3 silver teaspoons, rounded fiddle tipt handles with incuse marks BELL & BROS / STERLING with old Gorham Lion-Anchor-G marks and script monograms LWD. 6"L. Combined weight 2.22 oz troy. The mark is that of retailer Samuel Bell (1797-1881) and his sons. Bell worked as a silversmith in Knoxville from 1819-1852 before moving to San […]
Lot 73: Federal Silver Creamer and W. Ball Sugar, plus book
American Federal Silver sugar bowl and creamer. 1st item: Sugar bowl marked W. Ball in rectangle for William Ball, Philadelphia, b. 1729-d. 1810, or William Ball Jr. , Baltimore, Maryland, b. 1763-d. 1815. Urn form with cover having a knob shaped finial, beaded edges, central engraved ribbon and garland cartouche with conjoined script monogram MM, […]
Lot 74: 57 pcs coin silver incl. TN, LA
57 pcs coin silver, including New Orleans and Tennessee. New Orleans silver includes Tablespoon with double swell fiddle handle and double mark Lund, possibly N.H. Lund (working New Orleans, circa 1850s; wear to tip of bowl); 1 olive pattern variant table or serving spoon marked E.A. Tyler; 1 teaspoon marked H.P. Buckley New Orleans; and […]
Lot 71: New York Coin Silver Tea Set
Coin silver three-piece tea service, comprised of teapot, sugar and cream pitcher having lobed bodies with bands of floral scroll decoration , cast floral handles and floriform finials, the lids and spout with repousse floral decoration. Each piece marked J.I. Monell in script in rectangle for John I. Monell, working New York, New York circa […]
Lot 72: Coin Silver Presentation Pitcher
Large American coin silver presentation ewer or water pitcher with a helmet form spout, chased acanthus leaf overlaid handle, band of floral repousse to upper neck, chased acanthus decoration to the lower body, all raised on a circular base with foliate repousse decoration. Inscription to the body reads "Presented by the Junior Partners of the […]
Lot 69: 5 pcs. English Sterling inc. Vermeil Salts
Five (5) English Sterling Silver Items: Caster, taper candlestick, teapot and salt cellars. 1st & 2nd items: Pair of Georgian gilt silver salt cellars with grapevine and Bacchus mask repousse decoration to the bodies, gadrooned rims and three curved legs and shell feet, with an overall gilt wash. City marks for London, date marks for […]
Lot 70: John Vansant Aesthetic Silver Dish and Cover
John T. Vansant Manufacturing Company (Phildadelphia, 1881-1884) sterling silver entree dish and cover in the Aesthetic taste, oblong form with domed top, naturalistic branch form top and side handles, atop a base with four bracket feet, the surface covered in repousse ornamentation including flowers, gingko leaves, and fans. Marked on underside with pseudohallmarks for Vansant […]
Lot 68: 3 English Sterling Silver Candlesticks
3 George III sterling silver candlesticks of quatrefoil form with scrolling acanthus form decoration to the corners, fixed candle cups, knops, stems, and bases. Bases are weighted. Bases marked for John Watson & Son, Sterling, Sheffield, 1814. 11 1/8" H x 6" dia. Provenance: a Middle Tennessee estate, by descent from Thomas G.B. Wheelock. Note: […]
Lot 66: Sterling Presentation Tray to Col. Montagu Gerard
Victorian sterling silver presentation tray to Colonel (later General) Montagu Gilbert Gerard, maker's marks for James Beebe, London, 1888. Oval handled form with shaped beaded border and four acanthus leaf feet. Center with engraved grapevine decoration, coat of arms and presentation inscription reading "Presented to: Colonel Montagu Gilbert Gerard C. B./of Rochsoles, and of Bengal […]
Lot 67: Pair of Edwardian Sterling Candelabra
Pair of Edwardian sterling silver five-arm candelabra, convertible to candle sticks; s-scroll arms with acanthus leaf detail, spiral molded urn-shaped candle cups with removable bead-edged bobeches, spiral tapered central shafts and round bases with beaded rims. Candle bases and bases of detachable arms all marked. Maker Hawksworth, Eyre & Co., Ltd., Sheffield, Sterling, date mark […]