German Jewel-Encrusted Sterling Silver Chess Set

Beautiful Art Deco German Lamp. Body of the lamp is made out of beech wood with 5 chrome circles all the way through the length. Lamp shade is made ou...

Beautiful dinning room table from Bauhaus are. Made in Germany, c. 1950s Table top is composed our of square shape walnut pieces. Top is resting on the prominent base that is compose...

Elegant German Art Deco Desk is made out of walnut wood. Has slightly curved top with leather insert in the middle. There is thin keyed drawer. Desk is supported by 2 wide rectangula...

Gino Terreni (1925-2015) italian artist, sculptor and painter. Widely represented in the multiple galleries and private collections. Measures: 26.5" x ...

Soviet/Russian painter.  “Landscape with a Remote Village” 1984. Oil on artist’s board. Signed and dated on lower right. 13” H x 19’ W, overall size is 20” H x 26” W. Conditi...

Cyrus Afsary studied art under the strict discipline of the Russian Realist style of painting, graduating with two degrees. He has won numerous awards, including the Best of Show at ...

Impressive sterling silver chess board medieval style chess set. The chess board, made by ARVAL ARGENTI VALENZA, was made in white marble and sodalite is supported by a STERLING SILVER frame made with the casting method and finished with a chisel, subsequently burnished and reproducing the bricks of a wall of a fortress. This "frame" is supported at the four horses two tone...

Sterling silver bi-color chessboard and chess game in "Florence" style. The chessboard is in molten silver with red jasper and white color marble The work was engraved with the anc...

Exceptional assortment of 6 Buccellati sterling silver Christmas ornaments, all made in Italy, consisting of: - an engraved snow...

Carrying import marks for London, 1902 by Edwin Thompson Bryant, this handsome, antique silver model of a Gentleman, is wonderfully made with red and blue set paste to the Stand and ...

Art Deco sterling silver cigar set. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, circa 1920. This set comprises, tray, lighter, and 6 ashtrays. Tray rectangular with rounded corners and flat r...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George VI English sterling silver christening set in the Art Deco style, boxed; an addition to our collection of silver christening gifts. This exceptional antique George VI sterling silver christening set consists of a napkin ring, an egg cup and a spoon. The surfaces of the napkin ring and egg cup are plain and embellished with applied crown motifs incorporating the date ‘1937’ and initials ‘GVI’*. The plain rounded egg cup is ornamented with an elongated indented border to the pedestal and is supported by a stepped octagonal foot, all in the Art Deco style. The napkin ring has a plain quadrilateral shaped form with a convex curved anterior surface, bearing the aforementioned motif. The spoon is embellished with the engraved initials ‘GVI’ amidst collared bands to the stem and features an impressive crown shaped terminal. The reverse surface of the spoon is plain and features a tapering heel to the bowl. The pieces of this antique Art Deco style christening set are fitted to the original hinged leatherette box with satin and velvet lined interior, secured with a push fit catch. The anterior maroon leatherette surface of the box cover is embellished with a central cream panel encompassed with a gold scrolling border and accented with the royal cypher depicting ‘GVIR, 1937’ below the royal coronet. The interior of the cover bears the retailer’s mark ‘By appointment to H.M The King, The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd, 112 Regent Street, London, W.1’. This impressive christening set was crafted by the renowned and highly collectable silversmith Robert Edgar Stone; the posterior surface of the napkin ring bears R. E. Stone’s signature in addition to the full hallmarks. Each component of this set will have been crafted in the same year but due to the hallmarking system the egg cup and napkin ring are struck with the date letter ‘b’ and the spoon bears ‘a’. This set was crafted to commemorate the coronation of George VI (1895-1952), which took place at Westminster Abbey in London on 12th May 1937 Condition This antique christening...