Rare silver wax winding candlestick or "wax jack" with figural support modeled as a faun standing on a griffin and holding two snakes. The griffin and faun are supported by a round stepped down base with Greek key border. Arrow-shaped winding mechanism for the candlewick and round burner font. Faint script numerals on base, illegible. […]

Pair of Samuel Kirk (Baltimore) silver julep cups, each with a molded lip and footring. 1st item marked S. Kirk & Son. Co. Sterling 925/1000 2992, engraved on face EPB. 5.04 oz troy. 20th century. 2nd item is coin silver with earlier, seamed construction, marked S.Kirk in rectangle and S.K. 11.oz in rectangles, inscribed on […]

Coin silver beaker with reeded rim and foot ring, award inscription "Awarded by West Tennessee Division Fair to A. __ , A.D. 185_." (Some initials and last number rubbed out or left unfinished with letters and the number 8 scratched in later). 3-1/2"H, 4.72 oz troy. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: 1-1/2" […]

Sterling silver card case with central cartouche and pierced foliate and eagle designs to both sides. Lined with red leather and bindings to house playing cards and calling cards. Marks for R. Blackington & Co.(Massachusetts, 1862-1967). Engraved with the initials "CDM" and on the reverse "UT, 1922" for the University of Tennessee. 4" H x […]

Four coin silver salt cellars. 1st pair: Oval cellars, each with flared and fluted rims, on four acanthus style scrolled feet. Old lion-anchor-G mark for Gorham, "coin", monogrammed "Joseph M. Estes, New Orleans". 1-5/8"H x 3"W x 2"D. 2nd item: Round cellars, each with repousse and chased floral swag decoration and 3 shell-and-hoof style feet. […]

Two coin silver teaspoons with shell pattern on the handles and backs of bowls, each marked Dumoutet in a banner John B. Dumoutet, working Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1793-1801, and Charleston, South Carolina, 1802-1813). Engraved monograms on front "EP." 6"L, 1.34 oz troy. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: Excellent condition.

Ten coin silver or sterling spoons with fiddle handles, each engraved with a lion rampart crest and monogrammed JWM, marked on back Monteith in serrated rectangle and 10.15 (John and Robert Monteith, working Baltimore, Maryland 1814-1849). Each 5-5/8"L, 6.03 oz troy total weight. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: Some scattered small dents […]

9 pieces Baltimore, Maryland coin silver or sterling flatware. Includes one 11" ladle with fluted bowl and King's pattern variant handle marked A.E. Warner with assay mark "11" (Andrew Ellicott Warner Jr., working 1864-1893), plus 7 fiddle handle spoons marked A.E. Warner with "10.15" assay mark, all 7"L, and one 7" fiddle thread handle spoon […]

Five pieces of South Carolina coin silver flatware. Includes one 3-5/8" salt ladle marked Veal & Glaze in serrated rectangle (John Veal and William Glaze, working together in a short lived partnership in Columbia, S.C. 1838-1841); one 4-5/8" condiment ladle and one 9" tablespoon both with fiddle handles and marked Wilmot (one in rectangle, the […]

Five coin silver spoons with shell tipped handles, retailer's mark R.R. Smith (Rufus R. Smith, working Macon, Georgia 1829-1833), pseudohallmarks for W. Forbes (working Albany, N.Y. 1802-1831). Monogrammed. 5-3/4"L, 2.48 oz troy total. Together with two salt spoons with fiddle handles, marked __ Lord (possibly Benjamin Lord, working Rutland, Vt. 1797 and Athens, Ga., 1831-d.1843). […]