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Lot 1280
A Grouping of American Coin Silver Twist Handle Flatware Items
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
(25) pieces, including a set of (6) five o'clock teaspoons with mark of Albert Coles, New York City, active 1835-1877, each with foliate form gilt wash bowl and twist stem (5 1/4 in.); a cased fork and knife set, mark of Albert Coles, with original fitted case (6 3/4 in. knife); a set of (12) egg spoons, mark of Farrington & Hunnewell, Boston, Massachusetts, active 1835-1885, each with gilt wash to bowl and twist stem (4 5/8 in.); shell salt spoon, mark of John Lawson Westervelt Newburgh, New York, active 1848-1905 (3 3/4 in.); individual short handle sugar scoop, with worn maker's mark (4 1/4 in.); a candle snuffer, appears unmarked (6 1/4 in.); short handle olive fork and spoon with figural engraved handle, both unmarked. All with various monograms, save the olive fork and spoon.

11.80 total troy oz.

From the Collection of the late Zirkle James Estes, Jr., Charlottesville, Virginia

Some scattered scratches; tear where snuffer bowl meets stem; case with wear to leather and hinge separation.