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All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1455747 (stock #4774f)
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$125.00
A salad or large berry serving spoon, this piece measures 9" long, weighs a substantial 2.9 T. oz., and has a generously sized, 3 1/2" by 2 3/4" by 3/4" deep, bowl with a satin matte gold finish on both sides.

The pattern is Charles II by Dominick & Hall whose three part emblem, "Sterling," "Pat-d 94," and the name of the retailer, Brooklyn's "Wm. Wise & Son" appear on the reverse.

A "Kings" pattern variant, the design employs a prominent shell and honeysuckle motif on a heavily bead...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1455709 (stock #4773f)
Old Friends
$58.00
Dating from 1872, Gorham's Corinthian embodies the Greek Revival and Moorish sensibilities of its 1870s period. Architectural in style, it incorporates an anthemion leaf on the handle surmounted by leafy tracery.

This example is a lengthy at 8", and weighty at 1.3 T. oz., solid silver master butter knife.

The broad, 1" wide, flat blade has a scalloped upper edge and is engraved on the upper surface in a design that mirrors the pattern.

The handle is inscribed with a fancy, feath...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : Pre 1837 VR item #1454934 (stock #4759f)
Old Friends
$395.00
Price for the set of twelve.
A truly difficult to find extant matching set of twelve circa 1830 patterned coin silver teaspoons, each of these pieces measures 5 7/8" long with the group weighing a substantial 14.6 T. oz.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1454892 (stock #4758f)
Old Friends
$58.00
Price per pair, two pairs available.
Each of these two spoons measures 5 1/4" long with the pair weighing 1.2 T. oz. combined.

Ice cream spoons, they have twisted stems with rounded ends that are engraved in a floral and leaf design with faux engine turning.

Each one is also inscribed in the frontside reserve area with an Old English "M.E.S." monogram. The backsides are plain save for the word "Sterling."

The bowls have notched shoulders and slightly pointed tips.

The overall form and design suggests a date circa 1870. ...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Smalls : Pre 1900 item #1454722 (stock #4755f)
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$125.00
Measuring 1 3/4" tall and 2" wide, this 2.0 T. oz. silver napkin ring with an applied rim top and bottom is decidedly more substantial than most examples of the form.

It was made by Gorham whose "standing lion, anchor, G" emblem, "Sterling," and model number "1675" are imprinted on the inside wall.

It is engraved in a floral rosette, leaf and scroll design that is Aesthetic, i.e. Eastlake, in manner, suggesting a date circa 1885.

There is a reserve area that has never been monogrammed. ...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1454482 (stock #4750f)
Old Friends
$65.00
The earliest of four Kings (I, II, III, and King George) patterns produced by Gorham, Kings I, introduced in 1876, is the most individualistic and least imitative of the four of the English counterparts from which this popular American design in many manifestations evolved.

The handle features a rounded, upturned end with a stylized shell, and honeysuckle detailing and two rosettes and a palmette set midway, all replicated on the backside save for the absence of a ...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 1940 item #1454296 (stock #4747f)
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$165.00
Standing 6 3/8" tall on a rimmed base that is 2" in diameter, and weighing just over 3.5 T. oz., this shaker is hallmarked for sterling, London, and 1932-33.

The maker's stamp, which appears on the wall of the body and the sleeve of the cap, is some rubbed. It is shield form and appears to end with "LD" or "LtD."

A sugar sifter aka muffineer, it is baluster style, with a tall, attractively pierced, fitted cap that is surmounted by a flame finial.

Never monogrammed or inscribed, it is a ...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1960 item #1453923 (stock #4739f)
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$45.00
Dating from the middle third of the 20th century as indicated by the particular "S. Kirk & Son Sterling" mark that appears on the handle backside, this 5 3/8" long, approximately 1.0 T. oz., round bowl piece is variously identified as a cream or mayonnaise ladle.

The pattern is the company's signature "Repousse," featuring an array of high relief, satin finish, flowers and leaves.

The backside is plain and never monogrammed.

In flawless estate condition, this is free of any evident wear...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1453881 (stock #4738f)
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$78.00
This 6" long, just over 1.0 T. oz. (32 grams) teaspoon incorporates a cast and applied, high relief, cherub or baby's face set on an Old English handle.

It was made by Gorham whose "lion, anchor, G" emblem, the word "Sterling," "M" for medium weight designation, model number "H 1467," and date symbol for 1899 appear on the backside.

A youth or child's spoon, the name "James" is engraved sideways in script on the handle front.

Apart from a few pinpoint flecks in the base of the bo...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1453143 (stock #4726f)
Old Friends
$135.00
Price for the set of six.
Each of these six matching 5 5/8" long, 4.0 T. oz. the group, teaspoons is marked with a first standard Minerva head for 950 silver (vs. sterling at 925) with a requisite bigorne counterstamp on the corresponding opposite side of the handle, along with a maker's "LL with a cross between the letters and stars above and below" emblem.

Finely made, showing a level of elegance and refinement that are peculiarly French, the pattern is a "Thread" aka "French Thread" aka "Fiddle Thread."

The hand...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1452975 (stock #4723f)
Old Friends
$38.00
Born in Windsor, Connecticut in 1795, Guy Loomis worked in Sheffield in the Berkshire Mountains area of western Massachusetts beginning in 1816, before migrating to Erie, Pennsylvania in 1837, where he died in 1874.

This 6 1/2" long, just over 1.0 T. oz., cream ladle is marked "G. Loomis & Co. Erie," so traces to his Pennsylvania years.

Carefully crafted, it has rounded and beveled shoulders off the bowl, beveled edges along the long central run of the handle, and a finely worked "Tipt" en...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1910 item #1452526 (stock #4714f)
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Measuring 6 1/8" long and weighing just over .8 T. oz., this pickle fork is an early example of Alvin's 1905 Art Nouveau Old Orange Blossom pattern, informally known as OOB.

Early pieces distinguish themselves from later ones and reproductions by their exceptionally fine detail and finish. In addition, the handle is up-tipped, while later made pieces have flat handle ends.

The marks, Alvin's three part emblem, "Sterling," and "Patent," are finely rendered and are a part of t...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1451845 (stock #4701f)
Old Friends
$115.00
An early example of Gorham's Cottage, which was issued in 1861 to a coin silver standard and continued in production for many years through and beyond the company's transition to sterling in 1868, this 9" long, approximately 2.5 T. oz., ice cream spade is marked "Patent 1861," "Coin," and "Shreve Stanwood & Co.," for the Boston firm that eventually became that city's renowned "Shreve, Crump & Low."

A relatively plain pattern, this is embellished on the handle front with a delicately en...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1910 item #1451435 (stock #4698f)
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Although estate items, these various pieces of Reed & Barton's 1906 Marlborough appear unused, i.e. in like new condition.

There are three each of a 7 1/4", 1.7 T. oz., place fork, a 6 1/8", 1.2 T. oz. salad fork, a 5 3/4", 1.2 T. oz. cream soup spoon, and a 5 3/4", 1.1 T. oz. teaspoon.

All pieces are marked "Sterling," with the fork and teaspoon bearing the early R&B "eagle, R, lion" emblem, and the salad fork and cream soup imprinted "Reed & Barton."

They have never been monogr...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1910 item #1451297 (stock #4694f)
Old Friends
$119.00
A naturalistic pattern that shows Art Nouveau influences, Royal Oak was patented in 1902, as imprinted on the backside of this lengthy, 8 1/16" long, and weighty at nearly 1.9 T. oz., master butter knife.

Other marks include Gorham's "lion, anchor, G" emblem and the word "Sterling."

The oak and acorn elements that constitute the design are offered in high relief, densely arrayed, and finely detailed, front and backsides of the handle and extending onto the heel of the blade.

The ...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1800 item #1451060 (stock #4690f)
Old Friends
$85.00
Very much a period table piece, this 8 1/4" long, 1.5 T. oz., spoon has a rounded end with a tipt backside, and an exposed drop on the bowl.

The handle front is diamond cut and wriggle work engraved, and has a block letter "E S" monogram, in a manner that bespeaks its age.

The handle reverse is fully hallmarked with a castle assay mark for Exeter, England, 1799-1800 date letter (George III), duty bust, lion for sterling silver, and "RJ" for silversmith Richard Jenkins (d. 1807).

The bow...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1910 item #1450390 (stock #4676f)
Old Friends
$46.00
Made by Frank Smith, Federal Cotillion, was introduced in 1901 the year the Victorian era ended and the Edwardian one began, which likely explains the original name of the pattern, Edward VII.

A nearly identical design to Whiting's King Edward, also dating from 1901, the pattern is a stately interpretation of a traditional English Kings.

This example is a 5 3/4" long, just over 1.1 T. oz., sugar spoon.

It has a generously proportioned bowl with decorated heel...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1450036 (stock #4669f)
Old Friends
$95.00
Weighty at 2.8 T. oz., and lengthy at 8", this cheese scoop is a fully original, i.e. not "made up" or "custom" as some items in this form are, example in Gorham's Newcastle.

Introduced in 1895, the pattern has beaded margins, with progressively larger beads toward the tipt end of the handle.

The scoop itself has a low cut, cupped, heel, with a rounded end with high, beveled, walls.

Never monogrammed, this is without wear or damage and has a bright finish. The only signs of use a...

 
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