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height 2 1/2; length 2 7/8 inches, weight 1.73 Troy ounces, fine condition, no monogram, marked as shown.

length 6 1/8 inches, total Troy weight 5.53 ounces, lightly monogrammed "D", fine condition.

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 Ame...

length 5 1/8 inches, weight .88 oz. Troy, no monogram, excellent condition, gilt bowl. Marked only "Shreve Treat & Eacret" but guaranteed to be sterling.

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Baltimore MD circa 1790, round downturned end with just a hint of a rear midrib extending 3 inches down the handle, unusual double arched drop, length 8 3/4 inches, some tip wear as shown but good overall condition, monogrammed "H" in period script. How certain are we of this attribution? Well, if it's American then the spoon is most certainly Dowig...

length 8 1/2 inches, no monogram, outstanding original condition.

circa 1860, with hollow handle and finely engraved flat all silver blade; marked "R & W WILSON" in rectangle; length 11 1/2 inches; engraved "Woelpper" on reverse of blade, good condition although the edge is a bit rough (please see second enlargement).

with applied cat tail, bird and foliage. Although our picture fails to show it well, the bird and cat tail are red, the foliage gold. No doubt the next question out of your mouth will be, "Bruce, is this bi-color gold, or just copper and brass?" Alas I do not know and am not inclined to put a drop of acid on the item to find out. The finely engraved detail on each appliqué is typically done with gold. Length 2 3/4 inches, width of widest section 1 1/8, marked "sterling / H.B.", excel...

warriors and one fair handsome maiden all of whom hang from a very Shiebler-esque pin so you can get the "look" for half the price! 2 7/8 inches long, no monogram, excellent condition, please see second photo for mark.

looks rather like the work of Antonio Pineda but marked only Taxco 925 (see fourth photo), length 15 inches. Since it just barely fits the neck of Yours Truly, we'd hoped to have him as a model but when our photographer showed up he had run off to the wood shed, forcing us to use a stand-in.

length just shy of 8 1/2 inches, monogrammed "S" obverse, exemplary condition.

At the risk of damaging our much vaunted "brand" here at BCAS, let's set aside the pricey designer goods and feature something by nobody, or at very best the 18th silversmith to be registered in Taxco, circa 1979, a great year, I remember it well....

Length 16 3/4 inches, of exceptional weight (2.63 Troy ounces) and quality, in excellent condition with firmly functioning clasp, this is equivalent of anything you'll find by Margot or other well known Mexican designers at a fraction of the ...

or jelly cake knife, if you'd prefer, length 9 1/8 inches, weight 1.84 oz. Troy, excellent condition save for a long shallow scratch on reverse of blade (please see second enlargement), monogrammed in script on reverse.

The obverse features a refined bit of engraving, done by a skilled and steady hand.

length 9 3/4 inches, weight 2.57 Troy ounces, excellent condition, no monogram, unmarked but presumably Wm Faber or perhaps Peter Krider.

Both the engine turned and engraved decoration are of the superb quality which is typical of Civil War era silver from the City of Brotherly Love.

unmarked but presumably Gorham (see Heritage Auctions, May 21, 2008, lot 92179 for a nearly identical example with Gorham marks), width 2 1/2; height 1 3/4 inches, weight 1.39 oz Troy, some light pattern wear as shown but fine overall condition, see second enlargement for monogram.

New York circa 1846, length 6 1/2 inches, weight 6.95 Troy ounces, marked as shown in fourth enlargement, monogrammed "Bailey" in period script, some tine and pattern wear but good overall condition.

Averaging 1.74 Troy ounces apiece, these are wonderfully heavy in the hand, and a pleasure to use.

Price is for the group.

length 10 5/8 inches, weight 2.93 Troy ounces, excellent original condition, no monogram, with gilt matte-finish blade, marked as shown in fourth enlargement.

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excellent condition, monogrammed "W" (see second photo), length 5 3/8 inches, weight 6.21 Troy ounces. These have an embossed decoration on the bowl which we suspect that later versions of this piece do not possess.