THE TONGS PROBABLY SILVER BUT UNMARKED; THE SAUCE LADLE MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM; THE PIERCED LADLE J * P, RETAILED BY TIFFANY; AND THE FORK BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE, ALL 19TH CENTURY
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AN AMERICAN PAIR OF SANDWICH TONGS AND THREE SILVER SERVING PIECES
The tongs probably silver but unmarked; the sauce ladle maker's mark of Gorham; the pierced ladle J * P, retailed by Tiffany; and the fork Bailey, Banks & Biddle, all 19th century
The first with handle cartouche engraved C. Mellon, with flat baluster blades partly pierced and engraved with Grecian motifs--10¼in. (26cm.) long, the next two initialed M; the ladle with partly twisted stem, terminal applied with satyr's mask; the other with part-engraved stem, with shell form bowl; the four-prong fork struck with flowers and foliate scrolls, together with a silver-plated soup ladle, the silver--15oz. (5)
The tongs probably silver but unmarked; the sauce ladle maker's mark of Gorham; the pierced ladle J * P, retailed by Tiffany; and the fork Bailey, Banks & Biddle, all 19th century
The first with handle cartouche engraved C. Mellon, with flat baluster blades partly pierced and engraved with Grecian motifs--10¼in. (26cm.) long, the next two initialed M; the ladle with partly twisted stem, terminal applied with satyr's mask; the other with part-engraved stem, with shell form bowl; the four-prong fork struck with flowers and foliate scrolls, together with a silver-plated soup ladle, the silver--15oz. (5)