November 21, 2025: Fall Premier Americana: Day Two Featuring The Benny Long Collection
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NEWMAN FAMILY, WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA OWNED STERLING AND COIN SILVER FLATWARE AND SERVING UTENSILS, LOT OF 22, comprising two coin silver tablespoons, featuring a fiddle-handled example with engraved "N" to handle by Canfield, Bro. & Co. of Baltimore, MD (active 1845-1881), and the other with engraved decorated handle and "EN" initials by James Watts of Philadelphia, PA (1832-1888) and retailed probably by William H. Gage of Quincy, IL; and remainder sterling pieces consisting of a set of six "Stieff Rose" demitasse spoons by The Stieff Co. of Baltimore, MD with engraved "N" initials to backs, a set of five "Old Colonial" teaspoons by Towle Silversmiths of Newburyport, MA with "H" and "95" engravings, a "Norfolk / Villa Norfolk" demitasse spoon by Gorham Mfg. Co. of Providence, RI with engraved "N" initial, a "Forget-me-Not" demitasse spoon by R. Wallace & Sons of Wallingford, CT with engraved "H.N." initials, and seven pieces by S. Kirk & Son of Baltimore, MD without personalized engravings featuring a "Repousse" mayonnaise ladle, a "Rose" lemon fork, a set of four "Wadefield" cocktail / seafood forks, and an "Old Maryland Plain" mayonnaise or cream ladle. Each with maker's mark, Watts tablespoon marked "COIN", sterling pieces marked for fineness. Total weight: 15.625 ozt. 19th and 20th century. 3 3/4" to 8 1/2" LOA.
Catalogue Note: The engraved "N" initials stand for Newman. According to a 2003 note, the "H.N." on the demitasse spoon reportedly stand for Helen Newman, daughter of Edgar Douglas Newman.
Very good to excellent overall condition with minor to more moderate wear, surface scratches, and other imperfections including nicks, slight bending, and/or slight worn spots to pattern; some spoons with one or a few minute/small dents to bowls and/or slightly worn bowl tips.
Belonged to Judge Edgar Douglass Newman (1854-1927) and his family, Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., VA.
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