Jacobi and Jenkins Antique Sterling Silver Repoussé Waffle Server, Baltimore, MD, 1894-1908

This rare and useful server, which could be used for just about any pastry, features a tapering rectangular blade and a "Repoussé" pattern handle of floral and scrolling decoration.  It is monogrammed "SMC" in a foliate cursive style on the blade. Jacobi and Jenkins, and later Jenkins and Jenkins, made some of the finest Baltimore silver at the turn of the century.  

Provenance: Collection of Dale Bennett

Literature: "Waffle Servers" in Silver Magazine, March/ April 2006, Illustrated p. 26

This server 7.625 inches long and is marked with Jacobi & Jenkins's tower trademark along with "STERLING" and "JACOBI & JENKINS." It weighs a reasonably heavy 2.65 troy ounces and is in very good antique condition with minor scratching to the blade from use.