Three pieces New Orleans retailed coin silver flatware. Includes one King's Pattern variant spoon, 7"L, marked E.A. Tyler N.O., monogrammed Alice Herrell, and two French Thread pattern forks with marks for Wood & Hughes (New York) and retailer mark Lion Brothers (listed as jewelers in New Orleans circa 1850). Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, […]

Four heavy coin or sterling silver forks, King's Pattern with shell back, marked on back W.A. Williams in rectangle. 8-1/2"L, 14.13 oz troy total weight. Possibly William A. Williams, working Alexandria, Virginia 1809-1835. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: One with small dents to handle, all with monogram removal on backs.

American Federal coin silver cup with early agricultural society inscription. Beaker with bellied body and flared lip, engraved inscription "Honourable Testimony/Sept. 1815/ BERKSHIRE Agricultural Society to J.A". Maker's mark: Shepherd & Boyd (working Albany, NY, first quarter 19th century) in serrated rectangle on bottom. 3-1/4"H, 3.495 oz troy. Note: The Berkshire Agricultural Society was founded […]

Four pieces of 19th century coin silver flatware, all with agricultural presentation inscriptions, including 2 with engraved pigs. 1st item: gravy or sauce ladle with fiddle tipt handle, inscribed on back "Mad..n Co. Agl. Society Premium 1850, maker's mark Willard & Hawley (working Syracuse, New York, mid 19th c.), monogrammed MP on front, 5-3/4"L. 2nd […]

Item 1: Silver Mint julep cup or tumbler, round tapered form with beaded lip and foot, incuse marks on base "Canfield Bro & Co. Sterling" with "11 oz" in rectangle. (Mark of Ira and William Canfield, working Baltimore, MD circa 1850). Monogrammed on front "G.L. Drain". 3-1/2"H, 3.73 oz troy. Item 2: Coin silver mint […]

Silver goblet with knopped stem and circular foot, the round bowl inscribed "The Tredegar Prize, 1824 given by Colonel Milman for the best Trotter under five years old, one trial." No maker's mark, probably sterling. 6-1/4"H, 7.43 oz troy. Note: Tredegar, at Monmouthshire in Wales, was the site of several agricultural competitions in the early […]

Coin silver presentation cup, tapered sides and reeded rim, heavy repousse design with butterfly and basket, flowers and scrolls, laurel dart bottom edge and a band of stars on the bottom. Marked on base "Kirk" with "C" and assayer mark (Samuel Kirk, Baltimore, MD, b. 1793-d. 1872), with inscription to front cartouche: "Presented to J. […]

Federal coin silver sugar urn with engraved shield and swag decoration, attributed to Philadelphia, unmarked. Urn form with beaded edges, lid with urn finial, on a trumpet foot with a square base. Bright cut monogram in one cartouche, "JM." 10"H, 11.84 oz troy. Circa 1790. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, Franklin, Tennessee. Condition: A few […]

Coin silver sugar or sweetmeat footed basket, oval, with molded lip and footring and a swing handle, with Rococo style floral repousse decoration on the body and a cartouche on each side (one monogammed "Anna L. Haven Sept. 1855", the other vacant). Marker's marks on base: B.B. & Co. and E & S, New York, […]

William Gale & Son Sterling footed cake basket, oval with chain-link pierced sides, a Greek key band at the lip and footring. Two oval reserves on sides, one monogrammed. Marked on base William Gale & Son New York 925 sterling, also marked with the rectangle-circle-diamond mark associated with Dominck & Haff (H. Blanchard Domick was […]