$45.00
These would make a splendid hostess gift, especially if your hostess happens to be of Scandinavian descent. Price is for the six.
$395.00
And now, let's move along to cheerier thoughts...
With their short front "tip't" decoration, engine turned work and bright cut engraving trailing down to the area just above the tines (please see fourth enlargement), these are especially decorative and fine quality examples.
Though weighted, this seems to be of a heavier than average gauge, and I suspect that there may be a dollar or two to be made here for someone who wants to send this along to the Great Melting Pot in the Sky.
$50.00
Compare on ebay (item 283431332903) @178.00
$195.00
Price is for the pair.
$250.00
$45.00
The Watson Company of North Attleborough, MA made a wide-ranging series of high relief floral patterns in the early 1900's. Designed by Eustace Crees and Charles Court, they rank as some of the finest representations of nature in American silver flatware.
Update: we have one odd fork available at, you guessed it, 25.00!
These are often found with pairs of chopsticks, but some miscreant seems to have made off with the chopsticks.
$75.00
The hooked tine has a chamfered edge, which initially led me to believe that this was a pastry fork, and it would serve that purpose well.
$250.00
This is a big, splashy looking server which will make a wonderful wedding gift for a couple with a solid sense of style.
Marked as shown in fourth enlargement.
Size matters, in a soup spoon. Why settle for a small one?
Again, for those of you like me who favor comparison shopping, compare on ebay (item 363480057160) @87.00
$320.00
This lovely old high relief pattern is one of R & B's best designs.
Roswell Hopkins Bailey was born in Unity, NH on July 22, 1804. At or near the time this spoon was made, he served as master to two apprentices: first Samuel Philbrick Bailey, then Bradbury Melon Bailey...