A lovely art nouveau style sterling fish knife by Martinsen from Norway. Scandanavian silver has that distinctive look made famous by designers like Jensen and Andersen.
About 9" long, fine condition with no damage and no monogram.
A fine and antique sterling silver potatoe fork in the beaded shell pattern known as Newport Shell(1910). Lion mark of Frank Smith of Towle. Quite unusual and practical shape.
Fine Georgian sterling silver armorial salver, London 1749 hallmark and sign of William Hunt. Classic shell decorations with rose scrolls and ornate feet. Fun heraldic armorial with motto "id sidare tollit".
11.5" diamter and 1.5" high. Very good condition with no creases or dings. Heavy Georgian gauge can polish to mirror finish.
A fine English Georgian sterling fish slice, fish lifter or fish knife dated 1821. The sterling blade is reticulated in the shape of fish bones, very meticulously worked. It has London marks, lion, crowned leopard, date code for 1821 (last year of crowned leopard) and makers mark William Eley and Willian Fern. The armorial is that of a fun lion's head and the letter "B" is below. (Would appreciate email if anyone knows the armorial.)
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A lovely repousse sterling marrow scoop with an elaborate pattern of roses, patented 1902. The mark is that of Blackington Company. Towle purchases many of the dies when the company went under.
About 6.8" long, fine condition with no damage. Fancy script "S" monogram.
A finely detailed set of sterling sugar tongs or claws by Gorham. It is the 1870 Eglantine pattern, for which the relief work was cast for show on both sides of the silver. You can see that the top blossom on the outside is a different one from the blossom on the inside. Unlike repousse, one side is not the reverse of the other. Each side is worked as a new picture which looks at the stem from a different angle. See the 3rd picture which roughly positions both sides. An example of American ...click for details
A fine 1880 Gorham sterling crumber server in a nicely detailed scroll pattern called Domestic. Scalloped relief on the back edge. Very useful for serving ice cream, cake or dessert since crumbers are not often used. Fancy script "S" or "P" or "F" monogram.
12.2" long in very good condition with no damage. Good weight.
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This is an unusual shape vegetable server (forked spoon) in the 1828 Reed & Barton Oxford pattern. Hallmark mark as shown. This is a hefty antique spoon, no light weight. No monogram. 8.5 inches long. No creases or dings. VEry good condition, great patina. Nice unusual sterling serving spoon.
The Wallace 1907 Meadow Rose is one of their most popular patterns, and it is indeed very pretty. We have here a pair of 8 inche serving spoons or table spoons in good condition. Monogram "Hudson" in fancy script. Maker's mark for R Wallace & Sons with the fun stag.
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