Ball Tompkins & Black Successors to Marquand Pitcher

Archives: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Coin Pre 1900: item #610058
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Gorgeous coin silver water pitcher made by renowned silversmith, William Forbes for Ball, Tomkins & Black of New York. c.1845. Approximately 10" tall and 7 5/8" from handle to spout. It weighs approximately 29 troy ounces. No monogram. Hand chased acanthus and floral decoration. Leaf and vine cap, rolled vine feet, acanthus handle. This beautiful piece is from the New York City firm of Ball, Tompkins & Black. Examples of their work are found in museums and important private collections worldwide... Click for details

S Kirk & Son 11 oz Silver Repousee Gravy Boat

Archives: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Coin Pre 1900: item #574294
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Beautiful footed repousee gravy boat by S. Kirk & Son of Baltimore. It weighs approximately 11 troy ounces. Approximately 6" tall to top of handle. 8 1/2" from spout to handle and 4 1/4" wide. This is a very large size for a gravy boat. The foot measures 3 1/2" x 2 5/8" and is 1 1/2" high. No monogram. It is marked on the bottom S. Kirk & Son 11 OZ. It also has the bullet mark of coin silver. According to the Dorothy Rainwater book on American silver marks, in 1846, Samuel kirk's son, Henry Chil... Click for details

Mexican Sterling Silver Cup w Animal Motif

Archives: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Coin Pre 1960: item #504833

A sterling silver cup with handle and animal engravings around upper half of field. It is signed on mark on bottom: SANBORN (within rectangular box). Condition is excellent with a few small areas of verdigris around bottom . Measurements: 2 1/2 inches diameter (3 1/2 inches with handle) by 2 inches tall.

Charters Cann & Dunn Aesthetic Coin Silver Teaset

Archives: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Coin Pre 1900: item #435542
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Beautiful coin silver three piece teaset by Charters, Cann & Dunn for Ball Black & Co. c.1850's New York, NY. Monogrammed with what looks like DHT. Approximately 60 troy ounces total. The teapot is 10 1/4" high and weighs 26 ounces. The covered sugar is 9 1/4" high and weighs 21 ounces. The creamer is 7 1/4" high and weighs 13 ounces. This beautiful set is in a repousee Waterfall motif covering the foot, handle, spout, finial and body of each of the three pieces. Marks include BALL BLACK & CO, C... Click for details

18th CENTURY COIN TABLESPOON JOSEPH LORING

Archives: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Coin Pre 1800: item #329966

Maker is Joseph Loring working 1743-1815 Boston, Massachusetts. A feather edge coin tablespoon, with a plume embossed on the reverse. Monogram CBE. Maker's mark is there but not too clear. See picture of drop. Tip of bowl in fine condition.

18th CENTURY BIRD-BACK COIN TABLESPOON S. BURILL BOSTON

Archives: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Coin Pre 1800: item #329908

Maker of this spoon is Samuel Burill, Boston Silversmith 1704-1740 The shank has exceptional bright cut work leading to the oval with a monogram. The back of the bowl has a somewhat worn bird, worn as that area rests on the table, resting there since early in the 1700s. The shank seems thicker than most coin spoons. The maker's mark "SB" is on the reverse but the B is not showing in my picture but it is there. Please note that the mark between the letters is not a dot but a tiny triangle. T... Click for details

Pair Joseph Loring Coin Silver Tablespoons

Archives: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Coin Pre 1800: item #122424
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This pair of circa 1793 coin silver tablespoons bears the mark of Joseph Loring, Boston silversmith 1743-1815. The spoons were later engraved "Thomas Gray 1772-1847". Thomas Gray was second pastor of Third Parish Church in Roxbury, Mass. Both spoons are in excellent condition, quite heavy, and are 9 1/4" long.

Coin Silver Spoons

Archives: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Coin Pre 1900: item #77351

Early Philadelphia Silver Mug By J E Caldwell

Archives: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Coin Pre 1900: item #21177
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This fine mug bears the early hallmark of Philadelphia’s “James E Caldwell & Co.,” dating it to around 1850. It shares a close stylistic appearance to a slightly earlier cup in our collection, Trocadero # 21176, as well a history of descending in the family of Nicholas Biddle, founder of the Bank of the United States and builder of Classical masterpiece, Andalusia. The Rococo ogee upper rim and handle are echoed in the repousse frontal cartouche surrounding the monogram, “EWB.” The height is ... Click for details

Philadelphia Silver Mug By Bennett & Caldwell

Archives: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Coin Pre 1900: item #21176
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By its hallmark, “Bennett & Caldwell,” it is possible to date this superb mug to between 1843 and 1848, the Philadelphia partnership that eventually led to today’s J E Caldwell & Company.(To see this piece's cousin, please view another cup that descended in the Biddle family, Trocadero #21177.) All in neo-Rococo style, the ballooned sides boast panels of repousse rose festoons alternating with plain, bordered panels, one bearing the initials “CB.” The applied ogee rim blends in with the matchi... Click for details