John Schofield More Dining and Entertaining

Typical form rectangular with hinged removable domed lid with engraved crest and cast loop finial, wood handle unscrews expose fill hole for hot water to b...

An exceedingly rare and important pair of George III-period mahogany knife boxes of exceptional quality and condition. The boxes are of serpentine form with refined crossbanded and c...

Hallmarked in London in 1763, this attractive, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Cream Jug, stands on three feet, and features later chased floral decoration to the body and an aca...

Each cistern is in the form of a fluted vase on a rectangular pedestal. The lead-lined vases have brass handles, removable lids with pineapple finials and taps. The crossbanded pedestals have cupboard doors enclosing slatted shelves for warming plates in one and a lead-lined slops drawers, a tambour fronted shelf and a cellaret in the other. Susan Stuart, 'Gillow of Lancaster and London', 2008 vol 1 p308-315 illustrates many pedestal urns including the drawings for Workington Hall, Cumbria, dated 1788. PLates 342 and 343 show pedestals with a similar arrangement of shelves and drawers. Thomas Sheraton explained the functions of dining room pedestals in his 'Drawing Book' of 1793: 'IN spacious dining rooms the sideboards are often made without drawers of any sort, having simply a rail, a little ornament...

Pair of shakers designed by Schofield. Beautiful pair of salt and pepper shakers, created in Baltimore by The Schofield Company, back in the 1905. This pair is from the iconic pattern named Baltimore Rose and was carefully crafted in the art nouveau style with a repousse of floral motifs in solid .925/.999 sterling silver. Pear shaped and mounted in three sabots and fitted with removable lids on top. Weight: 155.45 Grams, (99.64 Dwt). Measures: 51 mm by 115 mm (2.01 x 4.53 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the silver the model numbers and signed, "BALTON.ROSE STERLING 1028 SCHOFIELD". The Schofield Company (1903–1977) (aka Herr-Schofield, aka the Baltimore Silversmiths Manufacturing Company) was a Baltimore area silver company, whose best known pattern was Baltimore Rose. In 1891, at the age of 18, Frank Schofield started an apprenticeship at The Gorham Mfg. Co. in Providence. At Gorham, Schofield learned die-cutting and silversmithing. In some silver biographies, penned by scholarly authors, it has been written that Frank Schofield cut the dies for the original Stieff Rose...

Geo III Rolling mahogany cheese and biscuit server, circa 1800. When dinner ended in the 18th century and early 19th century the cheese server was brought out. It was filled with che...

Hallmarked in London in 1798 by John Emes, this attractive, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Teapot, is 'Drum' shaped, and features engraved decoration throughout, and a wooden ha...

Hallmarked in London in 1821 by John Mewburn, this elegant George IV sterling silver toast rack features a rectangular wirework frame with a gadroon border to the base. The rack is d...

A masterfully designed modernist cheese Shaker of impeccable quality made of Lucite and stainless by Cini & Nils, Italy, 1970s.

Hallmarked in London in 1798, 1815, and 1823 by Emes & Barnard this rare George III antique sterling silver set of six graduated beakers is of a plain, tapering cylindrical form ...

Antique George III Sterling Silver Cheese Toasting Dish with a removable wooden handle. This Georgian Silver Cheese Warming Dish has a rectangular form with a classic gadroon border ...

Hallmarked in London in 1773 by Walter Brind, this handsome, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Teapot, is 'Drum' shaped, and features an engraved vacant cartouche, and a wooden han...