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March 4, 2026: Winter Americana - Day One

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  2026-03-04 09:00:00 2026-03-04 09:00:00 America/New_York Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates : March 4, 2026: Winter Americana - Day One https://live.jeffreysevans.com/auctions/jeffrey-evans/march-4-2026-winter-americana---day-one-21196
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  • Silver - British
Lot 454

ENGLISH GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER SALT SPOONS AND SERVING UTENSILS, LOT OF SIX

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$150

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

ENGLISH GEORGIAN AND VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER SALT SPOONS AND SERVING UTENSILS, LOT OF SIX, each piece by a London maker with a fiddle thread and shell handle, most with engraved heraldry-type motif or initial, comprising three salt spoons consisting of a pair by William Eaton with 1824 date marks and one by Henry Holland with 1862 date mark, two butter knives featuring one by William & Samuel Knight with 1812 date mark and the other by Chawner & Co. (George William Adams) with 1865 date mark, and a sauce ladle by John & Henry Lias with 1846 date mark. Each impressed with a maker's mark and three or four hallmarks of a lion passant for sterling fineness, a leopard's head city mark, a date mark, and/or a King George III / IV or Queen Victoria duty mark. Total weight: 9.020 ozt. Together with two 20th/21st century sterling silver reproduction salt spoons by REO Company of Burleson, TX having fiddle thread and shell handles, in different sizes, each marked "925" and "REO" to back, total weight of 0.630 ozt. Eight pieces total. 19th century. English pieces 4 1/8" to 7 1/2" LOA.

Condition

Mostly in 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 worn spots to pattern; REO salt spoons with moderate bending to handles.

Provenance

From the collection of Bob and Patsy Hassert, Strasburg, VA.
Eaton salt spoons: Wedding gift to Bob from Patsy, 4/14/1979, to mark the beginning of their "mixed canteen" fiddle thread and shell flatware collection.
Purchased from The Lion Mark, Winnetka, IL, 4/11/1979.
Chawner butter knife and Lias sauce ladle: Gift of Nan and David Greenwood, Millbrook, NY, Christmas 1979 and c.1981.

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