Four piece coin silver tea set, circa 1830. Each piece is marked on the bottom “ B. Gardiner” and “New York” for Baldwin Gardiner who worked in Philadelphia from 1814 to 1826 and New York from 1827 to 1838. The condition is very good with minor dents appropriate to age. There is no monogram. The four pieces total 110 ounces in weight.
Cream pitcher marked “HS” and hallmarks of a “lion” “leopard” letter “A” and head of “King George.” A stands for the date 1796-7. “HS” is probably the mark of Henry Sardet of London.
Three Piece Tea Service, Mark of Joel Sayre, New York - circa 1815
Item 1252
$8,500
Comprising: a teapot, sugar bowl, and cream jug; each shaped oval with incurved sides, with bright-cut engraved borders of foliage, the teapot with a goose-neck spout, the teapot and sugar bowl with domed covers and urn-form finials, each engraved with the monogram “MCH” in a laurel wreath surrounded, the teapot also engraved “Catherine Weed Brown to Mary Catherine Hopkins” on one side and “Mary Weed to Catherine Weed” with the monogram “MW” on the other, each marked under base. The teapot is 12½ inches long over handle; 36 oz. gross weight. Condition of all pieces is very good.
Coin Silver Bowl, Mark of Bassett and Warford, Albany - circa 1800-1805
Item 1253
$1,200
Circular, on reeded pedestal foot, with reeded rim and bright-cut border, the body engraved with a vacant cartouche with mantling, marked under base. 6-7/8 inches in diameter; 9 oz. Condition is very good.
Coin silver cream pitcher marked "B & S" for Benedict & Squire, New York City 1825-1839 or Bumm & Shepper, Philadelphia 1818-1823. Appears to be "Amy Patrick" inscribed on one side. 7 inches in height.
Coin silver cup measuring 3-1/2” to the tip of the handle. Front of cup engraved with letters “ARL” with a die-rolled band at bottom of cup. Bottom is marked “J.B.C.” twice, “N.Y.” and a trademark. This cup is in good condition with some minor dents. John H. Connor is shown in Kovels' as working in New York 1833-1838.
Marked “Pure Silver Coin” “BOSTON” “Bigelow Brothers” on bottom. Possibly by Obadiah Rich for Bigelow Brothers in partnership in Boston 1840-1850. A Classical pitcher ornamented with large water leaves on the round body, die-rolled bands, top of handle is ornamented with an eagle’s (?) head, 14-1/4 inches tall, inscription on front reads “Presented to Daniel L. Gibbons, Esq by his Friends and Fellow Citizens as a token of their estimation of his faithful and efficient exertions in behalf of Constitutional Liberty and equal Laws in the years 1838 and 1839” Pitcher is a nice heavy weight, has some very minor denting on bowl, two dents on handle and bottom of handle at bowl, base is slightly uneven.
By John B. Jones, Benjamin Shreve and ____ Brown who worked together in Boston, MA in 1854. Marked “Jones Shreve Brown & Co” “BOSTON” “Pure Silver Coin.” Some scratches, dents on handle. Height is 4 inches to top of handle.