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Sterling Silver For Sale
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Dragon Peppers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual and rare pair of antique Victorian English sterling silver dragon peppers; an addition to our 19th century silver cruets/condiments colle...
Category
19th Century English Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fiddle Georgian English Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service Dinner 68 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Classic Fiddle design English sterling silver Flatware set, 68 pieces. This set includes:
12 Large dinner size knives, 10 1/2"
12 Large dinner size forks, 8"
12 Large luncheon knives, 9 5/8"
12 Luncheon/dessert forks, 6 3/4"
8 Small teaspoons, 5 1/2"
12 Dessert spoons, 7"
Includes bonus brand new storage chest - styles vary.
This set was made by two makers:
The Georgian Dinner Forks, Dessert Forks, Teaspoons, and Dessert spoons were made by William Chawner II in 1826, and are engraved with a crest of a lion.
The Dinner Knives and Luncheon Knives were made by Walter Willson in the year 1955.
This English cutlery...
Category
Early 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Dominick & Haff Edwardian Sterling Silver Gravy Boat on Stand
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver gravy boat on stand. Made by Dominick & Haff in New York in 1907. Boat has helmet mouth, leaf-capped high-looping handle, and 3 leaf-mounted scrol...
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Francis I Old by Reed and Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 89 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Exceptional Old Francis I by Reed & Barton sterling silver flatware set - 89 pieces. This set has fabulous crisp detailing and includes:
10 knives with blunt silver plated blades, 9...
Category
Early 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Provincial Gold by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service
Located in Big Bend, WI
English provincial gold by Reed & Barton sterling silver flatware set - 24 pieces. Gold flatware is on trend and makes a bold statement on your table. This set is vermeil (completely...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Shell Dish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a large sterling silver dish by Mueck-Cary Silver. It stands on three feet; one in the front center and the other two in the back on either side. The rim is scallo...
Category
1940s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Lady Claire by Stieff Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 66 pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Lady Claire by Stieff bright-cut Sterling Silver Flatware set - 66 pieces. This set includes:
12 Knives w/stainless Modern blades, 9"
12 Forks, 7 1/4"
...
Category
Early 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Tazza Compote 263B, Grape Motif
By Georg Jensen
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Vintage Georg Jensen sterling silver tazza compote with grape motif. This fabulous Georg Jensen sterling silver tazza features Jensen's iconic grape motif, a celebrated range of pieces which were inspired by the Art Nouveau aesthetic coupled with time the artist spent traveling in Italy.
Georg Jensen was born in 1866 and trained as a sculptor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1892. Jensen began his artistic career in ceramics and started working with silver in 1904. He went on to establish his own smithy in Copenhagen and like many others working during the Art Nouveau period, was strongly influenced by natural forms and structure found in flowers and plants.
As mentioned above, Jensen spent time in Italy shortly after the turn of the century and developed an appreciation for ancient Roman silver work. He was also struck by the work of more recent Italian artists and was particularly influenced by those pieces which drew upon classical mythology, such as Baroque painter Caravaggio's 'Bacchus'. Jensen combined these influences with emerging Art Nouveau organic motifs, leading him to utilize the malleable qualities of silver to create his renowned Grape Collection.
This form of this silver tazza was initially designed by Jensen in 1918. The piece has a round pedestal foot which rises to a thick columnar stem reminiscent of the twisting trunk...
Category
1930s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Caviar Dish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered in an antique caviar dish with a cover by Gorham Silversmiths of Providence, Rhode Island. There is a removable disc / surface on the inside and ice is placed undernea...
Category
1880s American Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tapestry by Reed and Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 39 Pcs Modern
Located in Big Bend, WI
Modern tapestry by Reed and Barton designed by John Prip sterling silver flatware set, 39 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 9",
eight forks, 7 1/2",
eight salad forks, 7",...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Craftsman by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 65 pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stately in perfect proportion, this design is an elegant execution of form and function. Very unassuming in appearance yet every bit as formal as our other patterns, Craftsman's unad...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hunt Club, Durgin Sterling Silver Flatware Set Eight Service 44 Pcs Dinner Size
Located in Big Bend, WI
Eight dinner size knives 9 5/8",
eight dinner size forks 7 3/4",
Eight salad forks 6 1/2",
eight teaspoons 6",
Eight flat handle butter spreaders 5 5/8",
one serving spoon 8 5/8",...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rose by Kirk Sterling Silver Dinner Size Flatware Set for 12 Service 86 Pieces
By Kirk-Stieff
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Rose by Kirk sterling silver dinner size flatware set of 86 pieces. This set has the large dinner knives and forks and is wonderfully heavy. This set includes:
12 dinner s...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Victorian Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver (soap) box by Gorham Silversmiths of Providence, Rhode Island. It can be used for jewelry, pills or as a decorative piece but I think it was meant...
Category
1890s American Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigarette Case with Green Enamel Guilloche Sunburst Ray
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this exquisite art deco solid sterling silver cigarette case made in Birmingham 1936 with marks for Joseph Gloster Ltd.
Practicality, elegance and distin...
Category
Early 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Buttercup by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Set 78 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Buttercup by Gorham 78 piece sterling silver flatware set. This set includes:
12 knives, 8 3/4".
12 forks, 7".
12 salad forks, 6 1/4".
12 teaspoon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
El Grandee by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Service, 12 Set Vermeil Gold 48 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
El Grandee Gold by Towle Sterling Silver flatware set - 48 pieces.
Gold flatware is on trend and makes a bold statement on your table, especially when paired with gold rimmed china...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Jardiniere With Artfully Cut Glass Insert, Wilkens & Sons Germany, 1894
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant, festive silver vessel in an oval shape on a stepped base with projecting, pierced rocaille elements, pierced decoration also on the upper rim of the wall with irregular edges, front and back panels surrounded by volutes and rocailles, the narrow sides with towering and intertwined volutes forming two handles, gilded interior.
Matching glass insert with upper edge adapted to the silver vessel, cut stone and fan decoration, lens cut, star base.
- Crescent + Crown - German official hallmark from 1888
- 800 - fineness
- Screw press - Manufacture brand for M. H. Wilkens & Sons, Bremen-Hemelingen, Germany
Founded in Bremen in 1810 by goldsmith Martin Heinrich Wilkens, handicraft production and repairs, after the eldest sons Diedrich and Carl joined the company from about 1830 mint company, sales of semi-finished goods and silverware beyond Bremen, production of medals and coins on behalf of the Bremen state, from 1851, supply to world exhibitions, from 1857, steam engine to drive the presses and spinning benches, from 1859, enlargement and expansion of the company to become one of the three most important German silverware manufacturers, still a well-known supplier of high-quality silver and stainless steel tableware today
- WILKENS sticker
- 96921 - Order number, Year 1894 (order numbers 94541-99839)
Made 1894 - Historicism 'Second Rococo...
Category
1890s German Rococo Revival Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Francis I by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Old Mark 70 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Francis I by Reed & Barton old mark vintage flatware dinner and regular size set with crisp pattern detail, 70 pieces. This set includes:
8 dinner size knives, 9 3/4"
8 dinner size ...
Category
Early 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Baby Rattle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver baby rattle by Webster Silver. Although it is a very old piece it has a contemporary look and design.
It is faceted and tapered in the center. A...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chantilly by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 132 Pcs Dinner
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
Finely crafted with the graceful elegance associated with 18th Century France, this stately pattern was first introduced in 1895. The intricate design is embellished with a cascade o...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
1810 Italian 800 Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 77 pieces fitted box Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Very Heavy .800 Italian Silver Flatware set in the pattern 1810 (Fiddle shape) in its original vintage fitted chest - 77 pieces. This set includes:
...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Cigar Case Victorian Castle Top Kenilworth Castle 1844
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this wonderful Victorian solid silver 'castle top' cigar/cheroot case made by one of, if not the best, box make of the 19th century: Nathaniel Mills of Birm...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 19th Century French Solid Silver Pair Of Comports, Tetard Freres c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th Century French exquisite solid silver pair of comports. Standing on a domed foot adorned with scrolls, shells and fluted boarders, the inverted pear shaped foot sup...
Category
1890s French Other Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Sterling 925 silver beehive honey pot with a spoon
Located in Braintree, GB
Sterling 925 silver beehive honey pot with a spoon.
Made in 2022, spoon made in 2021.
The beehive honey pot, adorned with decorative bees, features t...
Category
2010s British Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Set of 7 Reed & Barton Francis I Sterling Silver Nut Dishes
Located in New York, NY
Set of 7 Francis I sterling silver nut dishes. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton, Mass. 1951-52. Quatrefoil well, lobed sides, and scrolled rim. Embossed fruits and leaves. Nice piece...
Category
1950s American Renaissance Revival Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian silver napkin ring set of 6 with swan design by Plante & Co. 1893
By Plante & Co.
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique Victorian sterling silver napkin ring set of 6 with swan design.
Made in England, Birmingham, 1893
Maker: Plante & Co
Fully hallmarked.
Dimensions:
Napkin ring: Diameter x h...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Ornamental Lobster Picks 086
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A set twelve Georg Jensen sterling silver lobster picks/forks, featuring the ornamental Pattern #86 crafted by Georg Jensen in 1930. Handmade at the Georg Jensen silver smithy in Den...
Category
1950s European Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Beautiful Tiffany Edwardian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1907. Four curved and wavy sides with concave corners and molded rim. On exterior are acid-etched og...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 12 Walker & Hall English Sterling Silver Georgian Style Demitasse Spoons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 12 sterling silver spoons.
By Walker & Hall of Sheffield.
Comprising 12 demitasse spoons with sugar loaf shoulders, full hallmarks, and well shaped bowls in an 18th c...
Category
1920s English Georgian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany American Modern Sterling Silver Baby Cup
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1928. Curved bowl with flared mouth rim, high-looping handle, and foot ring; reeded band. Plenty of room for en...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Coppa in argento, Londra 1742-43
Located in Milano, IT
Coppa del periodo Giorgio II. Una coppa con vaso classico con due prese a volute con riccioli e c contrapposte, sul vaso due ordini decorativi ad incisione; gli stessi motivi sono pr...
Category
1740s English Other Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Black, Starr & Frost American Repousse Sterling Silver Shaving Mug
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian sterling silver shaving mug, ca 1880. Curved and waisted with pierced top bowl and second projecting bowl for brush. Frond and flower repousse. Cast scroll handle ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Craftsman by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 46 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Craftsman by Towle sterling silver flatware set, 46 pieces. This set includes:
8 knives, 8 5/8"
8 forks, 7 3/8"
8 salad forks, 6 1/2"
8 teaspoons, ...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Eloquence by Lunt Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 18 Service 97 Pieces
By Lunt Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Eloquence by Lunt sterling silver flatware set of 97 pieces. This set for 18 includes:
18 knives, 8 7/8",
18 forks, 7 1/8",
18 salad forks, 6 1/4...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 19th Century German Solid Silver Bowls, Georg Roth, Hanau c.1890
By Georg Roth
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th Century German pair of solid silver bowls, each exceptionally decorative and ornamental on four scroll feet, the sides embossed and chased in high relief with class...
Category
1890s German Other Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
German 1925 Art Deco Enameled Gala Purse Bag In .935 Sterling With Gemstones
By Theodor Fahrner
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco gala purse with gemstones.
An exceptional and colorful purse, created in Europe during the art deco period, back in the 1925, most pro...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Gorham Sterling Silver Bowl with Ornate Chased Floral Decoration
By Gorham
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique bowl was made by the renowed Gorham Company of the United States and dates to approximately 1900 and done in a Victorian style. The bowl is composed of sterling silver a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sir Christopher by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Eight Service 40 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Sir Christopher by Wallace Sterling Silver flatware set, 40 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 9 1/8",
eight forks, seven 1/4",
eight salad forks, 6 3/8",
eight teaspoons,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Casket by William Comyns & Sons 1898
Located in London, GB
This is an elegant antique Victorian sterling silver casket with hallmarks for London, 1898 and the makers marks of the renowned silversmith William Comyns & Sons.
The shaped casket...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Enchantress by International Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 8 Set 53 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Enchantress by International sterling silver flatware set of 53 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 8 7/8".
Eight forks, 7 3/8".
Eight salad forks, 6 1/2".
Eight teaspoons, 6 1...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Victorian Pillbox
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver pillbox manufactured by the La Pierre Silver Company. Designed at the height of the Victorian era, it has an ornate design on the top (lid) with ...
Category
1890s American Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cartier, Paris - Vintage Sterling Silver Bowl c.1980
By Cartier
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning vintage (c.1980) solid silver / sterling bowl signed on the underside "Cartier" and "Sterling".
The bowl has just returned from my silversmiths workshop where it has been...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hampton Court by Reed and Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 44 Pcs New
Located in Big Bend, WI
New in factory sleeves, Hampton Court by Reed and Barton sterling silver flatware set - 44 pieces. This set includes:
8 knives, 9 1/8"
8 forks, 7 1/2"
8 salad forks, 6 5/8"
8 teaspo...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Silver Serving Platter Meat Platter 1806 Shaped Oval Gadroon
Located in London, GB
A classic Antique George III shaped oval Meat Serving platter with a traditional gadroon pattern border.
Made in London, England in 1806 by Burwash & Sibley
Approx. Weight - 1418g ...
Category
Early 18th Century English Georgian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
West Country George III silver Spoon Thomas Eustace Exeter 1778.
Located in Toronto, Ontario
West Country George III silver Spoon Thomas Eustace, Exeter 1778. Old English Feather Edge pattern, engraved crest of a fox. Length: 8.75 inches. Weight: 72.52 grams. (2.33 oz.). Con...
Category
1770s English George III Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique George V Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Cake Stand by Omar Ramsden
By Omar Ramsden
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, rare antique George V English sterling silver Art Nouveau cake stand made by Omar Ramsden; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
T...
Category
1930s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Salver Rococo Mask Vine Decoration London 1742
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this magnificent Georgian solid silver salver/tray in Rococo (Rocaille) design, made in London 1742 with the marks of George Wickes - a leading 18th c. Lond...
Category
18th Century Rococo Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Peter Paris - Cutlery Flatware Set Of 51 Pieces In Sterling Silver & Lapis Laz
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Cutlery Flatware Set of 51 pieces in sterling silver and lapis lazuli
The handles with cut sides, the forks, ferrules and bases in silver.
Consisting of:
8 starter forks: 19.5 cm ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Sterling Silver
Violet by Whiting Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 8 Service 40 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Violet by Whiting Sterling Silver Flatware set - 40 pieces. This set includes:
8 Knives, with original silverplated blunt blades, 9"
8 Forks, 6 3/4"
8 Salad Forks with leaf detailin...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Crystal by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 54 Pcs Modern
Located in Big Bend, WI
Mid-Century Modern Crystal by International sterling silver flatware set of 54 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 9 1/4".
12 forks, 7 1/2".
12 salad forks, 7".
12 teaspoons, 6 1/...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bremer German 800 Silver Flatware Set 12 Service Luncheon "W" Mono 58 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Measures: 12 knives, 8 1/2".
12 forks, 7 1/4".
12 teaspoons, 5 1/2".
12 place soup spoons, 7 1/4".
One large platter spoon, 10 3/4" •1 sugar sifter, 5 1/2".
One gravy ladle, 7 3/8" •...
Category
19th Century Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Japanese Fish Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is an exquisite example of a Japanese sterling silver fish fork and server. The handles on both pieces have a bamboo motif with birds on them. The fork has an elabora...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver 3-Piece Tea Set by Towle, circa 1900-30
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Sterling silver 3-piece tea set by Towle, circa 1900-30. Monogram "H". Georgian designed refined into a modern form. Marked sterling; pot & sugar additionally marked 76615 & "K" with...
Category
Early 20th Century American Georgian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
3 Piece Sterling Silver Tea Set London, 1931
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
3 Piece Sterling Silver Tea Set London, 1931
Additional information:
Date : Hallmarked in London 1931 For Charles Boyton
Period : George V
Origi...
Category
20th Century English Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Sterling Silver and Onyx-Mounted Hobnail Cut Crystal Perfume Bottle
By H. Matthews
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver and onyx-mounted, hobnail cut crystal perfume bottle, Birmingham, England, 1920, H Matthews - maker. Barely reada...
Category
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Onyx, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Pillbox
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver pill box made in England. It has an enamel top with two kittens on it. The lid is attached to the box through a back hinge preventing you from lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique English Sterling Silver Kings Mustard Spoon by William Chawner II
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English mustard spoon.
In sterling silver.
By William Chawner II or London.
In the Kings pattern.
Each with light gilding to the bowl.
Fully hallmarked to the re...
Category
1820s English Georgian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage, New and Antique Sterling Silver
Dining and entertaining changed drastically when we began to set our tables with sterling silver for holiday gatherings, wedding receptions, engagement parties and, in some of today’s homes, everyday meals.
Often called the “Queen of metals,” silver has been universally adored for thousands of years. It is easy to see why it has always been sought after: It is durable, strong and beautiful. (Louis XIV had tables made entirely of silver.) Sterling silver is an alloy that is made of 92.5 percent silver — the “925” stamp that identifies sterling-silver jewelry refers to this number. The other 7.5 percent in sterling silver is typically sourced from copper.
Neoclassical-style sterling-silver goods in Europe gained popularity in the late 18th century — a taste for sterling-silver tableware as well as tea sets had taken shape — while in the United States, beginning in the 19th century, preparing the dinner table with sterling-silver flatware had become somewhat of a standard practice. Indeed, owning lots of silver goods during the Victorian era was a big deal. Back then, displaying fine silver at home was a status symbol for middle-class American families. And this domestic silver craze meant great profitability for legendary silversmith manufacturers such as Reed & Barton, Gorham Manufacturing Company and the International Silver Company, which was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898, a major hub of silver manufacturing nicknamed “Silver City.”
Today, special occasions might call for ceremonial silver designed by Tiffany & Co. or the seductive sterling-silver cutlery from remarkable Danish silversmith Georg Jensen, but there really doesn’t have to be an event on the calendar to trot out your finest tableware.
Event- and wedding-planning company maestro Tara Guérard says that some “investment pieces,” such as this widely enamored alloy, should see everyday use, and we’re inclined to agree.
“Sterling-silver flatware is a must-have that you can use every single day, even to eat cereal,” she says. “Personally, I want a sterling-silver goblet set for 12 to 20; I would use them every time I had a dinner party. Ultimately, there are no criteria for buying vintage pieces: Buy what you love, and make it work.”
Whether you’re thinking “ceremonial” or “cereal,” browse a versatile collection of vintage, new and antique sterling-silver wares on 1stDibs today.
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