$175.00
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.
The "New York Metropolitan Museum of Arts" holds a silver casket made by him circa 1907 which reflects the influence Ch...
$595.00
Catherine Holland in her encyclopedic work Virginia Silversmiths published half a century after Cutten...
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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.
The handle reverse is engraved with a fancy leaf scrip...
$115.00
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. The front is bright cut ...
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. They are not ...
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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. The design relects a...
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A major manufacturer of his period, Coles was capable of producing sophisticated and well finished pieces and this spoon is exemplary of his work.
It has a twisted stem, which in this instance is a double twist, showing a smaller ridge between the larger ones (see center right ...
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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 design is a double Bead with Scroll detailing and a central open blocky area that resembles an ...
Both pieces are solid silver and are early production items with scalloped and decorated shoulders. Later examples had plain shoulders.
An original, matched set, each piece is marked with the company's "lion, anchor, G" emblem, "Sterling," and "Patent 1900" and is engraved with a Old...
$385.00
This piece, stamped "Sheperd & Boyd" with some blurring of the "Boyd," is a choice 3 1/2" tall, 3" top diameter, 4.7 T. oz. beaker. It is fully original, i.e. not converted or adapted from a mug as some handless cups are.
Similar pieces are held at the Met and the Clark Museums as well as in other collections.
It has a f...
$105.00
This example of the pattern is a lengthy, 8", 1.6 T. oz., cold meat fork.
Fiorito is multi-motif pattern, with the flower on this a poppy.
A single, slightly down turn, large blossom occupies the top end o...
$650.00
This example is Dutch in origin and fully hallmarked on the underside for second standard silver (.833 or above vs. sterling at .925), a "Minerva" head duty stamp, date letter "D in a circle" for 1913, and maker's identifier "·HH·." The lion standard mark h...
$48.00
Other marks include Whiting's "standing lion" emblem and "Sterling."
A gracious Art Nouveau design, this interpretation of Violet speaks gently. It portrays a full blossom set at the shaped handle end and midpoint, with sinuous stems and one bud trailing b...
This pair of matching, 5 7/8" long, 1.19 T. oz. combined, c. 1820, coin silver teaspoons are stamped "I·ADAM." for him, which Hollan notes "was one of the most wid...
$115.00
Generally solid, the form is for cream, but this instance in Gorham's 1893 Kensington pattern is a rare pierced example, and likely intended as a sugar sifter.
The piercing is delicate and varied, and covers the base and the lower margins of the wall. The interior is finished in a bright bright gold wash, and the exterior, which ...
$115.00
Douvaine features a dolphin or fish like image set at the handle tip, and a renaissance or gargoyle figure situated midway on the handle.
This is all surrounded by an array of flowing elements that include a crosse...
They are stamped "Bailey & Co." (later Bailey, Banks & Biddle), Philadelphia, on the undersides along with a "lion, S, shield," emblem and an additional "lion." This hallmark is often associated with G...