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Vanderslice, San Francisco, Coin Silver 'Fiddle Thread' Pie Server
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
Old Friends
5319f $235.00
Dating circa 1860, this 9 1/4" long, solid weight at 2.4 T. oz., pie server is an early example of California (coin) silver. It is stamped on the handle backside, "Vanderslice & Co. S.F. Cal." for the firm established in 1858 which, as recounted in Silver in the Golden State, became "the longest lived of the nineteenth-century San Francisco manufacturing firms," suggesting that this piece, unlike much California silver of the period, was regionally produced. The handle is a... Click for details
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F. Franks & Co.'Tipt' Shell Bowl Coin Silver Sugar or Jelly Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
Old Friends
5315f $36.00
Dating circa 1840, this 6 1/2" long, .7 T. oz., Tipt aka Fiddle Tipt spoon is stamped "F. Franks & Co." and "Dollars." Lacking a certain attribution, Catherine Hollan in her Philadelphia Silversmiths writes, "The firm is unidentified, probably from New Hampshire or New England where "DOLLAR[S]" is used [although this term, designating a coin silver standard, is not exclusive to New England]." She further notes, however, that Yale University Art Gallery has spoons [with... Click for details
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Fessenden, Providence RI, 'Engine Turned' Coin Silver Pie Server
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
Old Friends
5301f $115.00
Founded in Providence, Rhode Island, by William B. Fessenden (who had a prior working history in Boston with various and New York City with Whiting) in 1858, the firm that bore his name was one of numerous silver manufacturers located in the Providence to North Attleboro, Massachusetts corridor, all anchored by Gorham. Given this concentration of industry, there was a body of skilled workers in the area available to Fessenden, which enabled it to produce quality items from its onset. This... Click for details
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"Hollywood Boulevard at Night".
vintage postcard. California, 1940s
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