FOREIGN AND AMERICAN STERLING AND OTHER SILVER ARTICLES, LOT OF 29, comprising a set of four Austro-Hungarian 0.800 silver cordials, a German 0.800 silver bud vase by Gebruder Kuhn of Schwabisch Gmund, a Kiddush cup with engraved design having an "84" mark probably for 0.875 silver fineness, an 0.800 silver lighter case with engraved design, two Chinese/Asian silver pieces consisting of one unmarked open salt with three dragon feet and a shaker/object with tall, narrow well on a turtle base having an unidentified mark to underside, a probably Georgian silver toddy ladle without marks having engraved decoration and "JHC" initials on a bone handle, four French 0.800 silver souvenir spoons with three by Henri Gabert of Paris and one by Gabert & Conreau of Paris, and 15 marked sterling pieces including a set of five English cocktail picks by Adolph Scott of Birmingham with 1928 date marks having enameled rooster tips, an English Ireland souvenir spoon by Levi & Salaman of Birmingham with 1908 date mark and enameled decoration, a pair of sugar tongs by Raimond Silver Mfg. Co. of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and a Canadian souvenir spoon by P.W. Ellis & Co. of Toronto. Most pieces with silver fineness marks, some with maker's marks. Total weight excluding ladle and including enamel: 15.065 ozt. Late 19th and 20th century; ladle possibly earlier. Ladle 14" LOA.
Provenance: Property from a Youngstown, OH estate.
Fair to very good overall condition with some wear, surface scratches, and other imperfections including bending, dents, nicks, and/or worn spots to decoration; ladle with repair at terminal of handle at side of bowl.