615 Five New Orleans-Retailed Coin (.900) Silver Tablespoons, third quarter 19th century, probably New York, retailed by Henry Peat Buckley (1822-1903), New Orleans, Louisiana, in an up-tipt "Fiddle" pattern, engraved, on the reverse, "Lamkin", l. 6-3/4", 4.50 total t. oz. By tradition, these spoons belonged to John Tillman Lamkin (1811-1870) of Holmesville, Mississippi, who served as District Attorney of Bay St. Louis in the 1840's and, during the Civil War, as Captain of Co. E, 33rd MS Inf., C.S.A. and later Representative (MS) to the 2nd Confederate Congress.
Estimate: 150 - 300
616 Set of Six New Orleans-Retailed Sterling Silver Coffee Spoons, third quarter 19th century, by the Whiting Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, in the "Empire" pattern designed in 1858 by John Polhamus and Henry Hebbard, retailed by Edward Augustus Tyler (1815-1879) of New Orleans, Louisiana, monogrammed "RLS", l. 4-1/8", 2.25 total t. oz.
Estimate: 75 - 125
      
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