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All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1464943 (stock #5006f)
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$55.00
A mid 19th century piece, this 6 3/8" long, .9 T. oz., jelly or large sugar spoon is marked with Albert Coles', New York City, "eagle, AC, bust" emblem.

Coin silver, it is a decorative item, with several design details typical of its period.

It has a twisted stem that leads to a broad, shaped end that is bright cut engraved in a design reminiscent of leaves, bellflowers, and fruit, with a diamond border on the front and wriggle work edging on the back...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Southern : Pre 1900 item #1464085 (stock #4985f)
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$55.00
A popular mid 19th century motif, the (acanthus) Leaf pattern of this c. 1865, 7 1/4" long, 1.3 T. oz., coin silver master butter knife was produced by a number of makers, including Albert Coles, whose "eagle, AC, bust" emblem appears on the handle backside.

It is of additional interest given it was marketed by Joseph Werne of Louisville, Kentucky, whose name is also stamped on the blade back, alongside Coles' hallmark. Werne was a one time partner of John Kitts (also with S.W...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1463863 (stock #4981f)
Old Friends
$68.00
Price for the pair.
Matched items, each of these two master butter knives measures 6 1/4" long with the pair weighing 1.3 T. oz.

Marked "Coin," they are without a maker's identification. The style suggests an 1860s date and the work is clearly that of a capable (American) manufacturer.

They have twisted shanks leading to broad, flat, upturned handle ends that are extensively and finely bright cut engraved on the top sides. Each piece has a feathered script "AMF" monogram...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1462848 (stock #4950f)
Old Friends
$46.00
A popular motif in mid 19th century silver design, the (acanthus) Leaf design of this 6 7/8" long, 1.2 T. oz., coin silver preserve spoon was produced by a number of makers, including Albert Coles, whose "eagle, AC, bust" emblem appears on the handle backside .

Gorham was another company which produced a leaf design. That line, named Josephine, was nearly identical to Coles', and patented in 1855, which is the approximate date of this piece...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1462736 (stock #4947f)
Old Friends
$68.00
Established in 1867, Schohay & Ludwig (later Schohay, Ludwig & Co.) produced high quality silver, although as the company was short-lived, examples of their wares are not commonly found.

Located in Philadelphia, the firm's work followed after regional style typical of the period and that is the case with this 7 1/8" long, .9 T. oz., preserve spoon.

It has a flat, ovoid handle with a Tipt end that is joined to a twisted stem...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1462642 (stock #4945f)
Old Friends
$56.00
This mid 1850s piece is stamped with a three part, "bust, letter, lion" pseudo hallmark and the name "E. Benjamin," for the New Haven, Connecticut jeweler, Everard Benjamin, son of well-known silversmith Barzilli Benjamin.

An olive variant which incorporates what may more accurately be interpreted as anthemion or honeysuckle portraiture, this design is attributed in Silver in the Golden State to the San Francisco firm of Frederick R. Reichel, and identified by the name Olive...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1461825 (stock #4926f)
Old Friends
$90.00
A 9 3/8" long, 2.1 T. oz., solid silver pie server, this piece is marked "Coin" along with a maker's or retailer's mark that is too faint to identify with certainty, although it is likely Boston in origin.

Dating circa 1865, the pattern is Olive, which appears on both sides of the handle. The front is engraved in an elegant, feathered script, "SLM" monogram set sideways in the reserve area...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1461717 (stock #4923f)
Old Friends
$80.00
Price for the set of four.
Relatively lengthy at 6", with slender, Fiddle Tipt handles in a style that is particular to Baltimore where they were made, this group of four, matching, teaspoons weigh 2.3 T. oz.

Each one is stamped "S. Kirk & Son" along with the standard mark "10.15," which is roughly equivalent to coin silver. This specific combination of marks was used 1846-61.

Each piece has a feathered script "EVE" monogram engraved on the front and an exposed thumb drop on the bowl reverse...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1461471 (stock #4915f)
Old Friends
$185.00
While marked "Pat. Appld. For," along with maker's name "J[ohn]. Cook," New York City, later examples of this unnamed pattern indicate the patent was actually issued in 1869, dating this some time before that...
All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1461140 (stock #4906f)
Old Friends
$44.00
A 19th century silver manufacturer with a long history, Joseph Seymour, Syracuse, New York, entered into a number of partnerships, one of which was with Benjamin Norton and David Hotchkiss from 1854 to 1857.

The mark on this 7" long, 1.3 T. oz., flat handle, coin silver master butter knife, "bust, NS & Co.," was used during that partnership.

While Seymour produced a number of named patterns, the one on this is known but unidentified.

It is die struck and portrays a draping leaf that is ...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : Pre 1900 item #1461044 (stock #4903f)
Old Friends
$95.00
Price for the set.
An original knife, fork and spoon youth grouping, each of these pieces is stamped "C.A.W. Crosby" for the Boston jeweler, 1855 onward, and "Pure-Coin," which is a characteristic New England term indicating the silver content.

A double die struck (meaning the design appears on both sides) Olive pattern popular in the mid 19th century, each handle is inscribed in script lettering set sideways, "C.J.A. to C.A.P."

The blunt end, solid, knife measures 7 3/8" long and weighs 1.1 T. oz.; t...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1460201 (stock #4882f)
Old Friends
$38.00
Measuring 6 5/8" long and weighing .9 T. oz., this item could be a preserve or large sugar spoon. It has a shovel shaped bowl which, while not unique to its mid 19th century period, is certainly less common than other forms.

The handle is fiddle shaped with a Tipt backside and rounded shoulders off the shovel. There is a script "JEH" monogram on the front.

The reverse is marked with a "bust, lion, B" pseudo hallmark that William McGrew in his Manufacturers' Marks on American Coi...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1459538 (stock #4868f)
Old Friends
$100.00
A well-regard name among mid 19th century Philadelphia silver manufacturers, James Watts produced this lengthy, 8 7/8", nearly 1.5 T. oz., berry or other serving spoon.

His readily recognizable "horse head over chevron," emblem appears on the handle backside, along with the word "Coin" and the name of the retailer, "George H. Bechtel," also Philadelphia.

The flat, shaped, handle has an upturned end and is bright cut and wriggle work engraved, all of which bespeaks the piece's Philadelphia...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1459256 (stock #4860f)
Old Friends
$65.00
Stamped with Albert Coles' three part "eagle/AC/bust" emblem, this 6" long, weighty feeling 1.3 T. oz., coin silver sauce or cream ladle dates from the mid 19th century.

The pattern, Jenny Lind, originated with Coles but was produced by innumerable other manufacturers of the time and was apparently well-received given the variety of inventory that remains extant.

The design appears on both sides of the handle and extends onto the backside heel of the bowl, which is oval and particul...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Hollowware : Pre 1900 item #1458799 (stock #4847f)
Old Friends
$395.00
This basket stands 4 7/8" tall to the rim, reaches 7 1/2" to the top of the upraised swing handle, has a top diameter of 5 1/4", stands on a footed base that is 3 1/2" across, and weighs 9.4 T. oz.

Solid coin silver and dating circa 1860, it was made by Wood & Hughes whose "WwH" emblem is stamped on the underside.

It could be a sugar basket for large tea set, or perhaps a sweet meat server.

Very much a period piece, it incorporates design elements popular in the period.

The body and ...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1457422 (stock #4814f)
Old Friends
$46.00
Marked on the reverse "Palmer. Bachelders & Co.," this 6 7/8" long, 1.4 T. oz., coin silver serving spoon traces to 1860s Boston.

The pattern is Olive, which while a standard design that was widely produced, and notably popular in the Boston area, there are variations in design among manufacturers.

This example shows clean style, with balanced proportions and well-articulated detail.

A preserve spoon, it has a shell form bowl that is finished with a bright gold wash front and bac...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Flatware : Pre 1837 VR item #1454934 (stock #4759f)
Old Friends
$395.00
Price for the set of twelve.
A truly difficult to find extant matching set of twelve circa 1830 patterned coin silver teaspoons, each of these pieces measures 5 7/8" long with the group weighing a substantial 14.6 T. oz.

They are stamped "J.B. Jones" for the second generation Boston silversmith, John Belknap Jones (1782-54), described in Flynt & Fales The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver as "A man of many alliances."

The same source indicates he was first listed in the Boston Directory in 1809 in partner...

All Items : Silver : Coin Silver : Serving Pieces : Pre 1900 item #1451845 (stock #4701f)
Old Friends
$115.00
An early example of Gorham's Cottage, which was issued in 1861 to a coin silver standard and continued in production for many years through and beyond the company's transition to sterling in 1868, this 9" long, approximately 2.5 T. oz., ice cream spade is marked "Patent 1861," "Coin," and "Shreve Stanwood & Co.," for the Boston firm that eventually became that city's renowned "Shreve, Crump & Low."

A relatively plain pattern, this is embellished on the handle front with a delicately en...

 
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