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12 Silver Plate Wine Goblets/Stemmed Sherbets by Salem Silver Plate:  $120.00 Circa 1950-1970    (Stands 4¾",  cup 3¾" dia) Made by Salem Silver Plate in Portugal; 3 stamped "Silver Salem Plate",  w/original sticker saying  "Salem Portugal" and 9 stamped "Salem", some w/original sticker saying "Silver Plated Portugal" According to Rainwater's Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, p. 220: "A number of silverplated... were made for them [Sears Roebuck & Co.] by various silver manufacturers and sold under the tradenames and trademarks..." One of the trademarks listed is "Salem Silver Plate (first used in 1914)." 1 Condition: excellent except 1 has a tiny pit mark in base of bowl which may come out with professional polishing. Probably were used only a couple of times if at all.

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Rare Sterling Silver 16" Vase by Newburyport Silver Co.:   $500.00 1904-1914

A handsome 18" fluted octagonal vase with elegant floral design down the length of 4 sides. The base is 5 1/6" diameter. Condition is excellent with very little wear. There are a few very small pits marks way down at the very bottom, inside. This high quality vase is worthy of use in any church or would make a great entrance hall addition. Marks: "NS Co" "Sterling 16in" and "98" or 86" which was probably it's reference number. This is the mark of  Newburyport Silver Co. of Keene, NH. According to Rainwater's Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, p. 171, Newburyport Silver Co. "was organized in 1904.... Poor management led the firm into bankruptcy in 1914." 1 Marks/stamps    Click a "thumbnail" for an enlarged view.

¹ Rainwater, Dorothy T. & Martin and Colette Fuller, Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, 5th Revised Edition (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2004).

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