A pretty pair of Gorham sugar claws or tongs in the popular Colonial shell pattern. Crisp details going right to the claws. No monogram. A beautifully executed mark "Gorham Sterling". About 100 years old.
About 4" long and 1 1/4" wide at the claw. Very good condition no dings or breaks.
A fun and robust 19th century American coin Silver pitcher by Jones Ball & Co. of Boston. Nice strong gadroon around the top rim. Wonderful "armorial" of 3 stags in a cartouche on one side, initials "W A G 1853" on the other. Maker's mark reads "Jones Ball & Co." "Boston" & "Pure Coin Silver". Jones Ball & Poor is listed in the Wyler book on old silver p. 298. Said to be active ca. 1840. Whether Poor joined before or after i ...click for details
A fine early coin silver sifter or strainer by Curtis & Stevens in the early fiddle pattern. Due to the length it was most likely for cream or soup although it can easily be used for tea or perhaps as a sugar sifter. Neat monogram ""M from E"" on the back. Marks ""Curtis & Stevens"" & ""Fall River"". Curtis and Stevens were silversmith families active in Massachusetts and Connecticut early in the 19th century. This st ...click for details
A beautiful English sterling serving (table) spoon from the period of George III (1760-1820). This is an early example of repousse, and the silver is heavy gauge. You can see in the close-up that stipple and chasing were added over the punched up repousse designs. Lots of fine detail. Plenty of deep chase work on the handle as well.
London sterling hallmark for the years 1807-8. The maker's mark is for Ri ...click for details
A nice Shiebler sterling serving spoon in the 1885 chrysanthemum pattern. Unusually large and decorative bowl very typical of the botanical and floral aethestics of the era. Crisp winged "S" mark and monogram "Adalaide" on the back.
8.75" long. Very good condition with no dings. This is a popular Shiebler pattern and in a large size serving spoon. Sterling makes great Wedding & ...click for details
A Russian silver caviar serving scoop or spoon with a gold wash bowl and a coat-of-arms (armorial). Nice shape to the scoop and good detail throughout on the handle sections. Coat of arms or monogram as shown I can't decipher it. It is marked for the Russian silver standard of 84 with the date of 1874 as well, Moscow hallmark. The silversmith mark is "pi" "K". This is a solid spoon with good weight. Russian silver before the Soviet era was of very high quality ...click for details
A very rare Russian silver fork with a 4 point crown armorial and fancy monogram which look like "ON" or "NO". There is a strip of copper overlay on the back of the lower tine if you are right handed. The Russian immigre from whom I bought this several years back told me the copper is to test for poison. The 4 point crown denotes mid-level aristocracy related to the imperial line. (They often think differently so the monogram faces the opposite direction from how we no ...click for details
