$75.00
It is marked "S 135" on the interior, which designator is thought to have been used by Wood & Hughes, New York City.
Dating circa 1880, it has a flat walled body with top and bottom rims. These are bordered by a repeating design that is in the manner of a Vitruvian scroll.
Apropos of its period, the sides are engraved in an Aesthetic design that features ferns or ...
$45.00
Appealingly simple in design, it features rolled rims adjoining knurled bands top and bottom. These are separated from a central, plain, concave band by raised beading.
The central band is finished in a bright gold wash, as is the entire inside surface, which is an unusual detail for a napkin ring. The name "Jennie" is engr...
$165.00
This piece, which is marked "Kitts & Werne" is a 7 3/4" long, weighty at 2.0 T. oz., coin silver, sugar sifter.
There is some thought that larger items like this may actually have been early ice or pea spoons rather ...
$185.00
It has a rolled edge with a 1 1/4" wide rim that is acid etched with the words Old Mother Hubbard interspersed with a variety of figures evoked by this nursery rhyme.
These include an endearing portraiture of Mo...
$185.00
Rainwater further notes that "Mrs. Welles retired in 1940." Given that this 10 1/8" long, 3.6 T. oz., serving spoon is engraved on the backside, "AS HCM" over "Feb. 14, 1939," it traces to the founder's working years, which le...
$100.00
Dating circa 1880, it is stamped "J.S. MacDonald" for the late 19th century Baltimore firm, and with the word "Sterling."
The "Old English Reverse Tipt" handle features an engraved "Lily" pattern that shows th...
$115.00
An innovative producer, Dorthy Rainwater in her "Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers" notes that he received a patent for making spoons in 1859, and further that, "the company was one of the first to mak...
$48.00
This lengthy at 7 1/2" and weighty at 1.3 T. oz., master butter knife is stamped with his "star, lion, D" emblem along with "Sterling" on the blade backside.
The pattern is Ivy, which was one of Westervelt's full line designs. Naturalistic in manner, Ivy faithfully represents this vine which served ...
$70.00
Appropriate to the item function, the figure on this is young and could in fact be either male or female and thus a suitable association for a chil...
$175.00
This 10" long, weighty 2.7 T. oz., meat skewer, sometimes identified as a letter opener, is an item from this highly touted source, stamped for London, Sterling, a letter date of 1982, and a script "JR" for the firm.
In addition, the word "England" is imprinted in script on th...
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The same surname, however, appears in the history of 18th and 19th century silversmithing in New Haven, Connecticut.
This minor dynasty included Miles Gorham, his son by the same name, and his nephew John, whose "J. Gorham" mark is imprinted on this lengthy, 8 7/8", 1.5 T. oz. coin silver spoon.
Born in 1789, Flynt & Fales Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver notes ...
$185.00
The piece is a large, 9 7/8" long, 2.4 T. oz., die struck, coin silver server, likely for ice cream.
The "rosette and bellflower" pattern is similar to A. & W. Wood's Clematis and less closely so to an unnamed one by Michael Gibney, both contemporaneous in time and place with ...
$85.00
This 8 5/8" long, weighty at 2.1 T. oz., circa 1840, coin silver table serving spoon is a case in point. It is stamped with a "crown, bust, lion" along with "IM" for John Munro, and "NB" for the province of New Brunswick, the city of St. John in this case, for the this maker.
A well-crafted piece, it ha...
An Oval Thread pattern, they are stamped "Squire & Lander" for the New York City jeweler, along with the "star, lion, D" manufacturing mark of John L. Westervelt, Newburgh, New York.
The rounded bowls measure 1" by 3/4" and are moderately deep at 1/4".
They are engraved "Thorpe." in script set sideways on the handle fronts.
In excellent condition, the ...
$70.00
It is stamped on the backside of the handle "J.E. Caldwell & Co." for the renowned Philadelphia jeweler and retailer of fine goods, and "Pure Coin," suggesting this piece may have been sourced from a New England manufacturer, given this term was typically used in that area.
It has a twisted central stem, with a broad, plum-shaped, tipt backside, end that is extensively engraved with br...
$145.00
Other marks include "coin" for the silver standard, and very small cartouche with the letters "ET," for which there is not an immediate explanation.
The form is very much of its period and place. The handle has a twi...
$65.00
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. Caldwell & Co." on the backside for the renowned Philadelphia ...
$95.00
This large, 8 3/8" long, heavy at 2.25 T. oz., solid silver, 20th century, fork is marked on the backside heel, including in English, "Made in Austria" and "Sterling," along with "Ges. Gesch." for "Gesetzlich Geschutzt," i.e. the German equivalent for patent, trademark, or copyright.
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