AMERICAN STERLING AND COIN SILVER SPOONS, LOT OF 15, comprising six coin silver pieces of a tablespoon by Stanford Hovey & Co. of Manchester, NH, and a set of five teaspoons by or retailed by N.G. Wood & Son of Boston, MA, and nine sterling pieces including four pieces by Gorham Mfg. Co. of Providence, RI featuring a set of three tablespoons with fiddle handles and an "H931" Illinois enameled souvenir spoon, some pieces with personalized engravings. Each with maker's/retailer's mark, most with silver fineness mark. Total weight including enamel: 12.505 ozt. 19th/20th century. 5" to 9 1/4" LOA.
Provenance: From an Arizona estate collection.
Good to very good overall condition with some wear, surface scratches, and other imperfections including nicks, slight bending, one or a few dents, and/or worn spots to raised decoration; Gorham souvenir spoon with some flakes and losses to enamel.