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All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1487875 (stock #5534f)
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$90.00
Measuring 7 1/4" long, weighing 2.3 T. oz., and having a 2 1/2" diameter by 1" deep bowl, this is a substantially-sized gravy ladle.

The pattern is Whiting's Heraldic, which apropos of the pattern name, features the image of a medieval helmet prominently set at the top of the handle. The remainder of the design incorporates a dense array of high relief, scrolling acanthus leaves.

The bowl on this is the fancier of two that Whiting used for this line. It has a scalloped rim and rai...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 1940 item #1487840 (stock #5533f)
Old Friends
$110.00
The larger of at least two sizes of model number 393 dishes made by Wallace, this piece measures 6 1/4" by 4 1/8" and stands 1 1/4" tall at the highest. Solid silver, it weighs a substantial 2.96 T. oz.

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.

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1487808 (stock #5532f)
Old Friends
$185.00
This substantially sized, 10" long, weighty at 2.8 T. oz., piece has a double Philadelphia provenance in that it is marked "lion, K, crown" for maker Peter L. Krider, along with the name of retailer "Robbins, Clark, & Biddle." It is also stamped "Sterling."

These four, Krider, Robbins, Clark and Biddle, were all well-known and well-regarded names associated with the manufacturing and marketing of silver, and they had intertwining histories. This particular configuration suggests an 1875-78 da...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1487761 (stock #5531f)
Old Friends
$32.00
This 8 3/8" long, .45 T. oz., item is an example of American silver design following after a much older English form, namely a mote, aka skimming, spoon.

As this does, motes spoons typically have a pierced bowl on one end and a pointed or spear tip on the other.

Most commentary about their purpose indicates mote spoons were originally tea related, used for filtering loose leaves, with the point serving to clear a spout of clogs.

This 8 3/8" example was made by FS Gilbert, North Attlebor...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1487716 (stock #5530f)
Old Friends
$65.00
An Indo-Persian pattern, Gorham's Hindostanee was issued in 1878, as indicated by the "Pat. 78" along with Gorham's "lion, anchor, G" emblem and "Sterling" stamped on the backside of this 5 1/2" long, 1.1 T. oz. cream ladle.

The finely rendered design incorporates a series of repetitive scrolls and palmettes on a slightly upturned, rounded end, handle, and includes a shield reserve, which in this instance has never been monogrammed.

As a line, Hindostanee had an individualist...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : 18th and Early 19th Century : Pre 1837 VR item #1487636 (stock #5528f)
Old Friends
$100.00
Price for the set of six.
As documented by Flynt & Fales in The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, Eleazer Wyer, born in Boston in 1786, learned goldsmithing from his father (of the same name), and his sister married silversmith Timothy Keith, so the trade was clearly a family tradition.

Eleazer relocated to Portland, Maine about 1806, and from 1814-18 was in partnership there with Charles Farley.

Four of these six, essentially matched, coffee or tea spoons are marked "Wyer & Farley" along with an "ea...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1487601 (stock #5527f)
Old Friends
$45.00
One only available.
At 6" long and weighing 1.0 T. oz., this example of Gorham's Versailles pattern is an early issue, old style, ice cream spoon, marked "Copyrighted," "lion, anchor, G," and "Sterling" on the backside.

Its distinguishing feature is the shell bowl with scalloped edges and a ribbed interior. This is finished in a matte gold on the front except for the heel, which along with the entire backside, has a bright gold surface.

The figure on this multi-motif line is a cherub hold...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1487579 (stock #5526f)
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A rarely found piece in Gorham's Old Medici pattern, this sardine fork measures 5 3/4" long and weighs .8 T. oz.

It has four, relatively broad, pointed tines that are joined to a deep-shouldered, wavy-edged, heel that is engraved with an acanthus leaf design surface.

The tines retain a portion of an original gold wash on the upper sides.

Most references date the pattern to 1880, although Charles Carpenter in his benchmark Gorham Silver places it about 1883. This is ...

All Items : Silver : China Trade : Pre 1837 VR item #1487567 (stock #5525f)
Old Friends
$55.00
Price for this, second one available.
This Reverse Tipt teaspoon measures 5 1/2" long and weighs .74 T. oz.

It is clearly stamped with pseudo hallmarks that include a "lion passant," a "leopard face," "YS," and a "bust."

Intentionally mirroring late Georgian English style and period hallmarks, this is an example of Chinese Export silver, produced in this instance in Canton by the maker Yatshing aka Yat Shing.

As export silver, it would likely have been made to a sterling standard and is well crafted.

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1920 item #1487543 (stock #5524f)
Old Friends
$45.00
An original, early production, piece, this regular length, 6 3/8" long, .64 T. oz. olive spoon in the Fairfax pattern is marked with Durgin's "D" emblem, "Sterling," "Pat'd," and "A. Stowell & Co.," a once prominent Boston jeweler.

Introduced in 1910 by Durgin, this colonial revival design proved immensely popular and was continued in production by Gorham after it absorbed Durgin in the early decades of the 20th century.

The slender and relatively deep, pointed end, bowl is especial...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 1930 item #1487513 (stock #5523f)
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With a top diameter of 5" and standing 2" tall, this round bowl sits on a flat base that measures 2 1/8" across. Solid silver, it weighs a substantial 5.5 T. oz.

The side has twelve panels or facets, while the top rim is splayed. All surfaces, inside and outside, are hand hammered, save for the underside bottom.

Arts & Crafts in manner, it likely dates from the early decades of the 20th century.

Clearly executed by a skilled hand, it is precisely rendered and in excellent conditi...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1910 item #1487489 (stock #5522f)
Old Friends
$80.00
Reed & Barton held a commanding position within the realm of Art Nouveau silver producers at the turn of the 20th century, with designs such as Love Disarmed an unexcelled figural offering and Les Six Fleurs a benchmark among florals.

La Parisenne, the pattern on this 6 3/4" long, weighty at 2.12 T. oz., gravy is another expressive Reed & Barton design from this period.

A multi-motif floral line, the image on this is a water or pond lily (whether by inten...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1487459 (stock #5521f)
Old Friends
$48.00
The dominant silver house in Cincinnati from the mid 19th century onward, Duhme's first line pattern, No. 1, followed after the broad, fiddle shaped, handle design characteristic of the Ohio River Valley of the period.

The pattern had variants or close parallels, of which this 9 1/8" long, 1.9 T. oz., coin silver table serving spoon is one.

It has a plain, chamfered edge, shank (vs. twist handle on other versions), a knob end, and very high, pointed and beveled edge, shoulder...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1487441 (stock #5520f)
Old Friends
$85.00
An early production piece, this 7 3/8" long, 1.74 T. oz., solid silver tomato server in Strasbourg is marked with Gorham's "lion, anchor, G" emblem, "Sterling," and "Pat. 1897."

Further evidence of its age is found in the fact that the heel of the blade has raised shoulders with decorated edges. Later examples in this line have plain shoulders.

The blade also has extensive piercing, thirty-three individual cuts on a quick count.

One of Gorham's enduring patterns, Strasbourg

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1487428 (stock #5519f)
Old Friends
$195.00
One of the earliest names attached to California silver, Vanderslice & Co., dates to the late 1850s. Unlike many subsequent San Francisco firms which sourced much or most of their goods from Eastern manufacturers, Vanderslice was a primary source from its founding in 1857/58.

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 ...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : 18th and Early 19th Century : Pre 1800 item #1487373 (stock #5518f)
Old Friends
$210.00
Price for the set of six.
Although primarily a New York City Silversmith, Louise Belden in Marks of American Silversmiths and other sources note that William Grigg spent some years in other locations, namely Albany 1770-78, and Halifax, Canada, 1782-89.

He was a freeman worker in 1765, dating this group of six, matched, 5 1/2" long, just over 3.0 T. oz. (95 grams) the lot, to the decades between then and Grigg's death in 1797.

They are all stamped "W.Grigg" in a serrated cartouche, which is one of four marks...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1487335 (stock #5517f)
Old Friends
$55.00
This 8 1/4" long, 1.35 T. oz., solid silver serving fork has two potential uses.

Slender and long, with a three tine serving end, the dimensions and overall form suggest a lettuce fork.

The tine configuration, however, points to a beef fork, and this could be a long-handled version of that piece.

Whatever the precise function, it is an exceptionally well-crafted item.

Philadelphia in origin, it is marked "W. Faber & Sons" along with "Sterling," and dates circa 1880.

It has a round...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 1920 item #1487281 (stock #5516f)
Old Friends
$235.00
Hammered surfaces were often a mark of hand worked Arts & Crafts period silver work, and this piece is a study in that feature.

A relatively large, 7" tall, 5.17 T. oz., solid silver muffineer, i.e. sugar shaker or caster, every facet of the piece, inside, outside, and underside, shows dense hammering that has a chiseled character to it.

It was made by Redlich & Co., New York City, whose "animal head mark," the word "Sterling," and model number "7470" are stamped on the underside.

The d...

 
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