The Gilded Age

Comprising a George III sterling silver twin-handled sugar bowl, gilt-washed interior, by John Emes, London, 1805, bearing engraved armorial eagle to front; a George III sterling silver footed sugar bowl with beaded rims, by Alexander Spence, Edinburgh, 1801; a small Victorian sterling silver classical ewer, anthemion and beaded rims and band of loop pattern, by Francis Boone Thomas & Co., London, 1883; four George III sterling silver salt cellars with hoof feet: one by Robert Hennell and David Hennell, London, 1767, and one by Hester Bateman, London, 1790, the other two cellars with rubbed marks; a George III sterling silver stuffing spoon with stag crest to handle end, by Thomas Northcote, London, 1791; a George III sterling silver punch ladle with armorial crest to handle end, inscribed 'In Spe Spiro;' a small George III sterling silver ladle, maker's mark rubbed, London, 1772, with shell-form bowl and monogram MM to handle end; a small George III sterling silver ladle with cast shell and engraved eagle crest to handle end, inscribed 'Spernit Humum,' by Adam Elder or Alexander Edmondston III, Edinburgh, 1827; two George III sterling silver repoussé berry spoons, London, marks rubbed, one with gilt-washed bowl and one with hog head crest to handle end; a Spanish Colonial silver plate, Mexico, with assayer's mark BTON, a spurious mark for Cayetano Buitron of Mexico City (likely 20th century), city mark, and tax mark, bearing engraved date of 1764; and two French tastevins, one with 1/2 Ecu coin dated 1732 to well, the other with unknown French assayer's mark PHB to underside, engraved near rim, 'P*L*F*LEHERLE*EMILE'; together with a single sterling silver demitasse spoon with eagle crest to handle end and monogram NGK to underside, by J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 20th century. (17).