A Grouping of Nine American Coin Silver Servers

including: a large pair of sugar tongs with shell bowl, mark of George Anson Hoyt, Albany, New York, active 1819-1846 (6 1/2 in.); a large pair of figural sugar tongs with mark of Krider & Biddle, Philadelphia, active 1858-1870, with hoof and spatula form terminals (6 1/4 in.); right angle butter knife with mark of Krider & Biddle, marked 925 to blade (7 5/8 in.); gravy ladle with mark of Robert and William Wilson, Philadelphia, active 1825-1846 (7 1/4 in.); shell serving spoon with gilt wash bowl and engine turned designs to handle, unmarked (acid tested silver) (9 1/4 in.); condiment ladle with mark of unknown maker "B& M'C" (5 5/8 in.); master butter knife with retailer mark of Charles Wyllis Baldwin, New Britain and Berlin, Connecticut, active 1831-1856 (7 1/8 in.); master butter knife with mark of "F. Marks," blade having an ornate cartouche with scenic castle design (7 1/4 in.); salad fork with retailer mark of A. Stowell & Co., Boston, circa 1865-1904 (6 1/8 in.). Most with various monograms.
10.30 total troy oz.
From the Collection of the late Zirkle James Estes, Jr., Charlottesville, Virginia
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Some scattered scratches; right angle knife with some denting; otherwise good estate condition.