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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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Gorham sterling, arts & crafts hammered silver smoking tray is now listed for sale on ebay. Sale ends Mar 17, 201023:25:08 PDT. I didn't know how very rare and valuable it is until after I had listed it. 20-25 troy oz. I had never heard of a smoking tray which has compartments for cigars & cigarettes. The reserve has been metItem number: 140389315999
Found some silver plate tea service today that is marked Holmes and Sons has a trumpet vine flower design, to smaller tea or coffee pots, one larger, and creamer and sugar and they look hand tooled, cut cannot find any reference to Holmes and Sons, just Holmes and Edward. Do you know anything about Holmes and Sons. Any info would be greatly appreciated, appears to be silver plated pewter but uncertain can send picks of mark and pattern if you wish
This is in response to the question about Holmes & Son.
This probably refers to a company founded by William Holmes and later reintroduced by his son, Robert. The company was known as Holmes & Son during 1896-1940, in Baltimore. Other names were used over the years. In later years, they were known for repair and re-plating services. I did not know they manufactured anything but it's very possible since the company went through changes over the years.
I cannot say with certainty this is the correct company for your tea service but at least it's a reasonable guess.
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