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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: gtl2p2 on November 11, 2013, 12:17:36 PM
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I just started doing storage auctions, and in the first one I bought I found this mixed bag of silverware. I did some searching online for the stuff but tbh got frustrated after a couple hours of digging through silver marking sites and only finding anything on two of the pieces, which are the second set of photos in this thread.
This one I couldnt find anything on.. There was one maker that looked similar but wasnt the same thing
Front:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img19/7492/05am.jpg)
Front Insignia:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img440/9519/ije4.jpg)
Back Markings:
This one is a spoon that has a matching fork. I found these before online when I first bought them and unfortunately didnt save the page. My memory says they are made by 'Darling' but searching by that name has found me nothing :/
Front:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img513/2966/xinz.jpg)
Pattern:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img9/989/27h3.jpg)
Marking:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img834/4347/5qyd.jpg)
Two of the same spoons this time..
Front:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img191/2743/oh8t.jpg)
Marking on the front:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img13/9933/k1x3.jpg)
Marking on the back:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img824/2581/knai.jpg)
And one serving spoon.
Front:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img690/89/wiv5.jpg)
Front Decorations:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img844/6056/4jg0.jpg)
Back Marking:
(http://imageshack.us/a/img708/2911/mbw0.jpg)
Ill be happy to take more photos at request.. thank you guys for any help you can give me :)
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Seems to be OK now !! Post your pics !!
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hopefully this picture of the back of the first fork will work..seems to be what was causing problems in the original post
(http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/8260/1gm6.jpg)
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What,s with these monster pics,they take up the whole of my laptop screen,they are so..in your face,...i know we like to see detail, ..but not..like its already been under a microscope,
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Sorry Wull, I was trying to make sure the markings could be read easily :P Ill learn how to make them a little smaller in the future.
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No need to apologise...i,m not royalty...i,m just here to keep tabs on my Harem.... ;D...Oh, and i,ll take this opportunity..to say thanks to she knows who...for this, ;D..oops..forgot to add the pic..
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The first spoon is Lunt, with their LRB and Treasure trademarks.
Has to be a couple of hundred here in total, value wise.
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That's the reason you were having problems before !! Your pics are way over the size limit for this site !! I can`t see any of the pics !! If you click on additional options to add your pics,, look below where it says browse and the second line gives the maximum size for this site !!
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what i find baffling..is how the hell they loaded on in the first place..they fill up my laptop screen, and when i looked at them on my 50in screen..they were still huge....
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They're fine for me.
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Finally one spoon is showing and it says sterling so can we assume they are American made ?? Or did they use the word Sterling in the UK ?? I thought they did not !!
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They are American Mart,..Hawkeye,named them in an earlier post..Lunt,....they are American Silversmiths..
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Are they all the same ?? I can only see the three smaller ones !!
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make up yer mind Mart,..a few minutes ago..you could only see one..now you can see three ;D..did you change yer cheaters...
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The one I can't figure out the silvermark is exquisite!!!
Agree about the other being a treasure Lunt mark.
Sterling retains it's value very well. Your pieces need a little tlc...but do show some great wear/tear on them. The monograms do affect value (can lessen them somewhat). Will look later when I get more time.
I am confused why the site is loading them as well. If I try and load a large picture it rejects it (like it was designed to do). Hmmmmm.....
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make up yer mind Mart,..a few minutes ago..you could only see one..now you can see three ;D..did you change yer cheaters...
No but I went to read another thread and when I got back,, two more popped up !!
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two more popped up....Mmm!!....
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Those two spoons with the "HW" touch mark appear to match up with Henry Wills, an early New York silversmith.
http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_W5.html (http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_W5.html)
(Funny...all the photos on this post seem to show up the right size here. But then, I don't know how to run a computer either. ;))
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The one I can't figure out the silvermark is exquisite!!!
Durgin.
Durgin " New Queens " pattern to be precise
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Is that the one with the shell pattern handle ?? Its the only one I can see !! Its the prettiest pattern I have seen in a while,,and I am not even a silver person !!
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Thank you Ipcress - n you are correct on the identification. (Now the picture comes in clear that has the hallmark for the spoon!!!)
Ed is working on the "challenges" with the site!
Mart, I agree. The pattern on that one is gorgeous. Most pieces that were of regal importance had shell designs on them (Such as this one called "New Queens". There are also Kings patterns, Queens patterns, etc.) They were popular way-back-when and continue to be highly prized!
But I do really like this one!