William Gale Serving Pieces

Sterling silver ladle by Alfredo Sciarrotta. Twisted design in handle with a round ball design. No monogram. Light usual scratches. Dimensions: 3...

Georg Jensen 'Acorn' Sterling Silver Gravy ladle. Weighs 87 grams

Fine and rare antique American hand engraved coin silver presentation birth spoon, fiddle pattern, with maker's marks by silversmith: Eleazer Wyer, Jr. (...

Irish silver sauce, gravy boat by West & Son, Dublin, 1920 An Irish silver sauce or gravy boat, made by West & Son, Dublin with shaped border and s...

We are offering a sterling silver mustard ladle in the Dauphin pattern by William B. Durgin (Gorham Silversmiths). Dauphin is one of the most s...

A small, hefty, exceptional, refined, and impressive antique Edwardian English silver plated Queen's pattern soup ladle is an addition to our silver cutlery collection. This exceptional antique Edwardian silver soup ladle has been crafted in the Queen's pattern. The anterior and posterior surfaces of the handle are embellished with the Classic Queen's pattern ornamentation, including a convex shell design to either side of the terminal, in addition to the honeysuckle and rosette design. This exceptional Edwardian spoon...

William Hutton & Sons English Victorian silver plated Fish Service Cutlery Set. Item features a (1) serving fork, (1) serving shovel, ornate etchings throughout, original stamp, very...

Sterling silver gravy/sauce boat, with attached tray.

Medallion wine ewer designed by William Gale & Son. Very rare and important piece of the American silversmith history. This fabulous wine ewer was made by the William Gale & Son Company, just five years before the American Civil War (1861-1865) in the 1856. The rich design and the delicate composition reflects the extreme opulence of the northern United States in these period and the degree of sophistication when serving a table. By other part, this wine ewer is full of symbolisms, where the degree of knowledge and understanding of the characters of Greek and Roman mythology is demonstrated. This one-of-a-kind piece was carefully crafted with impeccable details in solid .925/.999 sterling silver. It is fully decorated with ancient Etruscan and Greek revival patterns and architectural neo-classic elements, such the small two balusters and the rosettes located in the handle. The most significant are the two medallions depicting the classical figures of the helmeted & bearded portrait bust of Dionysus and the portrait bust of his daughter Methe, wearing a diadem made of vine leaves. This rare pitcher has a total weight of 750.43 grams and a measure of 12 by 7.5 inches (30.5 x 19 cm). The base has a diameter of 4.75 inches (12 cm). Fully stamped in the underneath, with the silver assay hallmarks, the maker's cartouche GS, the year of production 1856 and signed in full, "W. GALE & SON NEW YORK .925 STERLING GS 1856". Dionysus, (Bacchus for the Romans), was the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking and wine, of fertility, orchards and fruit, vegetation, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity and theatre in the ancient Greek culture. The iconographic theme on this sheet refer to the legend of the triumph of Dionysus, or as the Romans called him, Bacchus the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, the son of Zeus and Semele. The Bacchanalia was a religious festival in honor of the wine god, Dionysus. Methe, was the goddess-nymph of drunkenness in the ancient Greek mythology. She was the daughter and companion of the god Dionysus. She was also the wife of Staphylos (bunch of grapes) and mother of Botrys (grapes). History: The founder of the firm was William Gale (1799-1867) and the company was located in the number 447 at Broome street in New York. W. Gale invented and patented in 1826 a process for making spoons with ornamental patterns by cutting the ornament on rollers, both the upper and the lower rollers being cut with the pattern. this made the production of pattern spoons much less expensive than the former method of hand hammering patterns by the use of dies. William Gale was succeeded in the business by his son William Gale Jr. (1825-1885) who, after few years, ceased the control of the firm to H.B. Dominick & Leroy B. Haff until 1928 when the business was finally purchased by Reed & Barton. Note: The signature and hallmarks stamped at the bottom of this piece, correspond to the pieces produced before the US civil war...

A good antique American sterling silver Georgian toddy/punch ladle, circa 1780, silver weight 2.5 oz (71 grams). The ladle having a twist decorated whale baleen...

An exceptional, fine and impressive large antique George III Scottish sterling silver Fiddle & Shell pattern soup ladle, an addition to our silver cutlery collection. This exceptional and large George III sterling silver soup ladle has been crafted in the Fiddle and Shell...

This highly collectable pair of Kings pattern silver sauce ladles are in the sought-after double-struck standard form with the diamond heel, with ...