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Gorham & Webster Six Matching Choice Period Coin Silver Place Spoons
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware
Old Friends
5159f $180.00
These six, matched, coin silver, spoons are marked "Gorham & Webster," for a partnership that traces to 1831-37. This period demarcated a turning point in the history of Gorham, defining the pivotal time when the company began its ascendency as a premier silver manufacturing firm. It bears citing Charles Carpenter's passage in Gorham Silver 1831-1981 about this partnership: Whether or not Jabez Gorham learned spoon making during his apprenticeship is unknown, but when he... Click for details
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Early American silver tablespoon, Ezekiel Burr,
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : 18th Century
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2513 $195.00
Providence circa 1790, downturned pointed end with slashed drop, length 8 3/4 inches, weight 1.84 oz. Troy, marked and monogrammed as shown in enlargements.
There are some faint lines in the bowl (see fourth photo), probably where a few dents were rolled out, but the overall condition of this spoon is exceptional, with little or no tip wear, a well-struck mark, and excellent weight.
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five early American silver coffin end teaspoons, Daniel Noyes Dole,
Silver : Coin Silver : 18th and Early 19th Century
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2510 $225.00
Newburyport, MA circa 1800, length 5 5/8 inches, weight 1.97 Troy ounces, unusual "sickle and sheaf" drops, fine condition, marked and monogrammed as shown in enlargements.
According to Flynt & Fales, Dole was an exceptionally meticulous spoon maker who was "known to be very exact in his habits, so much so that people set their clocks by his movements about town."
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T.C. Garrett, Philadelphia, Shell Bowl Coin Silver Preserve Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
Old Friends
5123f $44.00
This 7" long, .9 T. oz., solid silver preserve spoon has a downturned, rounded end, handle with a plain, Tipt, backside. The front is extensively bright cut engraved and engine turned in a manner that is strongly suggestive of mid 19th century Philadelphia design. Indeed, it is marked "T.C. Garrett," who was an established jeweler and merchant in that city. In her biographical entry about him in Philadelphia Silversmiths, Catherine Hollan illustrates his mark alongside Watts... Click for details
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pair of early American silver table spoons, Samuel Gilbert,
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : 18th Century
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2505 $150.00
NY circa 1790, bright cut borders with oval cartouche, elongated bowls with raised oval drops, length 8 3/4 inches, weight 3.13 Troy ounces the pair, marked and monogrammed as shown in enlargements. There is some softening to the decoration, but the bowls are largely free of tip wear and both spoons are in very good overall condition.
Gilbert's work is well collected, with a salver at the Museum of the City of New York, and a marrow spoon at the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of... Click for details
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Whiting 'Grecian' Elongated Shell Bowl Coin Silver Sugar Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
Old Friends
5056f $44.00
Featuring a raised ram's head at the handle end, a satyr's face and ivy leaf and berry set midway on the shank, and an expanded ivy motif on the backside heel of the bowl, Grecian originated with Henry Hebbard, New York City, and was subsequently produced by Whiting. This is an early, coin silver, example of the line marked "H.H. Patent 1862," and with the name of the retailer, "[E.S. & J.] Ettenheimer," Rochester, NY. A sugar spoon, it measures 6 1/8" long and weighs .8 T. oz.... Click for details
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Colonial American silver tablespoon, Samuel Minott,
Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : 18th Century
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2490 $650.00
Boston circa 1760, with front midrib and double drop, length 7 3/4 inches, weight 1.3 Troy ounces, some tip thinning and wear to drop but very good overall condition, monogrammed "M * H" as shown in third enlargement, see fifth photo for mark.
Minott was born in Concord, MA, December 22, 1732. He married Elizabeth Davis in 1762, and spent his working career in Boston after apprenticing to William Holmes. His work is well collected. The MFA Boston holds a mourning ring, porringer, and a... Click for details
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Duhme, Cincinnati, Large Coin Silver Engraved Twist Arm Tongs
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
Old Friends
5049f $145.00
Tracing to the mid 19th century, this pair of coin silver tongs are early production items made by Cincinnati's premier firm "Duhme & Co.," as indicated by the stamp on the inside of each arm. Possibly for use with a (pickle) caster, they are large at 6 5/8" long, and heavy at 1.7 T. oz., and combine a variety of period design elements. The arms have a twisted central section joined to a solid squared block where they meet the substantially-scaled talon grips. The upper portions are... Click for details
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"Hollywood Boulevard at Night".
vintage postcard. California, 1940s
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