Silver Decorative Objects

William Hutton & Sons. London, Birmingham & Sheffield. circa 1903. An exceptional Art Nouveau silver and vase by William Hutton dated 1...

This spectacular sterling figure of a Navajo spirit dancer by renowned Navajo silversmith Toby Henderson is highly detailed, circa 1980s, by Toby Henderson, Dine-Navajo, American. Heavily worked and excessively concha stamped, it is the perfect way to connect with the spiritual world through Dine art! Excellent condition. Remarks: "Bring the balance of self and universe into your home." Size: 5 1/2 inches high by 2 inches wide Weight: 2.8 ozt Hallmarks: TH below a partial sun, maker's mark for Tobey...

A fine and impressive pair of vintage Spanish silver bird figurines; part of our continental ornamental silverware collection. These exceptional vintage Spanish silver table ornaments have been realistically modelled in the form of a pair of birds/grouse. Each silver bird ornament has been embellished with embossed decoration reproducing the plumage and the bird's anatomical features. Condition These vintage silver bird figurines are a very good gauge of silver for their type, good quality and in excellent condition. The embossed decoration is all very sharp. The Spanish hallmarks...

Old English silver plated / gold wash interior side handles decorative vase with exterior deign details. The vase is in great condition. Minor wear ...

In a dramatic pose perched on branches atop rock-work all resting on acorn feet.

Two pairs of German 800 silver 2-light candelabra. Made by M. H. Wilkens & Söhne in Germany, ca 1890. Each: tapering pillar on raised foot with spread c-scroll supports. Garland-entwined figure mounted to pillar top...

A Wonderful French Silver & Etched 7 Faceted Cut Crystal Vanity Box & Dresser Scent Bottles Boudoir Set All Items With Minor Chips From Use And Age...

Edwardian Classical sterling silver picture frame. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark, ca 1910. Rectangular surround with reeded rim and chased rectangle (vacant). Window has acid-etc...

Wilhem Kage vase 'Argenta' for Gustavsberg Sweden 1950 Signed underneath Good condition The Argenta sandstone collection, now emblematic with its green glaze and silver decorations,...

An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique George III English sterling silver tea caddies by Pierre Gillois; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection. These except...

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...

9th century silver processional priest's hats, Chimu culture, Peru. These silver hats were originally covered with fabric, as can be seen in the remaining surface pattern. The hol...

Hallmarked in London in 1907 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., this exceptional Edwardian sterling silver vase is of a tapering cylindrical form with a flared rim. The body is de...

Antique early 20th Century exceptional Burmese (Myanmar) solid silver vase, repoussé decorated in high relief with scenes from Burmese mythology, depicting scenes from the Jataka Tal...

Fine Continental Silver Bonbon Box with Giltwash interior, 900 Standard. Surmounted by a flowerform finial, the two part box is decorated with a twisted gadrooned border, and a gilt-...

Henry Wilkinson. English silversmith, Sheffield. Modernist silver bowl on foot with handles, 1930-1940s. In very good condition. Stamped. Measures: 26 x 11 cm.

early 19th century empire-style column clock in sterling silver (swan hallmark) and gilt bronze in very good condition, probably Swiss work we have not had the movement overhauled gr...

A Singular Work. Created Upon Acquisition. This is a one-of-one piece, conceived as a unique object in the world. It is brought into existence only after acquisition, through a meti...

Description: Gilded silver cigarette case with gold filigree mesh and beveled corners, bands along with polychrome applications. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II T...

Master silversmith Reijo Sirkeoja made some of the most original silver designs in post-war Finland, combining unusual modern aesthetics with the sophis...

Description: Circular silver pill box with Middle Eastern style reliefs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Middle East. Brand: Absent. Weight: 29.73 grams. Dimensions: 4.1cmx2.6cm. Conten...

Description: Silver and gold vinaigrette box with engraving on the lid and casing from the George IV period. Metal: Silver - Gold. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 13.22 g...

Art Nouveau glass vase with engraved silver overlay, ca 1900. Baluster bowl and inverted conical neck. Overlay in from of buds and blooms with entwined and whiplash tendrils. Scrolle...

Domed oval pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè, top and bottom, with fine hand-engravings. Viennese Art Nouveau style second h...

Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting a female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing, hand-...

Large bronze and silver chest, 19th century Orientalist work. Large 19th century Orientalist bronze and silver box, Napoleon III period. Dimensions : H: 15,5cm, W: 23cm, D: 18cm C...

G/409 - Antique, perfect, rare Italian evening handbag in silver mesh. What's better for a beautiful present ?

Sack-shaped sterling silver vase or bowl. The vase was completely handmade starting from the sterling silver plate, skilfully modeled until it took the shape of a sack. The body wa...

A magnificent, fine and impressive, rare antique silver sugar box modelled in the form of a squirrel; part of our collection of rare silverware. This magnificent, fine and impressive antique cast silver sugar box has been realistically modelled in form of a squirrel perched on a branch. The silver sugar box is embellished with chased details reproducing the squirrel's coat and anatomical features, in additional to the naturalistic features of the branches, leaves and acorns. This exceptional and large antique silver squirrel sugar box is fitted with the original push fit head/cover. Such magnificent specially commissioned, large examples in this form are highly unusual and are not available on the open market. Condition This rare squirrel sterling silver sugar box is a magnificent gauge of silver, magnificent quality and in magnificent condition. Full British hallmarks struck to the body of the box and part hallmarks to the sleeve of the cover are all very clear; the hallmarks are struck deeply to the magnificent gauge of silver. Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this large silver animal ornament...

A large George IV silver sideboard dish, made by Joseph Angell II, 1828 English, early 19th century Diameter 75cm, depth 10cm This magnifice...

Octagonal notched photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled baroque style engraving. External dimensions cm. 14.2 x 17.8, internal oval cm. 8 x 12....

Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1915 by Williams Ltd., this attractive antique George V sterling silver dressing table tray has a rectangular form with rounded corners. The tray's surfac...

Oval rounded "soap" shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fired enamels above and below and hand-painted miniature of a horse's head, English "Art Nouveau" style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 4.7 x 6.7 x 2. Weight gr. 96. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 800° C. Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions. It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books. Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items. Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques. The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds: 1) Fire enamel. 2) Water tempera on an ivory plate. 3) Painted on mother-of-pearl. Fire enameled miniatures: On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors. With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color. It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times. Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene. Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...

A 925 sterling silver hand chased swan with an articulated neck and wings on a polished nickel display block. Expertly crafted with eyes set with Garnet, made entirely by a master je...

Silverplated tube vase by Jacques Sitoleux for Christofle, France, circa 1969..

A 20th century English solid silver and 9k gold cigar case by Cartier. The lid and base are decorated with raised gold inlaid bands over a finely engine-turned ground. Applied to the...

French Art Nouveau silvered metal bud vase with removable etched glass inset within a base cast with a woman playing the harp (WMF).  

English Victorian silver plated compote with root and leaf cast tripartite base and removable cut-glass scalloped dish (19th Century)

Robert Venturi Post Modern Silver Candleholders for Swid Powell, Both stamped RVenturi MADE IN ITALY SILVER PLATED with copyright mark.

Rectangular table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamels fired on guilloche and hand-painted floral miniature; external blue staff. Art Nouveau sty...

Vase by Wilhelm Kage figuring silver inlay with 2 stylised fishes with bubbles. Signed GUSTAVSBERG ARGENTA with anchor 1016. Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960) is one of the most well-known r...

Being offered is a men's sterling silver jewelry box. It is from the 1950s and has that Classic Midcentury look; sleek and Minimalist. The inside is wood that we have had restrained ...

A French silvered-bronze athénienne by Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris, last quarter 19th century with a revolving liner, the frieze applied with bucrania suspending ribbon-tied berried laurel swags above a border of bellflowers on a stippled ground above three seated female sphinxes issuing stylised foliage and scrolls on lion monopodia cast with the mask of Hercules, scrolling foliage and anthemions joined by stretchers, raised on a concave-sided triform marble base on a further thin silvered-bronze base, inscribed to the tripod base 'F. BARBEDIENNE' Measures: 103.3cm. high, 41.5cm. diameter; 3ft. 4 3/8 in, 1ft. 4 1/4. This impressive athénienne is a key reminder of the longevity of a particular model and design’s success from Antiquity through to the 19th century and up until this day. Typically known as the ‘Trépied du Temple d’Isis’, this athénienne is designed after the Roman antique originally found at Pompeii and now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples (fig.1). From being for example an inspiration for the baptismal font of Napoléon’s son in 1811, this model was the inspiration to many highly skilled makers throughout the 19thcentury such as the Manfredini brothers from Milan and of course the Parisian well-established bronze founder Ferdinand Barbedienne who executed the present example. The Temple of Isis was a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis and was among one of the first discoveries during the excavation of Pompeii in 1764. Certainly considered as one of the most elegant examples of antique tripods, the existence of this model was then popularized to the rest of Europe via prints, one of the first being by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1779. This type of tripod was also popularised by an engraving in C. Percier and P. Fontaine’s, Receuil de Décorations Intérieures of 1801. Interestingly, there is also a watercolour now in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris, showing this type of tripod displayed at the 1801 Exposition des Produits de L’Industrie in the Louvre. The passion for Greek and Roman Art in the 19th century. The discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum around the middle of the 18th century gave rise to a new passion for Antiquity and the excavated masterpieces renewed the repertoire of fine and decorative arts and served as models for Neoclassicism. Members of the aristocracy as well as connoisseurs, particularly in England, completed their education by undertaking a ‘Grand Tour’ of Italy and often fell victim to the recently unearthed Greek and Roman artefacts...

Description: Silver cigarette case with Art Nouveau reliefs, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II. Title: Weight: 79.55 grams. Dimensions...

Rectangular box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with hand-engraved and enamelled Arab-style ornament. Dimensio...

Amphora vase with handles in 800 solid silver in neoclassical style. The body is round, rounded and completely smooth. Only on the neck of the amphora were 3 grooves made to break up...

Large patchwork horn and silver box by Tomasso Barbi. Lined in grey suede fabric. No makers mark or signature. Please note the box had been stored in a dry environment for many years...

Gustavsberg Argenta was a series of stoneware objects designed by Wilhelm Kåge for the Gustavsberg pottery company in Sweden. Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960) is one of the most well-known ...

Antique Tiffany & Co. large sterling silver frame. 4 Removable repoussè floral motif triangular corners set into beveled glass. Two of the four corners are stamped Tiffany & Co. sterling silver, as shown in photos. Unoriginal Tiffany storage box...

This is a pair of vintage low candlesticks. An English, silver plated candle nozzle, dating to the mid century, circa 1950. Brilliant shine to this attractive pair of nozzles Displ...

Midcentury Modern sterling silver picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular window in plain and flat surround. At top is gold emblem in form of waisted cylinder e...

Fischförmiges Bandmaß aus gehämmertem Silber Seltenes, handgefertigtes Maßband in Form eines Fisches aus massivem, gehämmertem Silber mit liebevollen Details. Ein charmantes Sammlers...

A beautiful Arts & Crafts period sterling silver on bronze vase In the manner of Heintz Art Metal Shop USA, Early 20th Century Measures: 2.75"W x 2.75"D x 6"H. Good original vint...

Wilhelm Kåge, plate "Argenta" Gustavsberg. Stamped Gustavsberg Kage. Painter's signature Calle Blomquist Gustavsberg. Decor in silver against a green background “Queen of Hearts.” Di...

Octagonal pill box in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on a guilloche pattern, and a floral miniature hand-painted by the artist Romano Buccioni in...

Wilhelm Kage vase 'argenta' for Gustavsberg Sweden 1950 Signed underneath Good condition Scandinavian Modern Wilhelm Kåge "Argenta" Vase in stoneware and inlays in silver for Gustav...

A magnificent, fine and impressive, large and rare antique sterling silver cockerel sugar box; part of our continental ornamental silverware ...

Asprey Exceptionally stunning sterling silver military humidor box made by Asprey of London, England. This beautiful box has the original fitted case. It is finely hand engraved and engine turned with scenes including: - The king and queen at ascot - Trooping the color...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III English sterling silver sugar basket; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection This exceptional antique George III sterling silver sugar basket with liner has a plain oval rounded form onto an oval swept pedestal foot. The surface of this fine example of Georgian silverware is embellished with bright cut engraved swags to the lower portion, below pierced decorated lozenge designs incorporating further bright cut engraved motifs. The upper portion of the is ornamented with pierced decorated stylized leaf designs. The rim of the body and foot are ornamented with an applied bead decorated border. The basket retains the original hallmarked bead decorated swing handle. This impressive antique silver sugar basket retains the original removable blue glass liner. Condition This antique sterling silver sugar basket...

Solid 925 sterling silver smooth round shape flower box with base. The perforated lid has a knob in fusion with blackberry and leaf, On the edge of the bowl it is decorated with blackberries and leaves made in silver casting. The object being perforated on the lid, in addition to a planter, can be used as an elegant diffuser of essences Italian silverware...