Hawkes & Son Decorative Objects

Victorian pair of sterling silver-mounted cut crystal vases, England, circa 1895. Each heavy vase stands 7" high x 3 1/4" diameter at widest point. Crystal "twists" near the base of ...

This antique biscuit barrel or covered jar was made by the well known English silversmith James Deakin & Sons in approximately 1920 and done in...

Sterling silver vase with round base and wire handles. Above the base, a jagged conical-shaped vase holder has been placed. The hands in silver threads draw scrolls as decoration. Th...

Elegant and refined sterling silver vase. Entirely handcrafted and embossed with a torchon motif, the vase has been finely hammered all over the body. The mouth of the vase is shap...

19th Century Italian sterling silver decorative vase with two side handles and exterior design details. The vase features a finely chase body with applied foliate motifs and semi pre...

dresser set was made by Henry Mathews of Birmingham England in circa 1899 in the period Art Nouveau style. Each of the pieces is hallmarked for English sterling with the letters "HM...

Sterling silver (unmarked, but tested)-mounted iridescent glass vase, England, circa 1920's. 6 3 /4 inches high x 2 1/4 inches diameter across o...

Hallmarked in London in 1902 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., this very attractive, Edwardian, Antique Sterling Silver Vase, has octagona...

Sterling silver vase with encrustation of turquoise enamels. Stamps: "Star" and illegible. Star stamp in Spain is for sterling silver since 1934. Weight: 6...

Beautiful vase in sterling silver completely handmade with chiseled strips. The round body ends with the upper part which is narrow and decorated with 2 cast fish 1,020 grams.

Pair of beautiful silver and vases with gorgeous bows and flowers decorating the surface, three three-dimensional ram heads by each leg and hooved feet from the late 19th/ early 20th...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Particular pair of toilet bottles in cut and ground by hand crystal; for their execution it was used crystal with a percentage of lead of 30%; the high lead content, instead of calcium present in the common glass, gives the crystal a remarkable hardness, exceptional transparency, and a high refractive index; with the techniques of cutting, grinding and polishing, scrupulously performed by hand, extraordinary light effects and reflections were created; the bottles with the ball body are surmounted by a silver neck and a hinged lid finely chiseled with Victorian motifs. They bear the Classic English silver punches from which we can tell that they were produced in the Victorian style in the city of Birmingham in 1907 (Edward VII) by the firm Phineas Harris Levi & Joseph Wolfe Salaman. The company was founded in 1870 in Birmingham on Northampton Street, in 1872 moved to larger premises on Hockley Street and in 1885 the business was finally moved to a prestigious building on Newhall Street. Levi & Salaman produced much Fine silverware...