• Silver - American
Lot 853

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA AND OTHER COIN SILVER SPOONS, LOT OF FIVE

Estimate: $100 - $200
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$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
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$100,000 $10,000

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA AND OTHER COIN SILVER SPOONS, LOT OF FIVE, comprising four pieces with backwards-tipped fiddle handle with personalized engraving, consisting of a tablespoon by/retailed by Henry S. Hyman of Richmond, VA (active 1835-1856), who also worked in New York City, NY (1821-1832), in addition to an eagle mark probably for a Philadelphia, PA manufacturer; a tablespoon by Joseph Hill of Portsmouth, NH (active 1821-1857); a teaspoon by Godfrey Lenhart of York, PA (active c.1779-1819), who was identified by Boultinghouse as possibly working in Bowling Green, KY during the first half of the 19th century even though Lenhart died in 1819 in Pennsylvania; and a teaspoon with an unidentified "C.BAKER" mark; and a tablespoon with coffin handle with engraved "LHC" initials being marked "J.FOSTER" next to a thin, crude eagle head attributed to Jeremiah Foster of Hopkinsville, KY (active before 1823) or John Foster of New York City, NY (active 1809-1818). Each marked to back. Total weight: 6.040 ozt. First half/mid 19th century. 5 1/2" to 9" LOA.

Condition

Good to very good overall condition with some wear, surface scratches, and other imperfections including nicks, slight bending, one or more dents, and/or worn bowl tips; Lenhart teaspoon with a short split to bowl at terminal of handle; Foster tablespoon with heavily worn bowl tip.

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From an Ohio collection.