$38.00
This piece is a 7 1/4" long, just over 1.1 T. oz., solid silver master butter knife.
It has a broad, 1" wide, flat, blade with an upswept, pointed tip, and notched edges.
There is a line script "MLJ" or "MLT" monogram engraved sideways on the handle.
In very fine condition, this is without any evident wear and has a bright, even, finish.
Marks are T...
$90.00
Original Seal Top pieces trace to the 16th and 17th centuries, however, meaning this is a "conversion" adapted from a regular but later date, albeit mid 18th century in this instance, spoon.
The back of the handle is flat, while the front has chamfered...
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.
As noted, this is a quality item produ...
They are stamped "J.B. Jones" for the second generation Boston silversmith, John Belknap Jones (1782-54), described in Flynt & Fales The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver as "A man of many alliances."
The same source indicates he was first listed in the Boston Directory in 1809 in partner...
$85.00
Marked only "Coin," without a maker's or retailer's identification, the rounded handle with notched tip essentially matches Gorham's early, 1865, "Italian" pattern, and the quality of manufacture suggests such a significant maker.
This is bordered by fine wriggle work engraving and has an elegant period "EC" feathered script monogram set in the center of the plain area of the surface.
The lower por...
$55.00
The pattern is Douvaine, issued in 1904. Douvaine may be the most recognizable of the numerous early 20th century Art Nouveau flatware patterns Unger generated and for which the firm is renowned.
An expressive design, it features a dolphin or fish image at the tip of the han...
$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. oz., coin silver berry ...
$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.
The handle is a Frenc...
$52.00
It is stamped "Coin" for the silver standard, and "Vautrot & Ackly" for the 1866-c. 1875, Warren, Ohio, partnership.
The (Fiddle) Tipt pattern predates this period, so this may have been older inventory carried forward from Vautrot's earlier working years, beginning in 1849.
It is engraved "Laura." in script set sideways on the handle fron...
$46.00
Late Victorian in style and hollow, it has a Pointed Antique handle with raised Scroll and Leaf detailing on the shoulders of the tine area.
The tines are pointed and tapered, with the outer two wavy.
The handle backside is engraved in an elegant, feathered script, "K.J.W." monogra...
$110.00
Shell form dishes were produced by many makers throughout the 20th century, and they were typically based on scallops . This one, however, is modeled after a large, hard shell clam, specifically known as a quahoag in New England, Rhode Island in particular.
$24.00
An example from that series, this 5 7/8" long, .74 T. oz. teaspoon is number "107" as imprinted on the backside, along with Wallace's "R W deer head & S" emblem and the word "Sterling."
An openwork design, the handle obverse features perhaps palm or other leaves on a stem.
The reverse is plain save for a fancy, delicate, feathered script "ENL" monogram.
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$24.00
An example from that series, this 5 9/16" long, .61 T. oz. teaspoon is number "219" as imprinted on the backside, along with Wallace's "R W deer head & S" emblem and the word "Sterling."
The handle portrays a robust cluster of chrysanthemum blossoms, buds, and leaves on both the front and back sides.
The handle obverse is engraved "EF" in fancy Old English let...
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This example is a 7 1/4" long, 1.3 T. oz., preserve or jelly spoon.
A large blossom occupies the central portion of the handle and is surrounded by additional blossoms, buds, and leaves the full length of the handle and on the backside.
The pattern also extends onto the scalloped edge, rounded end, bowl.
Never monogrammed, this is a fine example, with clear pattern detail. The only signs of ...
This example of his work is a 7" long, weighty at 1.3 T. oz., place or dessert spoon.
The marks on this, "A.E. Warner" along with the peculiar to Baltimore "11" assay stamp (midway between coin and sterling silver), is one of seven documented in the above reference...
$55.00
The pattern, Altair by Watson, dating from 1904, is broadly rococo in manner. Named for a star, and having Arabic roots meaning "flying eagle," the design possesses a celestial quality to it, resembling perhaps a cosmic cloud.
The tines, two of which are splayed and one barbed, are relatively wide and join...
$75.00
The pattern is Bacchante, issued in 1895. It features a nude female figure holding a bay in one arm and a cluster of grapes, a reference to Bacchus, the God of wine, and the source of the pattern name, in the other arm.
The image is modeled after a statue desi...
$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...