Pair of Sterling Silver Compotes

Fine pair of Tiffany & Co. sterling silver compotes New York, (1902-1907) in the blackberry pattern Stamped: Tiffany & Co. Makers Sterling silver Measures: Diameter 7 in. (18 ...

American Sterling Silver Four-Piece Coffee Service. Circa 1930, each piece marked Sterling, the coffee pot marked, Black Starr & Gorham, the creamer and sugar bowl, with Black, Sta...

A magnificent antique George III solid Silver swing handled Cake Basket in a classic oval shape. This Silver Georgian Basket has an elegant pierced pattern on the sides and rim of the body and the pedestal foot. This decorative serving Basket had a beaded rim on the border and a pretty patterned handle. The Basket has a large engraved crest in the centre of the basket. Made in London in 1774 by Charles Aldridge and Henry Green...

Pair of resin dishes in glazed terracotta. In the South West of France, the country named Landes was a poor country having very few natural resources, the inhabitants lived on meager harvests whose land was manured by their flocks of sheep. The Landais also exploited the resin of the maritime pine: it was collected at the foot of the tree using a very artisanal technique which offered low yields: tapping with “crot” (from the Gascon cròt: hole). To harvest the resin, ancient resin workers dug a hole at the foot of the pine, generally between the roots, which they lined with moss. The resin obtained, if it had not crystallized on the care before arriving at the base of the pine, was full of impurities: twigs, sand, insects, and it contained very little turpentine. A first progress was to put dishes at the bottom of these holes which made it possible to collect the resin with fewer impurities, In 1844, the resin pot...