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5 OVAL THREAD Pattern Coin Silver Spoons-pre Civil War
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Five very pretty silver teaspoons in the Oval Thread pattern. These are probably coin, and probably pre-Civil War. The mark on the back of these spoons is BENNETT & CULBERT. This is probably a NYC retailer who operated on Canal St. in 1852. Most of the marks on the spoon have the B for Bennett but the rest of the name is too worn. All say Culbert. Only a single spoon has the complete marks as shown in the photo. I suspect they are coin, but again, short of an acid test; I cannot say it positively. They look like coin, they feel like coin, they have the color of coin and the bowls are on the thin side with those worked contours coin often has. They certainly are not plate, but could be sterling as t was no universal American marking standard at that time.
The spoons are 6" long and in extremely nice condition. The total weight is 4-1/4 ounces. The bowls are slightly pointed, like a fruit spoon. The edges are bevelled and t is a tiny bead of silver at the tip of each bowl. I have tried to show the bead in one of the close up photos. The pattern is in excellent condition, the groove around the edges is deep and well shaped. It is a simple pattern that would complement any of the Thread style patterns. One spoon has a not very noticeable dent in the bowl and a different spoon has a small corrosion spot that should polish out with some elbow grease. They really haven't been used much at all and the bowls are quite nice. They have been recently polished (by hand) and are only lightly tarnished. Each is monogrammed with the name Harriet . Is your name Harriet? If so, these are the spoons for you. Do you have a niece or aunt named Harriet? What a wonderful gift these would be! Please note my opening price is for less than what I estimate the silver scrap to be! These are nice and early and a collector will recognize that these would be a worthwhile addition to any collection. Whomever Bennett and Culbert were, they were not big producers and the rarity value alone makes them a worthwhile investment. This flatware came from Angeline B. Horton's estate. She was my grandma and died in the 1970's. She was a well regarded antique dealer in Berlin, Connecticut from about 1910 until she died. She loved silver, especially coin. Some 35 years after she died, and long after her things had been auctioned off, we discovered a trunk filled with silver she had set aside. These pieces came from that trunk. 
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