$11,075 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Heather Mexican Mexico Sterling Silver Tea Set 4pc with Tray #1795 Hollowware
By Heather Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Mexican sterling four-piece tea set with a rectangular tray. The tea set is marked
Sterling Silver
$3,500 / set
H 5.5 in W 10 in D 7 in
1960s Fajardo Taxco Silver Plate Brass Lapis Toucan Creamer Sugar Tray Set
By Fajardo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare mid-century Mexican modern creamer and covered sugar set with matching serving tray, designed
Lapis Lazuli, Silver, Silver Plate, Brass
Sold
H 18 in W 14 in L 18 in
Aztec Rose by Sanborns Mexican Sterling Silver Serving Tray '#2096' Hollowware
By Sanborn Mexican Sterling 1
Located in Big Bend, WI
Aztec Rose by Sanborns rectangular sterling silver serving tray. The tray measures 1/4" x 18" x 14", and it weighs 44.5 ozt. It is not monogrammed and is in excellent condition. Stun...
Sterling Silver
Mexican Mexico Sterling Silver Bowl Petal Shaped Lobed Hollowware
Located in Big Bend, WI
Modernist Mexican sterling petal shaped or lobed bowl or candy dish. It measures 1 1/2" tall x 6 1
Sterling Silver
Aztec Rose by Sanborns Mexican Mexico Sterling Silver Fruit Bowl Hollowware
By Sanborns
Located in Big Bend, WI
Sanborns Mexico and weighs 38.4 ozt. This piece measures 3 1/2" tall and 10" wide. It is not monogrammed
Sterling Silver
Sold
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Maciel Mexican Mexico Sterling Silver Fruit Platter #1044-1 Repoussed Hollowware
By Maciel Silver Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Maciel Mexican sterling silver fruit platter #1044-1. The piece has a repouseed fruit border
Sterling Silver
Sold
H 3.5 in Dm 11.25 in
Tane Mexican Mexico Sterling Silver Centerpiece Bowl Scalloped Border Hollowware
Located in Big Bend, WI
Mexican sterling silver centrepiece bowl made by Tane. It has a pretty scalloped border and applied
Sterling Silver
Sold
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Mexican Sterling Silver Martini Shaker Heavy 36 Ozt with Deco Design Hollowware
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Mexican sterling silver martini shaker. This shaker is massively heavy, weighing 36.3 ozt
Sterling Silver
Pair of Sterling Bowls by William Spratling
Located in Palm Desert, CA
-1967) was an American-born designer of Mexican jewelry, silver hollowware, tin, copper, and furniture
Sterling Silver
Sold
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Mexican Mexico Sterling Silver Covered Tureen/Covered Vegetable Dish, Hollowware
Located in Big Bend, WI
Mexico sterling covered tureen or giant vegetable dish. It features applied leaves, vines and
Sterling Silver
Sold
H 1.97 in W 1.58 in D 1.58 in
Set of Sterling Silver Salt and Pepper Shakers by Antonio Piñeda, Taxco
By Antoñio Pineda
Located in Paris, FR
: HECHO EN MEXICO Hollowware by Antonio Pineda is uncommon.
Silver
$115,969
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Wrought Iron
$14,950 / set
H 15 in W 7.38 in D 8.5 in
Early 20th Century Five-Piece Louis XV Style Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine early 20th century five-piece Louis XV style sterling silver tea and coffee service set. The finely chased ovoid shaped body with scalloped details and vermeil gold inter...
Silver
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
$185,000 / set
H 12 in W 12 in D 10 in
A 200 Plus Set of 19 Century Imperial Russian Silver Flatware by Andrei Bragin
By Andrei Bragin
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An exceptional and extremely rare set of a combination of silver and vermeil (gilded silver) flatware designed and crafted in St Petersburg Russia by Andrei Stepanovich Bragin d...
Silver, Vermeil
$976,800
H 15 in W 39 in D 34 in
Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Paulding Farnham., Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900. Museum...
Sterling Silver
Antique Meissen 68-Piece Floral Dinner Service
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service German, c. 1900 Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm Square salad bowl: Height 9.5cm, width 22cm, depth 22cm...
Porcelain
Large English Porcelain Dinner Service, Minton, circa 1845
Located in New York, NY
With a soft turquoise ground, painted with a fine spray of flowers, with gilt scroll and dash borders. Comprising pair of covered tureens and stands, pair of vegetable tureens, well ...
Porcelain
$109,147
H 95.08 in W 69.89 in D 95.28 in
LARGE & IMPORTANT ANTiQUE CIRCA 1600 CHARLES I DOCUMENTED ENGLISH OAK TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, extra large framed, Documented English oak Tester bed c...
Oak
$1,296,126
H 24.81 in W 51.97 in D 34.26 in
Antique Victorian Louis XIV Style Centrepiece by Barnard & Sons
By Edward Barnard & Sons
Located in London, GB
Antique Victorian Louis XIV style centrepiece by Barnard & Sons English, 1850-53 Dimensions: height 63cm, width 132cm, depth 87cm. This magnificent centrepiece is wrought from s...
Silver
La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent
By John Singer Sargent
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 American Stamped by artist's estate (en verso) Oil on canvas John Singer Sargent, widely regarded as one of history's most distinguished portraitists...
Canvas, Oil
$531,216 / set
H 114.5 in W 35.5 in D 5 in
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
Wood, Pine
$620,902
H 13.98 in W 59.06 in D 20.48 in
Art Nouveau Silver, Crystal, and Pate De Verre Table Centrepiece by Falize
By Falize Frères
Located in London, GB
Art Nouveau silver, crystal, and pate de verre table centrepiece by Falize, French, 1902 Measures: Height 35.5cm, width 150cm, depth 52cm This exceptional piece demonstrates the...
Crystal, Silver
Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Service, 764 Pieces
By Gorham
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental American sterling silver flatware service by Gorham epitomizes the stately glamour of turn-of-the-century dining. A total of 705 pieces in the beloved Versailles patt...
Sterling Silver
Swiss Gold Musical Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This special and important Swiss gold music box is chased and engraved with a set of musical instruments surrounded by elaborate swirls of ornate foliage. Embossed with a delightful ...
Gold
$25,000
H 9.2 in W 18.5 in D 15 in
Large Mexican Modern Sterling Silver Coffee Tea Serving Set William Spratling
By William Spratling
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large six-piece sterling silver service for coffee and tea that consists of a gallery tray, a coffee pot, a tea pot, a hot milk or chocolate pot, a sugar and a milk jar. This stunn...
Sterling Silver
$163,721 / set
H 11.42 in W 27.56 in D 11.42 in
Large Antique Austrian Silver and Glass Garniture by Schwarz & Steiner
By Schwarz & Steiner
Located in London, GB
Large antique Austrian silver and glass garniture by Schwarz & Steiner Austrian, Late 19th Century Centrepiece: Height 29cm, width 70cm, depth 29cm Candelabra: Height 39cm, width 2...
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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