenix head" (so identifie...
$38.00
It has a three lobed body, the top and bottom ones of which are embossed in an Ivy and Vine pattern.
Again, this naturalistic portraiture is pastoral, almost naive, in its theme and could suggest the innocence of a child.
The interior is finished in a bright gold ...
$38.00
It has a rounded end handle that gently curves upward from the flat blade. The front is engraved in a dense leaf design.
The blade, which has notched shoulders with a scalloped upper edge, is engraved with thre...