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All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1490487 (stock #5596f)
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$85.00
A prominent, arguably the dominant, name among mid 19th century New York City retailers (before Tiffany's ascendency), "Ball, Black & Co." marketed a variety of work from important regional makers.

This coin silver piece is a large, 8 3/4" long, 1.9 T. oz., berry or other serving spoon, marked for BB & Co...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1490414 (stock #5594f)
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$38.00
Made by the mid 19th century Boston silver manufacturer Farrington & Hunnedwell, this 5 15/16" long, .77 T. oz., coin silver sugar spoon was retailed by Worcester jeweler Benjamin Goddard, whose name, along with the maker's "F&H" mark, appears on the handle backside.

Very much in the manner of its 1860s period, and engagingly so, it has a twisted stem and a flat, shaped-edge, handle that is bright cut and wriggle work engraved in a period design...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1490222 (stock #5589f)
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$44.00
Measuring 6 7/8" long, and weighing 1.16 T. oz., this piece is stamped "N. Harding & Co." for the mid 19th century Boston firm established by Newell Harding. It is also marked "Pure Coin," which was a standard designation largely used in the New England.

It is a double die struck Olive pattern, meaning the design appears on both sides of the arched and upturned handle...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1489925 (stock #5581f)
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$38.00
A 6" long, .9 T. oz., item, this c. 1865, coin silver sugar spoon is stamped "C C S" on the reverse, for the maker, Charles C. Shaver, who worked in Utica, New York during the second half of the 19th century.

The pattern appears on both sides of the handle and features anthemion leaves, along with other period detailing...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1489833 (stock #5579f)
Old Friends
$110.00
Price for the pair.
Described in Flynt & Fales Heritage Foundation Collection of [New England] Silver as "a man of many alliances," Boston silversmith John B. Jones enjoyed a long and esteemed career.

Flynt & Fales note he began working in 1809 with Richard Ward and continued under many guises that ended with Jones, Shreve, Brown & Co., in 1854. This firm eventually became Boston's renowned jewelry and fine goods retail establishment Shreve, Crump & Low...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1489436 (stock #5570f)
Old Friends
$46.00
A pattern that originated with Albert Coles, Jenny Lind established itself as a popular mid 19th century design and was adopted by numerous manufacturers.

This example, a 6 7/8" long, 1.25 T. oz., coin silver jelly or preserve spoon bears the four part pseudo hallmark that John McGrew in his benchmark work Manufacturers' Marks on American Coin Silver attributes to the "Gilbert, Cunningham, Cooper" complex of New York City.

This has a shell form bowl and is engraved "M...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1489106 (stock #5563f)
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$65.00
This 8 1/8" long, 1.67 T. oz., spoon is marked with an "animal head over shield" emblem attributed to James P. Butler, Philadelphia.

It is also stamped with the words "Coin" and "Patent" and the name of the retailer, Philadelphia jeweler "J. Einstein."

Catherine Hollan notes in Philadelphia Silver that Butler was "a member of the extended Butler-Peters-McCarty families" and that he worked as a partner with James Watts for one year, 1867...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1488995 (stock #5561f)
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$42.00
One of William B. Durgin's earliest designs, the pattern on this 5 7/8" long, .64 T. oz., sugar spoon goes by the name Bridal, although it is also referred to as Bow, (Crossed) Ribbon or Knot, taken from the bow and knotted ribbon that appear on the handle front and back sides...
All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1488670 (stock #5553f)
Old Friends
$65.00
A typical design of its mid 1860s period, this 7 3/16" long, 1.0 T. oz., jelly or preserve spoon has a plum-shaped bowl with a twisted shank that leads to a disk-shaped, pointed end, handle with a slightly tipt backside.

The handle obverse is extensively engraved in a fine, dense, bright cut and wriggle work, pattern that includes a fancy, feathered script, "MCO" monogram in the open reserve area.

It is stamped "James E...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1488235 (stock #5543f)
Old Friends
$48.00
One of numerous mid 19th century silver manufacturers situated in cities along the Hudson River, John L. Westervelt of Newburgh was a major producer in his 1840s to 1880s period...
All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1487939 (stock #5536f)
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$110.00
This 8 1/8" long, 1.77 T. oz., coin silver piece stands apart for several reasons.

One distinguishing aspect is the combination of maker and retailer.

It is stamped with the "eagle, thistle, harp" mark of Philadelphia's Taylor & Lawrie." Catherine Hollan in Philadelphia Silver notes "they [T&L] advertised they had manufactured for Bailey & Kitchen then for Bailey & Co. for twenty years . . . (1857 adv)."

This is stamped "M.W. Galt & Bro.," for the Washington, D.C. firm establishe...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1487459 (stock #5521f)
Old Friends
$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, shoulder...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1487428 (stock #5519f)
Old Friends
$195.00
One of the earliest names attached to California silver, Vanderslice & Co., dates to the late 1850s. Unlike many subsequent San Francisco firms which sourced much or most of their goods from Eastern manufacturers, Vanderslice was a primary source from its founding in 1857/58.

As recounted in Silver in the Golden State, Vanderslice & Co. became "the longest lived of the nineteenth-century San Francisco manufacturing firms."

This piece is a 9 1/4" long, 2.54 T. oz., coin silver berry ...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1487175 (stock #5513f)
Old Friends
$165.00
Combining characteristics of a spoon, with the handle set nearly horizontal to the circular, 2" wide by 1/2" deep, bowl, and a ladle, this 7 1/2" long and weighty at 2.3 T. oz. piece is well-suited for dipping.

It is an older, i.e. mid 19th century, example of Baltimore silver marked "S. Kirk & Son," used 1846-61, and "10.15" which was a mid 19th century Baltimore silver standard designation (roughly equivalent to coin).

The handle is a rounded end Antique shape, which is plain on t...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1486306 (stock #5491f)
Old Friends
$32.00
Measuring 6 1/4" long and weighing .64 T. oz., this sugar spoon is a charming period piece.

The Reverse Tipt handle is bright cut engraved in a wispy leaf design with training stems that encircle a script letter "LHN" monogram.

It also has an usual form bowl with scalloped ends and interior paneling, all finished in a pale gold wash.

It is stamped Harry Raynes for the Lowell, Massachusetts, jeweler working from 1865 into at least the 1880s, and at times in collaboration wi...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1837 VR item #1486018 (stock #5483f)
Old Friends
$110.00
An important name among late 18th/early 19th century New York City silversmiths in his own right, Thomas Richards also paired with other significant smiths of his period, beginning with his father-in-law Daniel VanVoorhis, with whom he apprenticed starting in 1790 and partnered with from 1798-1802.

He was also associated at various times with John Sayre, William Pelletreau, and William Morrell prior to his death in 1830.

This pair of 6 1/4" long, 1.45 T. oz., coin silver tongs are stamped ...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1485421 (stock #5469f)
Old Friends
$30.00
Tracing to mid 19th century Boston, this 6 3/4" long, .7 T. oz., jelly or large sugar spoon is marked "Currier & Trott" for the partnership between watchmakers and jewelers, Richard and Peter respectively, which lasted 1823-55.

The Fiddle Tipt pattern of this places it toward the latter end of those years.

A finely crafted piece, it has a shell bowl with notched and scalloped edges.

There is a finely engraved script "LR to ECL" monogram engraved on the handle backsi...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1485205 (stock #5463f)
Old Friends
$55.00
A piece attached to the early history of Chicago, this coin silver sauce or small gravy ladle is marked "Speer & Cosper" "Chicago," for a partnership of only two years duration, 1852-53, although Isaac Speer had been in business as a jeweler and watchmaker since 1840, and continued on after the pairing dissolved.

This is an unusually proportioned piece. It measures 7" long, with a handle that is lengthy in comparison to the 2" by 1 1/2" by 1/2" deep oval bowl. It weighs 1.1 T. oz.

The patt...

 
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