Antique French Silver Wine Taster with Scallop Shell Handle, 18th Century

French silver wine taster, 18th century. Round with curved sides; snake ring handle has squiggly tail. Engraved owner’s name in shaded block: J. P. Berard Ptre. That last is a shorte...

Turn-of-the-Century American Craftsman sterling silver porringer. Bellied bowl on inset foot ring. Finely faceted hand hammering with nice "disco ball" shimmer. Plain open tree handl...

English Arts & Crafts sterling silver porringer, 1925. Curved and round bowl with split-mounted elongated loop handle; top mount has irregular mother of pearl. Visible hand hammering...

American sterling silver wine cup, ca 1950. Tapering bowl with flared and molded rim and short inset foot. Naif Old-Country engraved ornament with four ovoid pointille frames of whic...

A fine antique French tastevin. In sterling silver. Having a bowl of shaped, typical from set with ring shaped handle and thumb tab. Struck with a C...

Bernegal silver. Peru, 17th century. Trembling or catavinos made of silver in its color, handles in the form of "that" (or "ce" with lower end) with scrolls and masks, and the rest ...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique German silver wine taster; an addition to our 17th century wine and drinks related silverware collection. This exceptional antique German silver wine taster has a circular rounded, lobed paneled form. The molded, paneled surface of the wine taster is embellished with the later engraved inscription 'To J.C.P.L from his Godmother E.L.A.E.T, Oct 5th 1894'. The well of this silver wine taster is encircled with engraved textured decoration. The impressive example of antique silverware is fitted with two cast scrolling handles with plain elevated thumbpieces. This drinking vessel retains the original gilding to the interior; this has worn with age in a sympathetic fashion to an aesthetically pleasing mellow color. The hallmarks struck to this impressive wine taster include: Maker's mark: Untraced City mark: Augsburg, Germany Assay scrape: Zickzack line (Tremolierstrich) Condition This antique silver wine taster...

Continental silver testavin, likely late 19th or early 20th century. Bold & gutsy, handraised silver. Marked with a crown & 6-point star over PI, in a cartouche. 3.65 troy oz. 4.25" ...