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Vancourt, NYC, 'Louis XIV' Coin Silver Cake Saw with Engr'd. Blade
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
Old Friends
5629f $245.00
This large, 11 7/8" long, 3.7 T. oz. total weight, coin silver cake saw connects to multiple mid 19th century New York City silver manufacturers. It is marked on the solid silver blade front with an "eagle, V, bust" hallmark for James Vancourt. William McGrew in Manufactureres' Marks on American Coin Silver notes this mirrors a mark first used by Albert Coles and he suggests it was in turn reduced from a similar "C&V" mark used by (William L.) Coles & Vancourt in a partnership that... Click for details
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R. Smith, Newark NJ, Twist Handle Engraved Coin Silver Preserve Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5625f On Hold
This 7 1/4" long, .93 T. oz., coin silver jelly or preserve spoon is marked "R. Smith" over "Newark" for Richard Smith, 1827-1904, generally identified as a jeweler. A highly decorative item dating from the 1860s, it has a twisted stem joined to a scalloped edge, slightly upturned handle. This has a central shield shaped reserve surrounded by a textured background with wriggle work and bright cut engraved detailing. The handle backside is plain save for wriggle work around the margins and... Click for details
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Currier & Trott, Boston 1840s Coin Silver Mug Engraved 'Eaton'
Silver : Coin Silver : Hollowware
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5622f $165.00
An engaging regional period piece, this mug stands 2 13/16" high to the rim, 3 1/8" to the top of the handle, has a top span of 2 1/2" (3 3/4" to the end of the handle), a bottom diameter of 2 1/8", and weighs 3.1 T. oz. It is stamped on the underside "Currier & Trott," along with "Coin," for the Boston partnership of jewelers and watchmakers with dates from the mid 1820s to the mid 1850s. The style of this suggests it traces to the 1840s. It has applied gadroon rims on the top... Click for details
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C.C. Coleman, Worcester MA, 'Fiddle' Coin Silver Serving Spoon x 2
Silver : Coin Silver
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5620f $38.00
Measuring 8 3/8" long and weighing 1.1 T. oz., this relatively plain, c. 1850, serving spoon has a Fiddle handle, high, beveled and rounded, fins off the bowl, and a plain drop on the backside. Coin silver, it is stamped C[harles]. C[arter] Coleman, for the Worcester, Massachusetts silversmith and jeweler with dates 1844-60. It has a "P (or T) W H" feathered script monogram engraved on the front of the curved handle. This is finely crafted, with excellent proportion, good balance... Click for details
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I. Speer, Chicago, 'Tuscan' Two Coin Silver Place Forks Engr'd 'Jones'
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware
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5616f $80.00
A matched pair, each of these forks measures 7" long, while the two combined weigh 2.35 T. oz. They are marked "I. Speer" and "Chicago" on the handle reverses. Isaac Speer began work as a jeweler and watchmaker in Chicago in 1840, engaged in a partnership with Edward Cosper, 1852-53 (see Old Friends item 5463f for a Speer & Cosper ladle), and continued alone thereafter until 1870. Coin silver, these date from the 1860s and are in a period pattern similar to Gibney's Tuscan and... Click for details
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EE & SC Bailey, Claremont NH, 6 'Fiddle Tipt' Coin Silver Teaspoons
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware
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5611f $75.00
Each of these six matching spoons measures 5 7/8" long and is engraved with the same fancy, feathered line script, "AI" monogram. They weigh 2.35 T. oz. the group. They are stamped "E.E. & S.C. Bailey," for brothers Ebenezer and Samuel, who established a partnership in Claremont, New Hampshire, circa 1825. Particularly well-crafted and elegantly formed, they have slender, elongated, Fiddle Tipt handles with markedly upturned ends. The bowls are relatively narrow and long, and... Click for details
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Zebulon Elliott NY & NC c. 1820 Coin Silver Serving Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5598f $46.00
Zebulon (alternatively Zachariah as noted by Belden in Marks of American Silversmiths) was listed in New York City directories 1815-20 and from 1822-70 in Sag Harbor, on Long Island. He spent 1821-22 in Salisbury, North Carolina as a partner with Edmund Burnham. The plain, rounded and downturned end with a smooth back, style of this 9 1/4", 1.4 T. oz., coin silver serving spoon dates circa 1820, tracing to his NYC years or even his short period in NC. The handle has a slight... Click for details
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Ball, Black & Co. Large 'Leaf' Coin Silver Shell Bowl Berry Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5596f $85.00
A prominent, arguably the dominant, name among mid 19th century New York City retailers (before Tiffany's ascendency), "Ball, Black & Co." marketed a variety of work from important regional makers. This coin silver piece is a large, 8 3/4" long, 1.9 T. oz., berry or other serving spoon, marked for BB & Co. but is without a maker's identification, and the pattern, a double-lined border with acanthus leaf detailing is otherwise without an attribution so the origin of this piece is not... Click for details
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F&H for B. Goddard Twist Stem Engraved Handle Coin Silver Sugar Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5594f $38.00
Made by the mid 19th century Boston silver manufacturer Farrington & Hunnedwell, this 5 15/16" long, .77 T. oz., coin silver sugar spoon was retailed by Worcester jeweler Benjamin Goddard, whose name, along with the maker's "F&H" mark, appears on the handle backside. Very much in the manner of its 1860s period, and engagingly so, it has a twisted stem and a flat, shaped-edge, handle that is bright cut and wriggle work engraved in a period design. The engraved area includes an open reserve... Click for details
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N. Harding 'Olive' Pure Coin Silver Shell Bowl Jelly Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5589f $44.00
Measuring 6 7/8" long, and weighing 1.16 T. oz., this piece is stamped "N. Harding & Co." for the mid 19th century Boston firm established by Newell Harding. It is also marked "Pure Coin," which was a standard designation largely used in the New England. It is a double die struck Olive pattern, meaning the design appears on both sides of the arched and upturned handle. A jelly or preserve spoon, it has a generously sized, 2 1/4" by 1 1/2" at the widest, shell bowl with... Click for details
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Durgin 'Bridal' aka 'Bow' Pure Coin Silver Sugar Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5561f $42.00
One of William B. Durgin's earliest designs, the pattern on this 5 7/8" long, .64 T. oz., sugar spoon goes by the name Bridal, although it is also referred to as Bow, (Crossed) Ribbon or Knot, taken from the bow and knotted ribbon that appear on the handle front and back sides. Introduced in the 1860s, it was initially made in coin silver and continued in production long enough to arc the transition to sterling, as examples in both standards exist... Click for details
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"Hollywood Boulevard at Night".
vintage postcard. California, 1940s
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