Large Circa 1850s George W. Webb Baltimore American Coin Silver Eagle Talon & Seashell Ice Tongs

Description

This Really is a Very Rare and Beautiful Set of Large Size Early American Coin Silver Ice Tongs. Circa 1850s. … more This Really is a Very Rare and Beautiful Set of Large Size Early American Coin Silver Ice Tongs. Circa 1850s. Note That This is a Completely Hand Made - Custom Made Piece of Silver. Because of its Unusually Large Size Compared to the Typical Considerably Smaller Ice Tongs of The Period It Would Have Most Likely Originally Been a Special Order Item. It is Fashioned in a Classic Early American Seashell and Eagle Claw - Talon Design. In Addition it has Very Fine Hand Engraved and Classic Engine Turned Surfaces - Features. One of the Tongs is a Figurative Eagle Claw and it is Realistically Decorated with True to Life Details. The Other Tong is a Classic Style Clam - Seashell. It is Signed G. W. WEBB & Co. - Was Made by one of Americas Premier Known and Documented Silver Makers GEORGE W. WEBB & Co. of BALTIMORE MARYLAND. It is Also Stamped with 3 Initials P. L. K - Possibly ? The Master Silversmith That Made The Piece. It has No Coin Silver Mark but that is Not Unusual for Many of the American Coin Silver Pieces That Were Produced During This Period. Note that The Eagle Claw and Seashell Have a Gold Wash Finish but It is Does Have Some Age and Use Wear - Fading. It is Substantially Made out of Solid Coin Silver With a Accurate Weight of 119.47 Grams / 3.841 Troy Ounces. It is in Very Nice All Original as has Survived Over the Years Condition. It has No Damage and No Repairs. It Also has No Added or Removed Monograms. It is Lightly Tarnished - Could Use a Good Buffing - Polishing. NOTE - Please be Assured that it Has Been Professionally Tested and it and That I Absolutely Guaranteed That it Has the Silver Content as Stated!.
It Measure 9 1/4 inches Long x 2 1/4 inches Wide x 1 13/16 inches Tall.

SOME ADDED INFORMATION

Early American "Coin" Silver Starting in The Early 1700s had a 90% Silver Content Being 900/1000 Pure Silver as Opposed to Sterling Silver which has a Slightly Higher 92.5% Silver Content at 925/1000 Pure. Shortly after the Civil War the American Silversmiths Widely Adopted the Sterling Silver Standard that We Use Today.

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