Reed & Barton is a prominent American silversmith manufacturer based in the city of Taunton, Massachusetts, operating between 1824 and 2015. Its products include sterling silver and silverplate flatware. The company produced many varieties of britannia and silver products since Henry G. Reed and Charles E. Barton took over the failing works of Isaac Babbitt in Taunton. During the American Civil War, Reed & Barton produced a considerable quantity of weapons for Union Army soldiers and officers.
Reed & Barton Makers Mark, Eagle with R in a shield and a lion
Reed & Barton Sterling Makers Mark
An American sterling silver six-piece tea and coffee service by Reed & Barton, Taunton, MA, 20th century Louis XV pattern, comprising: a kettle-on-stand, a teapot, a coffee pot, a cream jug, a covered sugar bowl and a waste bowl, the kettle height 13 1/2in (34.25cm); length 10in (25.5cm); total weight approximately 207oz troy.
Sold for US$ 3,500 (£ 2,694) inc. premium at Bonhams in 2018
AN AMERICAN SILVER ‘REVERE’ PUNCH BOWL MARK OF REED & BARTON, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1940. The deep circular bowl with flaring rim, raised on a short spreading foot, the side engraved R, marked on underside and with date symbol for 1940 12⅜ in. (31.4 cm.) diameter; 54 oz. 18 dwt. (1,707 gr.) The engraved initial R is that of Rockefeller.
Sold for USD 4,375 at Christies in 2018
Reed & Barton Sterling Silver and Glass Three-Piece Table Garniture Comprising a centerpiece bowl and pair of candlesticks, each on domed circular base with scroll supports, the candlesticks rising to baluster-form glass stems cut with foliage. Height of candlesticks 10 3/4 inches; diameter of bowl 9 3/4 inches.
Sold for $1,500 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle New York in 2018
Reed & Barton American sterling silver four pint pitcher, engraved with cartouches, scrolls and garlands, cartouche on both sides with monogram on one side, hallmarked, 1928-1957, “Sterling / 560 / 4 PINT.” 9.75″ H. Approx 31.49 ozt. Same pattern can be found in Lot 8.
Sold for $600 at Auctions at Showplace in 2018
In 1928, Reed & Barton merged with silversmith Dominick & Haff. Reference: Wikipedia
Coffeepot, of five-piece hot beverage service 1928 Reed and Barton (founded in 1827)
The vessel is composed of two wide truncated cones of differing sizes that have been stamped in a narrow pattern of panels and soldered together at their widest points. A conforming foot is soldered below. A related lid has a narrow band of panels below the hollow stamped finial; it is attached to the coffeepot by means of a projecting hinge. A hollow seamed handle with ivory insulators is attached. The hollow acorn-shaped finial bears a similar narrow reeded pattern.
Reference: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
An American silver Francis I pattern flatware set, Reed & Barton, Taunton, MA, mid 20th century unengraved, comprising: 16 dinner knives 15 dinner forks 15 butter spreaders 28 salad forks 3 cocktail forks 24 teaspoons 5 soup spoons 6 demitasse spoons 1 cold meat fork 1 tomato server 2 gravy ladle 1 sauce ladle 1 cake knife 1 pastry server 2 jelly spoon 2 lemon forks 1 sugar spoon 1 sugar tongs 125 pieces, in a fitted wood case 130 oz 15 dwt weighable 4068 g
Sold for 4,000 USD at Sothebys in 2018
