Catalog: Silver: Sterling

English in origin, this soup ladle measures 13" long overall and has a generously proportioned 3 1/2" diameter, 1 1/8" deep, hemispherical bowl.

Solid silver, it weighs 4.0 T. oz.

The pattern is Old English with a rounded, downturned, handle end with a Tipt backside. It has an exposed thumb drop on the join with the bowl.

Plain, this has never been monogrammed or inscribed...

Along with several other artisans, Horace Potter was a founder of the "Cleveland School of Arts and Crafts" in 1898.

There is ample biographical material about him available online, including the site "chicagosilver," which notes that he graduated from the "Cleveland School of Art" in 1898 and maintained strong ties with Boston where he studied further and worked briefly...

Gorham's St. Cloud features a leaf and anthemion subject, with tight, circular, elements reminiscent of fern fronds, and shows Aesthetic influences, which is in keeping with its 1885 date of introduction.

This example of the pattern is a large, 7 3/4" long, substantial weight at 1.54 T. oz., solid silver master butter knife.

The flat blade is set at an angle to the handle and has a scalloped upper edge and gently rounded end...

Made by Dominick & Haff, whose three part emblem, "Sterling," and the name of the retailer, "C.E. Woodward," appear on the handle backside, this solid silver, likely early 20th century, piece measures 8 1/4" long and weighs 1.8 T. oz.

It has a generously-sized, 3 1/2" by 2 1/2", flat blade with cupped and scalloped shoulders, and was probably intended as a hotcake lifter or pastry server.

The handle is a Pointed Antique design with a slightly downturned end...

This original set of six 5 o'clock length, viz. 5 7/16" each, 3.9 T. oz. the group, teaspoons are early production examples of Whiting's Art Nouveau Lily pattern.

They are all marked with the company's "standing lion" emblem, "Sterling," "Pat. 1902," "R'd 1902," and with an Old English "O."

Further corroboration of their age is that they are sequentially dated in script lettering on the handle backsides, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909 respectively...

Duhme & Co. was Cincinnati's dominant silver and jewelry house during the second half of the 19th century and produced many discrete flatware designs, of which the one on this 7 5/8" long, weighty at 1.86 T. oz., solid silver dinner fork is unusual as well as uncommon.

It has a rounded end handle with a plain, concave back that is engraved in a script letter "JBS" monogram.

The front is ridged in a series of parallel swirls that overall are reminiscent of waves...

An early production example of Towle's Old Colonial flatware pattern, this piece is marked with the company's "standing lion in a shield emblem," "925/1000," "Sterling," and "Pat. 1895."

It is a 7 5/8" long, 1.5 T. oz., solid silver jelly knife.

The blade is long, narrow, pointed, and as is characteristic of this line, faceted, with scalloped shoulders and upper edge...

The larger of two sizes of fish servers that Gorham offered in its Buttercup pattern, the fork on this pair measures 8 3/8" long and weighs 2.9 T. oz., while the knife is 11 3/8" and weighs 3.95 T. oz.

Both pieces are solid silver and are early production items with scalloped and decorated shoulders. Later examples had plain shoulders...

Silver manufacturer George Shiebler was known for innovative and imaginative designs, but apart from his numbered Flora series, Art Nouveau offerings from this source were limited, with Fiorito his most fulsome and expressive full line pattern in this mode.

This example of the pattern is a lengthy, 8", 1.6 T...