A GROUP OF SIXTEEN AMERICAN COIN SILVER LUNCHEON KNIVES. Albert Coles & Co., New York, New York and Mead & Adriance, St. Lou... (Total: 16 Items)

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A GROUP OF SIXTEEN AMERICAN COIN SILVER LUNCHEON KNIVES
Albert Coles & Co., New York, New York and Mead & Adriance, St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1850
Marks: (eagle), A over C, (profile), (kiln), M over A, (hammering arm)
7-7/8 inches long (20.0 cm)
29.7 ounces (gross)

PROVENANCE:
The Jean and Graham Devoe Williford Charitable Trust

The knives of similar threaded design, with five examples by Albert Coles and eleven examples by Mead & Adriance, all with silver plated blades.

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