PENNSYLVANIA COIN SILVER SPOONS AND SERVING UTENSILS, LOT OF 19, each piece having a fiddle handle with a personalized engraving, comprising 17 pieces by Philadelphia silversmiths/retailers consisting of a punch / soup ladle made or retailed by Edmund J. Roberts, a pair of sugar tongs by James Watson, a shell sugar spoon by James Watts, a tablespoon and a teaspoon by John Tanguy, a set of five teaspoons by Jacob Stockman, and a tablespoon and six teaspoons by Hildeburn & Bros., and a pair of teaspoons made or retailed by William Henry Doll of Harrisburg, PA. Each piece with maker's/retailer's mark. Total weight: 14.965 ozt. 19th century. Ladle 12" LOA.
Provenance: From the John H. and Joan S. Byrd estate collection, Harrisonburg, VA.
Descended in the Byrd family.
Most in good to very good overall condition with some wear, surface scratches, and other minor to moderate imperfections including bending, dents, and nicks; sugar tongs with a repair to one handle and a short split to edge of the other handle; Tanguy tablespoon with possible repair to bowl.