Twenty-Four Pieces of American Coin, Sterling and Other Silver

including:
A "Fiddle" coin silver ladle, by Thomas W. Harper, fl. 1825-1835, New York, New York, monogrammed "DP", l. 13-1/4", 6.00 t. oz.
A pair of "Fiddle" coin silver sauce ladles, by Gale, Wood & Hughes, fl. 1836-1845, New York, New York, monogrammed "DP", l. 7", 2.81 total t. oz.
An Albert Coles "Jenny Lind" sterling silver serving spade, the pattern introduced ca. 1850, retailed by Andrew Ellicott Warner (1786-1870), Baltimore, Maryland, engraved "Eliza Gilman", l. 10", 2.90 t. oz.
A Whiting "Laureate" sterling silver sauce ladle, introduced 1890, Providence, Rhode Island, engraved "Paul", l. 6-1/2", 1.43 t. oz.
A George W. Shiebler "Prince Albert" sterling silver tablespoon, designed 1865 by John Chandler Moore, New York, New York, engraved "Gilman", l. 8-3/4", 1.81 t. oz.
Eight Wood & Hughes "Prince Albert" coin silver place spoons, designed 1865 by John Chandler Moore, New York, New York, engraved "Gilman", l. 7", 10.45 total t. oz.
Four George Aiken (1787-1823) "Pointed Bright Cut" tablespoons, monogrammed "JSL", l. 9-3/4", 8.29 total t. oz.
An S. Kirk & Son "Mayflower" New Baltimore standard (.896) silver serving spoon, introduced in 1846, Baltimore, Maryland, monogrammed "CAG", l. 10", 3.12 t. oz.
An S. Kirk & Son "Mayflower" New Baltimore standard (.896) silver cake knife, introduced in 1846, Baltimore, Maryland, diapered blade, engraved "Gilman", l. 9-3/4", 3.40 t. oz.
An S. Kirk & Son "Repousse" New Baltimore standard (.896) silver fruit knife, introduced in 1820, Baltimore, Maryland, engraved "John Gilman Paul Jan 31-1887", l. 7", 1.61 t. oz.
An S. Kirk & Son "Repousse" sterling silver luncheon knife, introduced in 1820, Baltimore, Maryland, "New French"-shaped stainless steel blade, l. 8-3/4"
An S. Kirk & Son "Repousse" sterling silver bottle opener, introduced in 1820, Baltimore, Maryland, stainless steel fitting, l. 6"
A Silver-Bound Gospel of St. Matthew in West Saxon, James Wilson Bright, ed., (Boston/London: D. E. Heath & Co., 1904), after the Bath manuscript of the Wessex Gospel in Corpus Christi, Cambridge, in red cloth with marbled endpapers, clad in a German .800 silver full jacket by Ludwig Neresheimer, hinged, pierced with hasp closure and decorated with scenes from the life of the Saviour surrounded by the apostles; the inside front with armorial bookplate of Paul and engraved on the inside of the jacket "Charlotte G. Paul", 6-1/4" x 3-3/4".
41.82 total t. oz. (weighable silver)

Provenance: Descended in the family of John Gilman D'Arcy Paul, Baltimore, Maryland.

Notes: The various monograms and inscriptions on these pieces may nearly all be identified as belonging to John Gilman D'Arcy Paul (1887-1872) and his ancestors, including the fruit knife with his birthdate, the West Saxon Gospel of his mother, Charlotte Abbott Gilman Paul (1861-1864), the ladles of his father, D'Arcy Paul (1854-1890), and the "Jenny Lind" serving spade of his grandmother Elizabeth Weyl Gilman (1830-1889). The papers of the Gilman and Paul families are conserved at the Maryland Historical Society.