Starr & Marcus Furniture

A magnificent ewer with exquisite repousse silver work depicting generous campagna vases overflowing with flowers, set on scrolled foliate bases. The rim decoration featuring a lined ribbon motif adorned with wreaths. Front design with a large oval laurel leaf border medallion topped with a depiction of a beautiful maiden flanked by wide foliate forms and Belle Epoque scrolls. Very good condition commensurate with age, a few tiny unobtrusive surface dings- please see detail photographs. Museum quality work of art, a spectacular vessel for all forms of libations. Makes an outstanding centerpiece, wedding / anniversary gift. 32.8 troy ounces. Marks: Sterling, Gorham Manufacturing Co. late 19th century hallmarks, letter M for the year 1880. Measures: diameter: 10 inches handle to spout, 6.5 inches body. height: 9.25 iinches. The Gorham Manufacturing Co. along with Tiffany & Co. are considered the two most influential American silver makers of the 19th century. Gorham pieces were the choice of a number of United States presidents: Ulysses S. Grant comissioned the spectacular Century Vase, Mary Todd...

The silver mount on this pitcher is the work of the Mauser Mfg, Co., New York. it has has inscribed initials.

Coin silver pitcher / ewer from mid- to late 1850s by Gorham, retailed by Crosby, Hubbard, & Morse in Boston, measuring 11 1/2'' in height and 7 3/...

Antique 19th Century Indian Colonial solid silver ewer, straight body resting on a circular base, c-shape handle and hinged lid surmounted by a knob and ball finial. The piece is pro...

Pair of silver metal ewers with floral decoration circa 1900 stamped WMF. In very good condition, some wear due to age. Measures: Diameter: base 10.5 cm Height: 33.5cm Weight: 2.5 Kg The foundation: Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer In 1853, mill owner Daniel Straub, together with the Schweizer brothers, established the Straub & Schweizer metal works in Geislingen with a workforce of 16 people. Only a few years later in 1862, Straub & Schweizer silver-plated tableware and serving dishes were awarded medals...

American Brilliant Cut Glass Pitcher, late 19th c., possibly C. Dorflinger and Sons, hobstar, diamond and fan pattern with Gorham ...

A magnificent, fine and impressive, large antique Victorian English sterling silver wine ewer; part of our wine and drinks related silverware collecti...

Important pair of Napoleon III ewers in chased gilt bronze with rich decoration in relief of stylized foliage, friezes of palmettes, and vine branches framing a frieze of putti reali...

Austro-Hungarian silver wine ewer.

A large Middle Eastern silver plated copper ewer with matching serving plate. Tall with a long spout, neck and handle. Ornately carved throughout ...

Extraordinary Art Nouveau sterling silver mounted claret jug by Gorham, circa 1900. The glass body, imported from France, is signed Daum, Nancy. It has been tinted emerald green and ...

Antique Victorian silver plated brass wine ewer, 19th century This magnificent antique Victorian English cast wine ewer has a rounded ovoid shaped form onto a domed circular foot ...