There have been various Rogers Smith & Co. items have been offered for sale as they are immensely rare and desirable with a set of three unmatched napkin ring holders recently selling for $1, 700 at auction in 2018. Very few figural silver Rogers Smith & Co. The piece shows an immensely scarce and valuable Grizzly Bear handle with the bear having his arm and paw extended. Silver tea / coffee beverage server dating to circa 1868-1872. Rogers Smith & Co Grizzly Bear Handle Server c1872: This is an exceptionally rare original Rogers Smith & Co. 1857", the serial number in two places in front of trigger guard, stamped at forestock behind retaining screw "J.M.W" and repeated in front of the butt plate tang (James Madison Whittemore, Ordnance inspector), crisply marked "L.F.R." in script in square at left stock wrist and adjacently, in an oval, "J.H." (Joseph Hannis, (Ordnance inspector), barrel retains most bluing with some loss at muzzle, action is good and strong, receiver a mixture of blue and silver with most lettering crisp, some lettering worn at left front receiver, right receiver with small amount of case hardened color, bore is bright with rifling, overall well maintained, SN 616 Rogers, Ordnance inspector), front of left receiver "Manufactured by / Am/n M'ch'n Wks, Springfield Mass", rear of left receiver "Address / Poultney & Trimble / Baltimore, U.S.A.", at the lower left receiver behind the saddle ring bar "Smith's Patent, June 28. 50 caliber, 21" part round, part octagonal barrel with blade front sight, a single barrel band, adjustable rear sight, saddle ring and bar at left receiver, hammer and nipple at right receiver, the trigger guard includes a bar button that when pushed up opens the breech, walnut stock, iron butt plate, markings include at breech end of barrel "L.F. 1863-1865, further marked by arms agent Poultney & Trimble, Baltimore, single action breechloader. SMITH CARBINE MODEL 1863 CIVIL WAR ERA BREECHLOADSmith Carbine manufactured by American Machine Works, Springfield, Mass.
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