1st item: Coin Silver gravy ladle, marked CAMPBELL & DONIGAN in rectangle for John Campbell and George Washington Donigan (working Nashville, TN 1853-1855), with elephant psuedohallmark. Engraved "SF to ACF" to fiddle tipt handle. 7 7/8"L. 2nd item: Dessert spoon with fiddle tipt handle, marked J. CAMPBELL in rectangle for John Campbell (working Fayetteville, NC, […]

Four (4) pieces of coin silver and one (1) sterling spoon. 1st item: Rare coin silver tea strainer having a pierced shell form bowl, incuse mark for Tennessee retailer James Pooley, working Memphis 1859-65, with pseudohallmarks attributed to Hall, Hewson and Brower of Albany, NY, 5"L. 2nd item: Egyptian Revival sterling serving spoon with wing […]

1st and 2nd item: Cream ladle with coffin end handle and Teaspoon with rounded oval handle, both marked MCCOWAT in rectangle for Thomas McCowat, working Leesburg, VA circa 1811-1820; Nashville, TN c. 1820-1835, and Jackson, TN c. 1835-1853+. (Note: the early form suggests these spoons are likely from McCowat''s period working in Virginia or Nashville). […]

Four (4) Tennessee coin silver fiddle handled spoons. 1st item: 1 Tablespoon stamped D.T. WELLS in rectangle for Daniel Ivy Wells, working Bolivar, Hardiman County, 1833-c. 1876 and possibly Chattanooga, Hamilton County, c. 1860, monogram ECN. Rare. 2nd and 3rd item: 2 Tablespoons stamped J. REED in serrated rectangles for James Reed (working Murfreesboro, Rutherford […]

Eleven (11) assembled coin silver and sterling items, mostly TN related, including: one (1) olive pattern punch ladle with retailer mark for Thomas Gowdey (working Nashville,1825-1863); one (1) plain handle teaspoon with retailer mark for Thomas Gowdey (working Nashville, 1825-1863); one (1) plaid handle teaspoon with retailer mark GOWDY & PEABODY for (John Peabody, working […]

Seven (7) coin silver spoons marked for Samuel Bell, James Killingsworth, and possibly Robert Titus. 1st-3rd items: 2 coin silver teaspoons and 1 dessert spoon, all with fiddle handles, marked S BELL in rectangle for Samuel Bell (working Knoxville, TN circa 1820-1852, and San Antonio, Texas, 1852-c. 1881). Dessert spoon monogrammed (SEN?). 4th-7th items: Four […]

Three (3) rare pieces East Tennessee coin silver flatware marked for David Large Hope of Knoxville (working 1828-1869). Includes 1 rare Chatelaine with engine turned floral decoration and monogram SG, having incuse HOPE mark with Masonic emblem (2 3/4" L); 1 pastry server with foliate engraved blade, incuse HOPE mark with Masonic emblem, patent date […]

Eight (8) East Tennessee coin silver or sterling spoons including: Two (2) tablespoons and one (1) teaspoon with swell handles and rounded fins, stamped S. BELL in rectangles for Samuel Bell, b. 1797-d. 1881, working Knoxville, TN 1819-1852 and later, Texas; one (1) teaspoon with swell handle and rounded fins marked for David Large Hope […]

Grouping of coin silver flatware including: Four (4) tablespoons with tipt handles and rounded fins, stamped S. BELL in rectangles for Samuel Bell, b. 1797-d.1881, working Knoxville, TN 1819-1852 and later Texas; four (4) teaspoons marked Hope & Miller (John William Hope and Fred Miller), working Knoxville circa 1870; three (3) William Young tablespoons, b.1783 […]