52 assorted American and European silver items. 1st-12th items: 6 pairs of salt and pepper shakers by various makers, 12 items total, including Baldwin and Miller George Washington Reproduction, Whiting, and others. All items marked Sterling. Ranging in size from 1 1/8" H x 1" dia. to 5 1/8" H x 2 1/8" dia. 13th-41st items: 29 pieces assorted sterling silver flatware: 5 Watson pieces, including 1 Mayflower pattern cream ladle, 1 Old Colony pattern large sherbet spoon, 3 pieces baby fork, spoon, and knife set; 4 Gorham pieces, including 2 Etruscan pattern spoons, and 2 seafood/cocktail forks; 3 Whiting pieces, including 2 Louis XV pattern pieces: 1 teaspoon and 1 demitasse spoon, and 1 Square Twist pattern demitasse spoon; 3 Weidlich pieces, including 2 pieces Jack Squirrel pattern baby fork and spoon, and 1 cream ladle; 2 Wallace pieces, including 1 Faneuil pattern jelly server and 1 teaspoon; 2 S. Kirk and Son Calvert pattern salt spoons with light gilt wash to bowls; 1 Webster lemon fork; 1 Towle Old Colonial pattern teaspoon; 1 Reed and Barton Hepplewhite pattern master salt spoon; 1 Alvin Melrose pattern demitasse spoon; 1 Dominick and Haff Charles II pattern teaspoon; 1 Watrous baby spoon; 1 Mechanics Toledo demitasse souvenir spoon; and 3 assorted spoons. All items marked Sterling. 42nd-43rd items: 2 English sterling silver pieces, including 1 small fork having a mother of pearl handle, hallmarked for Hillard and Thomason, Birmingham, 1887, and 1 gilded sterling silver anointing spoon made to commemorate the Coronation Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, with marks for Saunders, Shepherd & Co Ltd., Birmingham, 1953. 44th-52nd items: 9 European .800 silver demitasse spoons, having decorative handles. Hallmarks to bowls. Flatware ranging in size from 2 1/4" to 6 1/2" L. Most items monogrammed or inscribed. Combined sterling weight: 26.150 total weighable troy ounces. Combined .800 weight: 2.530 total troy ounces. Provenance: The collection of Gary Glesser of Loudon, Tennessee, by descent from his grandparents, Captain Hoyt and Rachel Holton of Toledo, Ohio. Hoyt Holton became, at age 17, the youngest captain of a Great Lakes Freighter. In the 1960s, Captain Holton participated in a 26-day Admiral Byrd Society trip replicating the explorer's famous transpolar expedition, during which he met the Pope and Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev. Many items in the collection were brought back as souvenirs from that journey and other frequent voyages.

PROVENANCE: See description for provenance information.

CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with normal surface wear, scattered dents. One shaker with 1/2" tear, and one with 3/8" area of repair to bases.