This was probably a custom made item.
We've examined both doggies carefully with a high power loupe, and they appear to be 14k. No, we're not going to test them...
Frequent guests of our little web page know that it is extremely unusual for us to offer items with removed monograms, but this is subtle, and also a tantalizing price, we think.
$65.00
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The perfect gift for your royalty obsessed friend who also loves antique silver.
In spite of our best efforts, the rich plum purple color of this item does not show well, but it is stunning.
$35.00
Perhaps you know an Ellen who loves pie, though on second thought who doesn't love pie, so let's leave out the perhaps.
These have exceptional detail and die depth. Note early "PAT APP. FOR" mark.
These come and go, but I don't think we've ever owned one where the chasing is so crisp and the original oxidation hasn't been at least partially removed by some overzealous owner...
You'd be hard pressed to find better examples than these.
We've checked the big bad auction site, and can't find anything similar there for under one hundred mighty dollars, so if you're a reseller, there's a good chance that you'll be able to make enough on this to buy a minor league sports team, or at the very least a small yacht.
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Chickering shows a fish knife in a similar pattern with notes that Stone was heavily influenced by Dresser's "The Art of Decorative Design (pl. XXVI)", which we have reproduced here in enlargement number five.
These bear the craftsman's mark of Reynolds F. Senior, son of ONC's founder Elmer Senior. A splendid gift for the North Shore bride.
$350.00
One could spend a substantial number of hours searching through design patents looking for the original name of this pattern, and come up empty handed...
This lovely example is entirely hand wrought, and dates from 1948...