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Servers will be broken down into six sections: Serving Spoons (those with a bowl), Serving Forks (those with tines), Serving Knives (those with blades), Serving Sets (combinations of servers or serving and place pieces), Ladles (bowls again!), and Miscellaneous Servers (everything else!). Identifying the original use of a server can sometimes be difficult, especially if one does not have the manufacturer's catalog. As a consequence we may have just what you need listed under a completely different category than what you might expect. Thus it is hoped that having a separate page for these six broad groupings of servers will enable you to search through somewhat similar categories that may more quickly yield what you are looking for. These sections will include post-Civil War American Servers and foreign examples of any age. There is a separate page devoted to Baltimore Repoussé Servers if that is your only interest but at the present time it is archival in nature. For Civil War and earlier American examples please check out Coin Silver Servers, Coin Silver Ladles, and Coin Silver Sugar Tongs. For all of our stock of 20th century handcrafted silverware please check out Arts & Crafts Silverware. Also please check out our Place Flatware page.
If a piece is marked Hold it has been reserved by a customer, if it is marked Paid we have received a check, and if it is marked Sold the transaction has been completed. To examine our latest additions please check out our New Listings. Please use the inventory number during correspondence to help us identify a particular item.
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1510-57. George Howe & Co. 'Antique Engraved' Butter Knife with similarly engraved blade, c.1875-1885. Mono "A". | 7.5" long, 1.0" blade width, 1.2 troy oz. | $ 40. |
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1515-13. Dominick & Haff 'Charles II' Butter Knife (1894) retailed by the James R. Armiger Co. of Baltimore MD. Vertical script mono "AEOW". | 7.38" long, 1.0" blade width, 1.2 troy oz. | $ 35. |
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1363-36. International 'Wedding Bells' Butter Knife (1948). No mono. | 7.19" long, 1.1 troy oz. | $ 32. |
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1515-14. Justis & Armiger 'Antique Lily' Butter Knife with engraved floral decorated blade, c.1880-1893. Mono "O". | 7.25" long, 1.0" blade width, 1.2 troy oz. Some scratches on the blade. | $ 28. |
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1514-08. J. S. MacDonald 'Antique Lily' Butter Knife with engraved floral decorated blade, c.1880-1910. | 7.12" long, 1" blade width, 1.0 troy oz. Replaced script mono "JLS". | $ 30. |
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1363-39. Manchester 'Abraham Lincoln' Butter Knife (1910). No mono. | 6.12" long, 0.6 troy oz. | $ 35. |
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1514-06. Mealy Mfg. Co. 'Mayflower' Butter Knife retailed by F. Bucher & Sons of Baltimore MD. Mono "H". | 7.12" long, 1" blade width, 1.1 troy oz. | SOLD |
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1496-17. Stieff 'Chrysanthemum' Butter Knife, c.1900-1915. Script engraved "Belt". | 7.12" long, 1.12" blade width, 1.5 troy oz. | $ 40. |
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1386-08. Stieff 'Corsage' Butter Knife (1935). Mono "L". | 7.12" long, 1.2 troy oz. | $ 30. |
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1383-61. Stieff 'Princess' Butter Knife (1915). Mono "ESB". | 7.12" long, 1.7 troy oz. | $ 75. |
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1389-54. Towle 'Mary Chilton' Butter Knife (1912). No mono. | 7.25" long, 1.1 troy oz. | $ 30. |
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1057-25. Wallace 'Putnam' Butter Knife (1912). No mono. | 7.44" long, 1.1 troy oz. | $ 28. |
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1279-19. Wallace 'Wishing Star' Butter Knife (1954). No mono. | 7.0" long, 1.1 troy oz. | $ 30. |
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1080-28. Westmorland 'John & Priscilla' Butter Knife (1940). No mono. | 7.25" long, 1.1 troy oz. | $ 28. |
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1483-25. Thomas Whartenby 'Fiddle Thread' Butter Knife with curved blade; Philadelphia PA, c.1830-1850. Mono "GTA". | 7.5" long, 1.3 troy oz. Some dings to of blade tip. | $ 60. |
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1363-21. German Butter Knife, c.1890-1935. No mono. | 7.75" long, 1.5 troy oz. | $ 25. |
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1498-39. American Silver Butter Knife in the 'Antique Lily' pattern; marked only sterling, c.1880-1915. Mono "H". | 6.75" long, 1.0" blade width, 1.0 troy oz. | $ 28. |
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Cake & Pie Knives (Hollow Handles with steel Blades)
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1510-54. Gorham 'Chantilly' Cake Knife (1895) with silverplated steel blade. No mono. | 9.88" long, 2.12" blade width. Some chipping to the edge of the silverplated blade. | $ 35. |
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1512-55. Jenkins & Jenkins 'Repoussé' Cake Knife with silverplated steel blade, working 1907-1923. No mono. | 10.75" long, 1.62" blade width. Some wear to silverplate on high points of blade. | $ 50. |
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1510-24. Kirk 'Repoussé' Cake Knife with silverplated steel blade, c.1910-1920. No mono. | 9.88" long, 1.62" blade width. A little wear to the edge of the blade. | $ 60. |
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1514-47. Stieff 'Lady Claire' Cake Knife (1920) with stainless steel offset blade. No mono. | 10" long, 2" blade width. | $ 55. |
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Cheese Knives (Hollow Handles)
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Dessert Servers (all silver; see also Dessert Sets)
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1379-57. Danish Silver Dessert Server in the 'Sachsisk' pattern made by C. M. Cohr and marked at Copenhagen in 1934. No mono. | 8.88" long, 2.5" wide, 1.9 troy oz. | $ 150. |
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1348-53. Dominick & Haff 'Queen Elizabeth' Dessert Server (1916); retailed by J.E. Caldwell & Co. of Philadelphia PA. Mono "AKE" | 9.62" long, 3" across blade, 2.7 troy oz. | $ 125. |
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1501-03. W. Faber & Sons 'Antique Engraved' Ice Cream Server with engraved fancy blade, c.1880-1895. No mono. | 10.25" long, 3.0" blade width, 2.7 troy oz. | $ 225. |
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1503-34. Gorham 'Norfolk' Dessert Server (1903) with symmetrical blade. Vertical script mono "TW"? | 8.0" long, 2.75" blade width, 2.0 troy oz. | $ 75. |
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1378-60. Gorham 'Swiss' Pie Server (1870) with engraved blade. Mono "S". | 9.06" long, 2.81" wide, 2.3 troy oz. Very slight blade tip wear; also the marks are worn. | $ 160. |
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1515-38. Kirk 'Repoussé' Hot Cake Lifter with circular flat blade, c.1900-1910. Script mono "MWB" on the blade. | 7.5" long, 2.62" blade diameter, 2.9 troy oz. Some small blade scratches. | $ 120. |
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1507-42. Kirk 'Repoussé' Ice Cream Server with short curved flat blade applied with additional floral flange at the shoulders below the handle, c.1900-1910. Mono "MKB". | 10.5" long overall, blade 4.5" long and 2.88" wide, 4.4 troy oz. | On Layaway |
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1408-48. Knowles 'Antique Engraved #7' Dessert Server, c.1880-1900. No mono. | 9.06" long, 2.81" blade width, 2.2 troy oz. | SOLD |
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1478-28. German Silver Dessert Server with tapering ivory handle fitting into a tapering socket riveted to a symmetrical pointed blade inset with a pierced stamped floral, bird and mythological design; struck with script (M ) and (12) marks, c.1850-1880. Mono "S. M." | 11.88" long, 2.88" blade width. The ivory handle may be a replacement. The blade insert also appears in Fish Slice #1478-29. | $ 175. |
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1380-01. German Silver Asparagus Server in an unknown pattern with ridged blade; marked by (GR), c.1920-1960. No mono. | 9.25" long, 3.62" blade width, 3.7 troy oz. | $ 125. |
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1380-02. German Silver Dessert Server in an unknown pattern; marked by (GR), c.1920-1960. No mono. | 8.94" long, 1.75" blade width, 2.1 troy oz. | $ 70. |
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1443-51. German Silver Hand-wrought Dessert Server with allover hammered finish, the spreading hollow handle ending in a wide oval boss, slightly curved tapering trapezoidal blade; made by Emmy Roth working in Berlin 1916-1933. No mono. | 9.0" long, 2.12" blade width, 3.3 troy oz. gross. | $ 1,700. |
| Roth trained in Dusseldorf and later in workshops in Berlin, Vienna, and Paris before establishing her own workshop in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1916; she had become one of the most celebrated modern German silversmiths before leaving to escape the National Socialists. She emigrated to Palestine from Paris in 1935 and died in 1941. See Modern Art of Metalwork (Bröhan Musem, 2001), pp.288-193, 583.) | |||
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1490-06. Stieff 'Chrysanthemum' Hot Cake Server, c.1910-1925. Mono "AMB" on flat circular blade. | 7.5" long, 2.75" blade diameter, | $ 150. |
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1367-37. Stieff 'Princess' Cake Lifter (1915). Mono "JEW" on flat circular blade. | 7.5" long, 2.81" blade diameter, 3.3 troy oz. Polished. | $ 350. |
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1498-21. Stieff 'Rose' Large Hot Cake Lifter, c.1905-1910. Mono "VCG" on flat circular blade. | 8.62" long, 3.0" blade diameter, 3.3 troy oz. | SOLD |
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1400-51. Stieff 'Rose' Hot Cake Lifter, c.1905-1930. Mono "MUW" on flat circular blade. | 7.44" long, 2.81" blade diameter, 2.7 troy oz. | STOLEN!! If seen please contact us. |
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1458-21. A. E. Warner 'Antique Engraved' Dessert Server engraved with 'Japanisme-style' decoration within a Baltimore style border on the symmetrical blade, c.1870-1890. No mono. | 9.88" long, 3.0" blade width, 2.4 troy oz. | $ 250. |
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1498-32. Whiting 'Arabesque' Dessert Server (1875) with engraved floral and foliate scroll blade decoration; retailed by S. Hyman & Co. of Chicago IL. Engraved "Sara". | 8.88" long, 2.62" blade width, 2.4 troy oz. | $ 175. |
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1412-27. Whiting Aesthetic Dessert Server with gilt blade in an unidentified aesthetic pattern, c.1875-1900. No mono. | 8.81" long, 2.81" blade width, 2.4 troy oz. | $ 230. |
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1506-59. Antique German Silver Small Dessert Server in the double struck 'Fiddle Thread & Shell' pattern with shell heel on the back of the engraved blade; made by M. H. Wilkens & Sohne of Bremen-Hemelingen and marked by the retailer, c.1880-1910. | 7.38" long, 1.75" blade width, 2.0 troy oz. Engraved with two armorial shields on the back of the handle.. | $ 65. |
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1263-07. Wood & Hughes 'Victoria Engraved' Dessert Server (c.1885). Mono removed. | 7.75" long, 2.31" blade width, 1.3 troy oz. | $ 85. |
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Fish Slices (aka Fish Serving Knives; see also Fish Servers)
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1380-03. German Silver Fish Slice in an unknown pattern; marked by (GR), c.1920-1960. No mono. | 10.44" long, 1.88" blade width, 3.7 troy oz. | $ 80. | |
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1478-27. Antique American Silver Fish Slice in a double struck 'Fiddle Thread' pattern with engraved blade; marked by Eugene Jaccard & Co. of St. Louis MO, working 1855-1871. Mono "BM". | 12.25" long, 2.75" blade width, 3.9 troy oz. Polished surface. | $ 350. | |
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1515-53. Kirk 'Mayflower' Fish Slice with fancy engraved blade, c.1870-1890; Struck with the '10.15' numerical quality mark often seen on Baltimore coin silver. The unusual outline of the blade is a continuation of a 'dolphin' outline Samuel Kirk used frequently c.1835-1850. | 10.25" long, 2.25" blade width, 4.0 troy oz. Engraved intertwined mono "HDP" on the front (possibly a replacement) and later script "For ACH" on the back. | $ 400. | |
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1512-58. Kirk 'Repoussé' Fish Slice with curved blade, c.1885-1895. Struck with the "10.15" numerical quality mark often seen on Baltimore coin silver; this is the earliest pattern style of 'Repoussé'. Mono "KOB". | 10.25" long, 2.38" blade width, 3.7 troy oz. | $ 275. | |
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1515-54. Kirk 'Repoussé' Fish Slice with shaped curved blade. Script engraved "EPH 1917". | Fish Knife: 11.75" long, 2.62" blade width, 4.6 troy oz. | $ 300. | |
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1350-44. Reed & Barton 'La Perle' Fish Slice (1902). Script "R" mono. | 11.62" long, blade 3.12" wide, 4.6 troy oz. | $ 170. | |
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1433-17. Antique American Silver Fish Slice with a hollow handle in the 'Antique Thread' pattern ending in a pierced and foliate engraved blade; marked by Andrew E. Warner of Baltimore MD, c.1835-1840. Mono "JP EC". | 13.19" long, 3.25" blade width, 7.3 troy oz. An exceptional piece. |  |
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1294-62. Whiting Mfg. Co. 'No. 26' Fish Slice with floral and twist decorated handle, c.1885-1905. | 10.06" long, 2.62" blade width, 3.7 troy oz. Mono erased. | $ 225. | |
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1258-21. Whiting Mfg. Co. 'Oval Twist' Fish Slice (c.1880). Mono "U". | 11" long, blade 2.19" wide, 2.9 troy oz. | $ 170. | |
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1478-29. Antique German Silver Fish Slice, the handle in an unknown classical pattern, the shaped blade inset with a pierced stamped floral, bird and mythological design; unmarked c.1850-1880. No mono. | 11.62" long, 3.25" blade width, 4.5 troy oz. gross. Crack in blade. The blade insert also appears in Dessert Server #1478-28. | $ 100. | |
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1405-11. R. Blackinton 'Colonial Thread' Jelly Server (1950); retailed by Plummer Ltd. No mono. | 6.25" long, 1.56" blade width, 1.1 troy oz. | $ 30. |
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1359-04. Dominick & Haff 'Priscilla' Jelly Server (1916). No mono. | 6.44" long, 1.44" blade width, 0.8 troy oz. | $ 35. |
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1361-52. Durgin 'Antique Grape'(?) Jelly Knife, c.1875-1895. No mono. | 8.38" long, 1.62" wide. | $ 135. |
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1510-38. Durgin 'Fairfax' Jelly Server (1910). No mono. | 6.25" long, 1.38" blade width, 0.9 troy oz. | $ 30. |
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1351-50. International 'Devonshire' Jelly Server (1914). Mono "D". | 6.12" long, 1.19" blade width, 0.5 troy oz. | $ 35. |
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1284-43. International '1810' Jelly Server (1930). Mono "B". | 6.44" long, 1.38" blade width, 0.9 troy oz. | $ 35. |
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1468-24. International 'Royal Danish' Jelly Server (1939). Mono "A.P.P." | 6.5" long, 1.38" blade width, 1.0 troy oz. | $ 32. |
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1386-62. Kirk 'Repoussé' Jelly Server c.1925-1950. no mono. | 6.69" long, 1.69" blade width, 1.2 troy oz. | $ 45. |
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0630-34. Frank Smith 'Bostonia' Jelly Server (1914). No mono. | 6" long, 1.38" blade width, 0.9 troy oz.. | $ 30. |
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1402-36. Sterling Silver Mfg. Co. 'Henry Hudson' Jelly Knife (1912). Mono "S". | 7.62" long, 1.5" blade width, 0.6 troy oz. | $ 45. |
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1215-08. Stieff 'Forget-Me-Not' Jelly Server (1910). Mono "CFH". | 6.0" long, 1.44" blade width, 1.0 troy oz. | $ 35. |
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1344-55. Stieff 'Rose' Jelly Server, c.1950. Mono "CWL". | 6.25" long, 1.44" blade width, 1.1 troy oz. | $ 35. |
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1502-54. Wallace 'Reflection' Jelly Server (1920). No mono. | 6.12" long, 1.25" blade width, 0.7 troy oz. | $ 25. |
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1514-02. Kirk 'Mayflower' Tomato Server with pierced blade, c.1950-1970. Mono "JLS". | 7.75" long, 2.38" blade width, 1.9 troy oz. | $ 135. |
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1507-25. Manchester 'Mary Warren' Cucumber Server (c.1910) with short pierced curved blade. No mono. | 6.0" long, 1.88" blade width, 0.7 troy oz. | $ 50. |
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Last updated 13 November 2009
