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Gorham Art Nouveau Poppy Sterling Cream Ladle
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Pre 1910 stock# 1089f
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$ 45
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This solid sterling silver cream or sauce ladle measures 5 1/4" long and weighs a relatively heavy 1.2 T. oz. The pattern is Poppy by Gorham. The 1 1/2" diameter bowl has flanged shoulders and a plain interior. The handle is engraved with a script "G" monogram. The conditions is excellent. Pattern detail remains clear and well-defined. There are no bends or dents or dings in the bowl, although there are fine surface scratches on the interior. Marks are lion, anchor, G, ...click for details
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Wood & Hughes "The Alamo" Souvenir Coffee Spoon
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Pre 1900 stock# 1088f
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$ 24
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This 4 3/16" long coffee or 5 o'clock spoon was made by Wood & Hughes in its somewhat scarce Luxembourg pattern. It was adapted as a souvenir spoon with the bowl engraved with an image of "The Alamo" in San Antonio, Texas, and so identified. The interior of the bowl is matte gold bright cut to the silver, while the backside is brilliant gold. There is a feathered script "B" monogram on the handle. The retailer's stamp is "A. Sartor." The condit ...click for details
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Immaculate Gorham Luxembourg Sterling Cream Ladle
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Pre 1900 stock# 1081f
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$ 65
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Dating from the late 19th century, Gorham's Luxembourg is a French rococo design, as might be surmised from the name. It is asymmetrical and employs scroll and paisley like design elements. This item is a 5 1/2" long, weighty, 1.2 T. oz., cream or sauce ladle. It has a gold washed bowl with a flange that goes along the entire perimeter. This has added embellishments around about half of it, as is only to be found on older pieces. The interior is finished in a bright gold wash. Ther ...click for details
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Frank Smith Chippendale-Old Sterling Butter Fork
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Pre 1920 stock# 1078f
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$ 28
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This solid sterling butter, or possibly olive, fork measure 5 7/8" long and is relatively weighty. The pattern is Chippendale-Old made by Frank Smith and dates from 1917. It has a plain, clean handle surface, with an acanthus leaf at the end. The leaf motif is enlarged and repeated on the backside heel of the tine area. There is a central rib and plain tipt end on the backside of the handle. This tines are splayed and have an attractive trefoil cut where they join. The item is in mint ...click for details
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Wendt Medallion Sterling Sugar Sifter
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Pre 1900 stock# 1077f
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$ 195
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Wendt produced one of the most popular Medallions of the 1860's, the period when the motif was popular. He also seems to have offered sugar sifters in more than one size, with this 5 3/4" long, just under 1.4 T. oz., example likely the smallest. It features a youthful helmeted, male warrior. It is a well-articulated strike, evidencing only slight polishing softening of detail on the high spots. The bowl has scalloped edges, coffered walls, and a domed center on the bottom. The back ...click for details
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A.&W. Wood Lily Coin Silver Teaspoon
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Pre 1900 stock# 1076f
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$ 32
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Measuring 6 1/16" long (and weighing .8 T. oz.), this is slightly larger than a typical teaspoon. It is an early die struck pattern, Lily, made by A(braham) & W(illiam) Wood of New York City. Their dates are narrow, 1849-71. It was retailed by W.H. Hickcox according to the imprint on the reverse. The design is quite intricate and singular for its c. 1865 period, and it is double die struck, meaning the image appears on both sides of the handle. This has a pointed, well-defined, bow ...click for details
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Old, Solid Sterling Louis XV Crumber Retailed by Shreve
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Pre 1900 stock# 1075f
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$ 215
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Originally a secondary item in a flatware line, used in tidying up a table, crumbers could in today's environment easily be used as a utilitarian server. This example was made by Whiting in its Louis XV pattern, which is a late 19th century design that features a series of scrolls along the border of the handle, with a flourish at the tip. The design on this is enlarged on the upswept and undulating shoulders of the server blade. It adds flourish and dramatic effect to the motif in a way ...click for details
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Henry Hebbard Coin Silver Berry Spoon with Shell Bowl
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Pre 1900 stock# 1074f
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$ 95
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This item was made by New York's Henry Hebbard (also Hebberd) and retailed by Solomon (marked Soln.) Myers accord to the stamps on the reverse. It is an 8 5/8" long, 1.8 T. oz. coin silver berry spoon with a shell bowl. The pattern was patented in 1859 as indicated on the reverse. It is a modified Olive or Tuscan (itself a modified Olive) quite similar to John Polhamus's, with whom Hebbard is closely associted, Louis XIV of the same period. There is a feathered script "GS&q ...click for details
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Frank Whiting Palm Sterling Twist Master Butter Knife
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Pre 1900 stock# 1073f
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$ 65
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This 7 1/2" long, substantial weight, 1.1. T. oz., solid sterling silver master butter knife has the blade set at a ninety degree angle to the handle. The pattern is Palm by Frank Whiting. The design has a fan-like spray, i.e. palm frond, at the end of the handle which no doubt accounts for the name. It also has a scroll, leaf, and floral decorated area below this which is quite intricate. It is textured in a way that suggests carving. The blade surface is engraved in a leaf and flower ...click for details
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6 Choice Thomas Conlyn (Phila.) Coin Teaspoons
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Pre 1837 VR stock# 1071f
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$ 135 set
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Thomas Conlyn is listed as a Philadelphia silversmith c. 1843. These six, matching 5 7/8" long, 3.1 T. oz. the group, coin silver teaspoons that bear his stamp date near to that. They have plain fronts, while the reverses have subtly tipt ends. The bowls have exposed drops. Each spoon has a feathered script "EB" monogram that is appealingly primitive straining to be sophisticated in style and execution. The condition of the set is near immaculate. There is no bowl wear, nor b ...click for details
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