Four North Carolina Coin Silver Spoons

Including tipt fiddle pattern spoon with mark of J. C. Palmer for John C. Palmer, active in Raleigh, Oxford, Haywood, and Salisbury, circa 1821-1889 (7 in.); a teaspoon with mark of "PALMER & RAMSAY", circa 1850, with script A monogram (6 in.); one struck "T. EMOND" within a rectangular reserve for Thomas Emond (5 1/2 in.); and the fourth struck "Z. ELLIOTT" for Zebulon Elliott, active in New York City, 1814-1821 and Salisbury, circa 1821. All except the J.C. Palmer spoon with period script monograms.

2.50 total troy oz.

Private Collection of North Carolina Coin Silver

John C. Palmer was in the partnership of Hampton & Palmer with James B. Hampton 1830-1832 in Salisbury, and Palmer & Ramsay with Walter J. Ramsey 1847-1855.

Thomas Emond was born in Edinburgh but emigrated to the United States, settling in Petersburg, Virginia by 1802. In 1806 he moved to Raleigh, NC, setting up shop on Fayetteville Street. He remained in Raleigh, selling and repairing clocks, jewelry, silver, and more, until leaving North Carolina for Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1826. It is interesting to note that Emond was the largest buyer at the estate auction of his friend and fellow silversmith, Jehu Scott. (see Catherine B. Hollan's VIRGINIA SILVERSMITHS, JEWELERS, CLOCK AND WATCHMAKERS, 1607-1860.)

Palmer spoon with tear two bowl near drop.