June 28, 2025: Premier Americana: Day Three
Sat, Jun 28, 2025 09:00AM EDT
Lot 2141
BORDEN FAMILY, FALL RIVER / MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS STERLING, COIN, AND OTHER SILVER FLATWARE, LOT OF 28
Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for
$1,000
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
BORDEN FAMILY, FALL RIVER / MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS STERLING, COIN, AND OTHER SILVER FLATWARE, LOT OF 28, comprising 13 coin silver pieces engraved "L Borden" to handles consisting of a set of five thread fiddle-handled place forks by Allcock & Allen of New York City, NY (active c.1848-1851), and eight fiddle-handled teaspoons by J. Gorham & Son of Providence, RI (1841-1850); five other coin silver spoons featuring a tablespoon by Benjamin Pitman of New Bedford, MA (c.1825-1877) engraved "STB", a teaspoon marked "[?] JOHNSON & CO." engraved "NWW", and a set of three "Strawberry" teaspoons by William Butler Durgin of Concord, NH (1853-c.1884) with engraved "B" initials; an 0.833 silver Netherlands souvenir by a Dutch maker with 1969 date mark; and nine sterling pieces with most having engraved "B" to handle consisting of a set of four "Louis XV" demitasse spoons by Whiting Mfg. Co. (1866-1926), a "Columbia" teaspoon by Reed & Barton of Taunton, MA (1840-2015), a University of Michigan souvenir spoon by Mechanics Sterling Co. of Attleboro, MA, and three pieces by Gorham Mfg. Co. of Providence, RI of a "Buttercup" claret or other ladle with "H146" pattern number, a "Chantilly" cocktail/seafood fork, and a "Chantilly" small carving knife with hollow, probably sterling handle. Each piece with a maker's mark; many including all sterling pieces except for knife with silver fineness marks. Total weight excluding hollow-handled knife: 23.470 ozt. 19th and 20th century. 3 7/8" to 13" LOA.
Catalogue Note: According to family tradition, the "L Borden" on the set of forks and teaspoons was for the alleged murderess Lizabeth "Lizzie" Borden (1860-1927) of Fall River, MA. She went to trial and was acquitted for the murder of her father, Abraham Jackson Borden (1822-1892), and her step-mother, Abby Durfee Gray Borden (1828-1892), which occurred on August 4, 1892.
The previous owner of this present silver, Gertrude Frances Borden [Leib] (1879-1859), was a distant cousin of Lizzie and lived in Fall River for a portion of her life. The two are related through Gertrude's great-great grandfather, Thomas Borden (1749-1831), who was the brother of Richard Borden (1769-1824), the great-grandfather of Lizzie.
Condition
Most in good to very good overall condition with some wear, surface scratches, and other imperfections including nicks, slight bending, one or a few minute/small dents, and/or slight to more moderate worn spots to raised decoration / engravings; tablespoon with worn bowl tip; knife with some minute dents, seam on handle splitting at tip.
Provenance
Descended from Gertrude Frances Borden Leib of Fall River and Melrose, MA, to her granddaughter.
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