$185.00
It has a slightly splayed body with a relatively thick rolled top rim, and a set back foot.
It is marked with the "sword & M" symbol of the Matthews Co., later Hickok-Mathews, "Sterling," and the model number "132."
Dating from early in the 20th century, it has acid etched walls that portray five different Kewpie babies along with shrubs and a...
$85.00
This coin silver piece is a large, 8 3/4" long, 1.9 T. oz., berry or other serving spoon, marked for BB & Co. but is without a maker's identification, and the pattern, a double-lined border with acanthus leaf detailing is otherwise without an attribution so the origin of this piece is not ex...
$46.00
The plain, rounded and downturned end with a smooth back, style of this 9 1/4", 1.4 T. oz., coin silver serving spoon dates circa 1820, tracing to his NYC years or even his short period in NC.
The handle has a slight fidd...
$24.00
An example from that series, this 5 7/8" long, .74 T. oz. teaspoon is number "107" as imprinted on the backside, along with Wallace's "R W deer head & S" emblem and the word "Sterling."
An openwork design, the handle obverse features perhaps palm or other leaves on a stem.
The reverse is plain save for a fancy, delicate, feathered script "ENL" monogram.
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$24.00
An example from that series, this 5 9/16" long, .61 T. oz. teaspoon is number "219" as imprinted on the backside, along with Wallace's "R W deer head & S" emblem and the word "Sterling."
The handle portrays a robust cluster of chrysanthemum blossoms, buds, and leaves on both the front and back sides.
The handle obverse is engraved "EF" in fancy Old English let...
$235.00
Marked "Ball, Black," "925" for sterling, and "Patent," the pattern is Arabesque, made by John Wendt, New York City, and issued in 1871. Arabesque is often (mis)identified as Monroe.
A Moorish design, Philadelphia's George Sharp produced a similar unnamed line. Whiting's version of Arabesque was introduced later in the 18...
$48.00
The pattern is intricate and rather courtly, in a Henry VIII or Elizabeth I manner.
The design elements include bellflowers, acanthus leaves, rosettes, beading and anthemia set ...
$38.00
This 4 3/8" long, .64 T. oz., pair of tongs are stamped with the number "15" on the inside arch along with Gorham's "lion, anchor, G" emblem, and "Sterling," and are, consistent with the above statement, an unusual design and particularly well-finished.
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$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...
$135.00
It could have been intended for berries, but the size suggests another use such as vegetables, or in Southern usage, rice.
The handle is a Pointed Antique shape and is convex.
It is extensively bright cut engraved on the obverse in a pronounced Aesthetic design that incorporates naturalistic elements such as leaves, florals and ...
Queen Anne is a Hanoverian design with a rounded-end, upturned handle with a midrib and a rattail bowl back.
A companion pattern, Williamsburg Shell was added in 1970.
This offering is for an original, estate set of 12 complete, 5 piece, place settings in Queen An...
They are stamped "E.E. & S.C. Bailey," for brothers Ebenezer and Samuel, who established a partnership in Claremont, New Hampshire, circa 1825.
Particularly well-crafted and elegantly formed, they have slender, elongated, Fiddle Tipt handles with markedly upturned ends.
The bowls are relatively narrow and long, and ha...
$95.00
Grimwade's foundational London Silversmiths notes his parentage is undiscovered, but that he entered his first mark with William Jury c. 1758, with another mark for both 29 October 1759. Although he also registered marks as a buckle maker, Grimwade states "it is clear that he was principally a spoonmaker."
This 8 3/8" long, 1.86 T. oz., table or servi...
$34.00
Toward the Art Nouveau in manner, the design features a single full blossom at the top of each arm, with a bud and abundance of leaves below it.
Interestingly, and unusual for tongs which generally have plain surfaces on the insides, the pattern ...
New Standish adds a raised, rolled leaf detail at the handle end on the obverse.
This example is a 5 3/8" long, 1.06 T. oz., sugar sifter with an essentially hemispherical, 1 7/8" by 1 3/4" diameter by 1/2" deep, bowl.
The bowl has a raised vee on the heel where the handle joins. This prod...
They are marked "I. Speer" and "Chicago" on the handle reverses.
Isaac Speer began work as a jeweler and watchmaker in Chicago in 1840, engaged in a partnership with Edward Cosper, 1852-53 (see Old Friends item 5463f for a Speer & Cosper ladle), and continued alone thereafter until 1870.
Coin silver, these date from the 1860s and are in a period pattern similar to Gibney's Tuscan and Po...
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This 4 3/4" tall, 3" diameter, tea caddy marked for the outstanding 19th century Connecticut manufacturing firm of Meriden Britannia is disabusing of this idea.
Cylindrical in form, the entire body is contoured in a dense, raised respousse acanthus leaf design.
Three figures are incorporated within this matrix.
One ...
$75.00
Indeed, this 5 1/4" long, .32 (10 grams), sterling silver example traces to London, 1811, George III, according to the hallmarks on the reverse. No maker's stamp is present.
It is characteristic of the form, with a slender, tapered handle that ends in a triangular, pointed, pediment, for cleaning clogs.
The bowl is attractively cut in a cross, scallop and bellflower motif and has a thumb drop on...