Grouping of seventeen (17) Continental silver items.1st-15th items: Fifteen (15) silver beakers, primarily German, including seven (7) .835 silver, seven (7) .800 silver, and one (1) .750 silver, having various decorations and inscriptions, some with gilt wash interiors. Grouping includes: two (2) .835 beakers with hallmarks for Emil Hermann (Waldstetten, founded 1921); one (1) .835 beaker with hallmarks for M.H. Wilkens and Sohne (Bremen-Hemelingen, founded 1810); one (1) .835 beaker with hallmarks for Wilhelm T. Binder (Schwabisch Gmund, founded 1869); one (1) .800 beaker with hallmarks for Gebruder Kuhn (Schwabisch Gmund, founded 1860); and more. All items with .835, .800, or .750 silver standard marks, some with maker's marks or national marks. Ranging in size from 2 1/2" H x 2" dia. to 3 1/2" H x 2 3/4" dia. 16th item: .835 silver bread and butter plate, having a scalloped, modeled rim, hallmarked for Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik (Geislingen an der Steige, founded 1853). 7 1/8" dia. 17th item: .800 silver sugar basket having a round hammered body with pierced repousee floral decorations to rim and swing handle, hallmarked ST.800 with unidentified maker's mark to underside of base. 4" H (including handle) x 5 1/4" dia. Combined weight: .835 silver items: 21.930 total troy ounces; .800 silver items: 17.410 total troy ounces; and .750 silver item: 2.930 total troy ounces.

PROVENANCE: The Collection of Dr. Joe Newsom Rawlings, Davisboro, Georgia.

CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with normal surface wear, scattered dents, largest 1", primarily to bases of beakers.