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All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1481673 (stock #5378f)
Old Friends
$135.00
Designed for a very specific purpose, claret ladles are necessarily lengthy, and this solid silver example is especially so at 13 1/4". It weighs a substantial 2.4 T. oz.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1910 item #1481607 (stock #5377f)
Old Friends
$285.00
Price for the set of six.
Introduced in 1906, Pointed End was one of renowned Arts & Crafts silversmith Arthur Stone's earliest line patterns. It has a "Tipt" backside and slender, arched and tapered handle.

These six, matching, 8" long, 5.7 T. oz. the group, individual iced tea or lemonade stirring spoons are stamped with the "hammer over Stone" emblem, "Sterling," and an "E," for benchman George Erickson who established his own well-regarded silver shop subsequent to his work with Stone.

These show the qua...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1481530 (stock #5375f)
Old Friends
$85.00
As the name would imply, John Wendt's, NYC, Osiris falls within the Egyptian Revival design mode popular in its 1870 date of issue.

One of Wendt's less commonly found patterns, it features a lined handle with a fan end that suggests a palmetto leaf. This in turn is framed by two acanthus leaves placed at the base of the palmetto.

This is all joined to a multi-form stem which in this instance attaches at a right angle to the blade of this 7 3/8" long, weighty at 1.5 T. oz., solid sil...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1837 VR item #1481503 (stock #5374f)
Old Friends
$465.00
This wine funnel is a two piece item consisting of a 3 1/2" diameter, 1 3/8" high, strainer basket, and the actual fitted funnel that is 3 1/2" long. The two pieces together weigh 3.3 T. oz.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1481465 (stock #5373f)
Old Friends
$38.00
Measuring 5 1/2" long and weighing .5 T. oz., this souvenir spoon is comprised of three sections.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1481442 (stock #5372f)
Old Friends
$85.00
Price per piece, two available.
Marked with Gorham's "lion, anchor, G" emblem, "Sterling," and "Copyrighted" on the backside heel of the bowl, this is an early production example of the company's 1888 Versailles pattern.

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...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : Pre 1837 VR item #1481406 (stock #5371f)
Old Friends
$18.00
Price per piece, five available.
This lengthy at 6", approximately .5 T. oz., coin silver spoon dating circa 1830, is one of five available matching pieces all marked "Church & Rogers."

Born in 1794, Joseph Church established himself as a silversmith in Hartford, Connecticut in 1818 and in 1825 took on his former apprentice Joseph Rogers as a partner.

Rogers went on to become a legendary figure in the history of Connecticut plate and sterling silver manufacturing, lending his name to several companies that ultimately filt...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1481364 (stock #5370f)
Old Friends
$85.00
Marked with Durgin's "D" emblem along with "Sterling" and the number "2," this 7 3/4", approximately 1.0 T. oz., long handle olive spoon is not immediately identifiable as a regular line pattern.

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...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1481235 (stock #5366f)
Old Friends
$285.00
One of Gorham's earliest full line patterns, Grecian was produced to a coin silver standard beginning in 1861 and then continued in sterling from 1868 onward.

This example is marked only "Patent 1861" and with Gorham's "lion, anchor, G" emblem absent a sterling designation, thus indicating it is coin.

It is also the largest iteration of a ladle in this line and is for soup. In keeping with mid 19th century practice for this sort of item, it measures a massive 14" long and weighs 6.1...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1481020 (stock #5361f)
Old Friends
$395.00
Price for the set of twelve.
One of several specially designed, numbered, oyster, aka shrimp or seafood cocktail, forks that Gorham presented in its 1886 catalogue (see enlargement 2), No. 10 features a ball top with twisted stems.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1950 item #1480958 (stock #5359f)
Old Friends
$115.00
Issued in 1945 in the beginning flourishes of what is now identified as the Mid Century Modern design era, Wood Lily by Frank Smith shows clean lines with an architectural quality.

This example is a 7 1/2" long, quite substantial weight at 2.4 T. oz., gravy ladle.

It features the namesake woodlily plant at the handle end, interpreted in a manner reminiscent of Danish Modern designer Georg Jensen.

This item is unusual, however, in that the area between the leaf stems...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1480919 (stock #5358f)
Old Friends
$65.00
This pair of coin silver tongs are generously sized at 6 1/4" long and weigh 1.2 T. oz.

Each arm is stamped "F. [for Foster] Tinkham," born in Middleboro, Massachusetts, in 1803, and documented working in New York City in 1840, the approximate date of this piece, as a jeweler and watchmaker. He had returned to Massachusetts by 1855.

The arms are Fiddle shaped, which is a style consistent with their period.

The grips are shell form, and the arch is engraved in a very elegant fea...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1920 item #1480660 (stock #5356f)
Old Friends
$60.00
A long handled version, this olive spoons measures 7" as against a regular length 5 1/2" or so for this form. It weighs .7 T. oz.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1480606 (stock #5355f)
Old Friends
$145.00
Lengthy at 10 1/4" and weighing 2.6 T. oz., this all silver server is likely a fish slice although some sources identify it as an ice cream server.

Ice cream servers tend to be more bulbous or stubby than fish slices, while conversely the later is more slender and generally has a more pointed tip and flatter surface than the former, and this goes in that direction. For contemporary usage, it could be used for a multitude of purposes.

Made by Gorham, whose "lion, anchor, G" emblem and the wo...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1480566 (stock #5354f)
Old Friends
$95.00
Price for the set of six.
This set of six, 6" long, 3.0 T. oz. the group, coin silver spoons are all marked "Root & Chaffee" along with a right facing "eagle" emblem.

William Root and Frederick Chaffee were located in Pittsfield, in the Berkshires region of Western Massachusetts, and were in partnership 1830-1849.

These have Fiddle handles with Tipt backs and are all engraved in fancy, feathered script, lettering, "E T Boyd" on the fronts.

In very good condition, they are free of wear or damage suc...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1910 item #1480457 (stock #5352f)
Old Friends
$60.00
The larger of two sizes of sugar tongs that Reed & Barton produced in one of its flagship Art Nouveau designs, Les Cinq Fleurs, this item measures 4 5/8" long and weighs a relatively heavy 1.2 T. oz.

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.

The arms s...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Hollowware : Pre 1900 item #1480392 (stock #5350f)
Old Friends
$365.00
Standing 2 7/8" high, with a top diameter of 2 3/8" and a bottom diameter of 1 7/8", a maximum span of 3 5/8" to the end of the handle, and weighing a relatively light but proportional to the overall size, 2.8 T. oz., this mug is marked "WwH" for Wood and Hughes, New York City, and "900/1000" for coin silver.

Baluster form, it has a beaded base with smaller beading encircling the top rim. The area of the body opposite the C scroll, hollow handle is chased in a floral (perhaps hibiscus)...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1910 item #1480257 (stock #5347f)
Old Friends
$180.00
Price for the set of twelve.
Slightly smaller than full sized teaspoons, "5 o'clocks" were used for late afternoon tea.

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.

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