How about a fancy antique Gorham serving scoop for a holiday gift? This 1900 pattern is called Cromwell and has a very fancy design in the back as well as the front (see pic). Old lion-anchor-"G" mark on the back. Monogram can be interpreted many ways.
8.8" long no dings creases or breaks very good condition. Nice weight in the hand.
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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 sterling silver nail buff or polisher dated 1900 with a favorite Art Nouveau theme... a repousse figure of a girl with flowing long hair and a pair of wings. The oval shaped pad is in a beige leather suede. Old hallmark of Towle with "sterling 1900".
3 1/2" long and of oval form. Silver is in very good condition with ...click for details
A lovely Dominick & Half Blossom pattern cream or gravy ladle. This is antique American silver in a popular 1905 pattern. No monogram, detailed & crisp flowers and a wonderful lobe or petal shape to the bowl. Marked as shown.
7.3" long nice patina. Very good condition no dings. Came from an estate with fine silver.
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.
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 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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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
