$65.00
The finely rendered design incorporates a series of repetitive scrolls and palmettes on a slightly upturned, rounded end, handle, and includes a shield reserve, which in this instance has never been monogrammed.
As a line, Hindostanee had an individualist...
Eleazer relocated to Portland, Maine about 1806, and from 1814-18 was in partnership there with Charles Farley.
Four of these six, essentially matched, coffee or tea spoons are marked "Wyer & Farley" along with an "ea...
Its distinguishing feature is the shell bowl with scalloped edges and a ribbed interior. This is finished in a matte gold on the front except for the heel, which along with the entire backside, has a bright gold surface.
The figure on this multi-motif line is a cherub hold...
On Hold
It has four, relatively broad, pointed tines that are joined to a deep-shouldered, wavy-edged, heel that is engraved with an acanthus leaf design surface.
The tines retain a portion of an original gold wash on the upper sides.
Most references date the pattern to 1880, although Charles Carpenter in his benchmark Gorham Silver places it about 1883. This is ...
It is clearly stamped with pseudo hallmarks that include a "lion passant," a "leopard face," "YS," and a "bust."
Intentionally mirroring late Georgian English style and period hallmarks, this is an example of Chinese Export silver, produced in this instance in Canton by the maker Yatshing aka Yat Shing.
As export silver, it would likely have been made to a sterling standard and is well crafted.
$45.00
Introduced in 1910 by Durgin, this colonial revival design proved immensely popular and was continued in production by Gorham after it absorbed Durgin in the early decades of the 20th century.
The slender and relatively deep, pointed end, bowl is especial...
$80.00
La Parisenne, the pattern on this 6 3/4" long, weighty at 2.12 T. oz., gravy is another expressive Reed & Barton design from this period.
A multi-motif floral line, the image on this is a water or pond lily (whether by inten...
$48.00
The pattern had variants or close parallels, of which this 9 1/8" long, 1.9 T. oz., coin silver table serving spoon is one.
It has a plain, chamfered edge, shank (vs. twist handle on other versions), a knob end, and very high, pointed and beveled edge, shoulder...
$195.00
As recounted in Silver in the Golden State, Vanderslice & Co. became "the longest lived of the nineteenth-century San Francisco manufacturing firms."
This piece is a 9 1/4" long, 2.54 T. oz., coin silver berry ...
On Hold
He was a freeman worker in 1765, dating this group of six, matched, 5 1/2" long, just over 3.0 T. oz. (95 grams) the lot, to the decades between then and Grigg's death in 1797.
They are all stamped "W.Grigg" in a serrated cartouche, which is one of four marks...
$235.00
A relatively large, 7" tall, 5.17 T. oz., solid silver muffineer, i.e. sugar shaker or caster, every facet of the piece, inside, outside, and underside, shows dense hammering that has a chiseled character to it.
It was made by Redlich & Co., New York City, whose "animal head mark," the word "Sterling," and model number "7470" are stamped on the underside.
The d...
$40.00
Measuring 6 1/4" long and 3 1/2" wide, it has a silver handle attached to a dense cluster of soft, natural bristles.
It was made by Gorham, whose "lion, anchor, G" emblem, "Sterling," model number "C159," and a date symbol for "1898" are imprinted on the lower edge of the handle.
The handle is hollow (and not filled), and features an asym...
They present with something of a mystery.
Coffee spoons, the pattern matches Whiting's Renaissance Revival Arabesque pattern in every detail, save the backside of the bowls are stamped "800," which represents a German silver standard used prior to 1886 (Arabesque was issued in 1875).
Whether these were a direct copy manufactured by a...
$145.00
A large item, this all silver ice cream knife or slice measures 10 1/4" long and weighs 4.3 T. oz.
It has a hollow (not filled) handle and a 6 1/8" by 2 1/4", roughly rectangular, solid silver, flat blade with a gold finish front and back sides.
This form is sometimes referred to as an ice cream axe or hatchet, referencing the dramatically impressive scale of the blade.
The pattern is Watteau, which was issued in 1891 and references the French painter whose name became identif...
On Hold
The Square Handled Engraved pattern on this 7 5/8" long, 1.2 T. oz., jelly knife in sterling is one that does not have a lot of design parallels, either with Seymour or other producers.
The handle is flat, and as the name implies, has straight...
$135.00
The iconography includes a pair of upraised (presumably eagle) wings that appear to rise out of a crown, which itself sits over a lion rampant on a shield. Lastly, there is a rearing steed projecting out of a castle turret set below the above images.
This example is a 6 7/8" lon...
$65.00
In immaculate condition, appearing never to have been used, it was a presentation piece, engraved "Kathryn" in embellished script lettering on the handle front and "1905" on the reverse.
Given the design was introduced in 1893, this is perforce an early production piece, which is manifest in the clarity and sharpness of t...
$225.00
It is firstly a 4 3/4" by 3 1/2" by 13/16" high, hinged, oval box. The hinge is on the short end, with a lip for opening on the opposite end.
It is made of 950 fine, i.e. first standard, silver (slightly higher than sterling) and marked with a "Minerva head" on the lid edge, underside of the cover, and on the lip of the base.
It also has a small, hard to discern, "caret" maker's mark i...
