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Fine Gorham 'Versailles' Old Style Sterling Silver Ice Cream Spoon
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends 
5527f $45.00
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... Click for details
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Gorham 'Old Medici' Sterling Silver Sardine Fork with Engraved Blade
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
Old Friends
5526f On Hold
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... Click for details
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Yatshing, Canton 1828, Chinese Export Sterling Silver Teaspoon x 2
Silver : China Trade
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5525f $55.00
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.... Click for details
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Estate Durgin 'Fairfax' Sterling Silver Olive Spoon
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
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5524f $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... Click for details
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Reed & Barton Art Nouveau 'La Parisienne' Sterling Silver Gravy Ladle
Silver : Sterling : Flatware
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5522f $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... Click for details
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Duhme 'No. 1' Mid 19th Century Large Weighty Coin Silver Serving Spoon
Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces
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5521f $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,... Click for details
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Six Matched William Grigg, NYC, 18th C. Bright Cut Teaspoons
Silver : Coin Silver : 18th and Early 19th Century
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5518f On Hold
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... Click for details
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