comprising a tablespoon with backwards-tipped fiddle handle and a shell-back bowl by David B. Nichols of Savannah, GA (active 1815-1839; 1843-1855), a pair of place forks with fiddle-thread handles by Joel N. Freeman of Augusta, GA (active c. 1860), a pair of teaspoons by Michael Gibney of New York City, NY (active c.1836-1861) with 1845 date mark and retailed by Moses Eastman of Savannah, GA (active 1826-1850), a teaspoon by William P. Poindexter of Lexington, KY (active 1818-1859), a tablespoon with bead-patterned handle retailed by William G. Whilden & Co. of Charleston, SC (c. 1865-1871), and a teaspoon by Theo. Evans & Co. of New York City, NY (active 1855-1865) with 1855 date mark and retailed by Hayden & Whilden of Charleston, SC (active 1855-1863), most with personalized engraving to handle, Poindexter spoon with later engraving. Each with maker's and/or retailer's mark. Total weight: 7.395 ozt. Second quarter/mid 19th century. 5 3/4" to 8 1/2" LOA.
Provenance: From the Eddie Tatum estate collection, Winston-Salem, NC.