An Assorted Collection of Silver Flatware Articles

Various Makers, 19th / 20th Century

comprising a set of seven demitasse spoons, by Robert & William Wilson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, mid-19th century, engraved with monogram, "S", marked; a serving spoon, by Bigelow, Kennard & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, mid-19th century, engraved with monogram, "MLM", marked; a set of eight coffee spoons, by Bigelow, Kennard & Co., Boston, Massachusetts; a pair of serving forks, by Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 20th century, marked; a salad serving fork and spoon with antler handles, probably silver-plated, apparently unmarked.

Length 12 1/2 inches (salad serving fork and spoon with antler handles), Total weight: 16.665 oz. t. (weighable silver).

Property from the Estate of Helen Elliot Scott (1928-2024)

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Note:

Born in Boston in 1928, Helen (Gay) Scott, nee Elliot, was a pianist, piano teacher, mother of three and grandmother of seven. She studied piano at the Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and later at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music, 1969-1973, while living in London where her husband was special assistant to Walter Annenberg, the American ambassador to the Court of St. James. Married for 42 years to Robert Montgomery Scott (1929-2005), President and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1982-1996, Helen served on the board of the Curtis Institute of Music, taught piano at the Settlement Music School, and privately into her nineties. She was an alumna of the Shady Hill School, the Foxcroft School and Radcliffe College.