NORTHEASTERN, AND POSSIBLY OTHER, AMERICAN COIN SILVER SPOONS, LOT OF 11, each with a fiddle handle, most with personalized engravings to handles, comprising five tablespoons consisting of a pair by Benjamin Wood of New York City, NY, one with a mark possibly attributed to jeweler/retailer Samuel Myron Hewett of Hudson, MA, one with a mark possibly attributed to jeweler/retailer Herman Ellis French of Hudson, MA, and one by Roland Lyman of Lowell, MA, a tablespoon and a mustard ladle by John Belknap Jones of Boston, MA, a mustard ladle by Haddock, Lincoln & Foss of Boston, MA, a salt spoon with shell bowl by Bigelow, Bros. & Kennard of Boston, MA, and a pair of salt spoons by N. & T. Foster of Newburyport, MA. Each with maker's or retailer's mark, French tablespoon and longer mustard spoon marked "PURE COIN". Total weight: 10.275 ozt. 19th century. 3 5/8" to 9" LOA.
Provenance: Deaccessioned by the Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA to benefit collections care, preservation, and future acquisitions.
Good to very good overall condition with wear, surface scratches, residue/surface losses due to removed accession numbers, and other imperfections including bending, dents, nicks, and/or worn bowl tips.