Plated Barware

A magnificent large wine jug, wonderful quality made from a hefty piece of crystal beautifully hand-cut. The naturalistic handle is just lovely, the collar and lid smothered with ...

Nutcracker Vienna Around 1950s Original condition

A magnificent, authentic, art nouveau champagne bucket from the famous French champagne maker Charles Heidsieck in Reims, founded in 1851. This rare model dates from the early 1900s....

Silvered Mappin & Webb cooler, possibly used by JFK or Frank Sinatra. If you are looking for an antique Art Deco cooler for your home or restaurant then this stylish specimen with a unique provenance could be yours to use and enjoy soon. We have owned and sold an Art Deco era cooler before, but never one with such a unique provenance. This incredibly stylish, geometrical design and silver plated brass or bronze one comes with the logo of one of the most luxurious holiday resorts on the planet. The Lyford Cay Club...

Ariol is a long cocktail pick. Ideal for a charismatic event at your home or for something more intimate. Elegant, unique, and singular are some of the adjectives we use to describe ...

Vintage Chrome plated table lighter, in the form of a Jet fighter Plane circa 1950 Cigarette lighter cased in the planes body, [ball catch] Stylised Bracket to hold swivel ball, to show fighter plane in numerous manoeuvres Sitting on black bakelite base green baize under with reg design...

Art Deco Silver Plated Cocktail Shaker circa 1920s Engine turned Detail integral Lemon Squeezer Very Good Quality Makers Marks on Base R & D S&L ...

Champagne bucket by Jean Despres, France, circa 1950. Important hammered silver plated champagne bucket with cylindrical hammered body presenting two scrolled handles underlined with spheres and decorated at the top of the Jean Despres flat link chain. Incised signature "J.Després" under the base (see photo). A similar model is illustrated in the book "Jean Després, jeweler and goldsmith between Art Deco and modernity" by Melissa Gabardi, page 151, to Editions Norma (see photos). Jean Despres, born June 15, 1889 in Souvigny (Allier), and died in 1980 in Avallon (Yonne), is a French goldsmith, creator of jewelry, objects and furniture of Art Deco style, specializing in the work of the silver. Jean Despres was born into a descendant family of master glassmakers, Després de Loisy, and glaziers, Turlin. The family moved in Avallon in 1890 to open an articles of paintings and art store at no. 27 rue de Paris and then at no. 20 place Vauban. He attended school and college in Avallon without being a very bright student. His passion was cycling and competitions. He obtained his patent in 1905. His father placed him in apprenticeship with a friend, goldsmith in Paris in the Marais district. At the same time, he completed his training by following the drawing classes in the schools of the city of Paris and frequented the Bateau-Lavoir, where he met Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Paul Signac, Giorgio De Chirico, Marie Laurencin, Chaim Soutine, Maurice Utrillo and Georges Braque, whom will be his best friend. He is passionate about cubism. During World War I, Jean Despres was assigned as a draftsman mechanic in the workshops of the military aviation. This double experience will durably mark him and feed all his work. He participated in the Art Deco movement. He had many friends in the avant-garde of the time, such as Paul Jouve or Maurice de Vlaminck. In the 1920s and 1930s, he took over his parents' store in Avallon and set up his studio where he created motor jewelry, whose pure forms inspired by aeronautical mechanical parts were part of the avant-garde movement. Craftsman of metal, gold, silver, tin, Despres shaped material, invented new forms. Like his contemporaries Marcel Sandoz or Raymond Templier, he was one of those pioneers who renounce the codes of high jewelry and the use of precious stones. He participated, with the help of Paul Signac, in his first Salon des Indépendants in 1926. He also participated in the revival of the forms of goldsmithing by removing the classic ornaments, to create pieces with massive shapes, silver, pewter, usually silver metal, everyone recognizable by its hammered appearance. In 1935, he took care of the Art and Fashion Gallery at No. 39 rue du Colisée in Paris. In 1936, he married Simone Delattre, painter and decorator on embroidered fabrics. He was rewarded by the Aeroclub which awards him a gold medal in 1937. These works were beginning to be known abroad. The following year, he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor. He run his gallery and kept his studio in Avallon. In 1940, he was President of the Goldsmiths' Union, a professional delegate for artistic protection at the international jewelry-goldsmith's office. He was the goldsmith's rapporteur on the awards commission of the Society for the Promotion of Art and Industry. In 1943, he came to live on rue de La Trémoille in Paris, where he had a shop at the same address. Among his friends, he counted Pierre Vigoureux and frequented Jules Cavaillès, Worms, Peltier, Lalique, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Fernand Léger and many others. He counted Josephine Baker among his famous clients. After the war, Jean Despres will expose several times, with the support of the State, in different foreign countries. In 1972, he offered the city of Avallon sixty-eight of his works. Exhibitions 1925: Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, with Rose Adler and the painter Étienne Cournault 1925: International Exhibition of Decorative Arts 1926: Salon des indépendants 1928: Salon of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts 1928: Salon des Artistes-Decorateurs 1930: Union des Artistes Modernes, at the Pavillon de Marsan, he exhibits surrealist jewelry...

Professional bartender set made of 18/10 stainless steel with special black mirrored plating. the kit contains: 1 small shaker 300 ml, 10 fl. oz 1 large shaker 500 ml, 16.90 fl. oz...

Aldo Tura Ice bucket for Macabo Italy, 1950s An Ice-bucket made of brass, plated (shows ware) with round knobs. One on top and the same shape as handles. In the inside is a double-w...

Beautiful silver plated bucket for ice cubes from the French brand Gallia (part of Christofle). On the bottom is a removable plate with holes, for...

Chromium Plated  From our Tantalus collection, we are pleased to offer this Jacques Adnet Tantalus. The Tantalus of regular form with a Chromium plated body featuring three crystal ...

Amazing early 20th century octagonal Art Deco tray with shell handles and etched mirror top, France, 1920s. This mirrored serving tray or vanity tray features an octagon brass metal plated frame with carving floral details thorough and shell shaped handles at both sides. The mirror surface has an etched decorative detail at the central. The tray rests on four bronze small feet and the back part is made of wood. An elegant addition in any place to be used as cocktails or drinks tray, vanity tray or to add an exclusive accent in a bathroom for the beauty tools and hand soaps...

Elegant Gucci bottle caps made in silver and gold plate in form of a duck head, Italy 1970s and signed Gucci.

This collector piece is a very famous silver-plated Christofle champagne bucket that was designed by Luc Lanel and made for the famous Normandie cruise ship only. This champagne buc...

Luc Lanel (1893-1966), works with the architect Jean-Charles Moreux and with Leleu. Artistic director of the world-famous Christofle house from 1922-1942, he creates many models incl...

'Russian Roulette' is a set of intricate and expressive bar accessories inspired by the cupolas of Moscow's Saint Basil's Cathedral. Double Eagle Head Pou...

Superb Art Nouveau Liquor set from the period around 1910 in Germany made by the renown company of WMF. An outstanding liquor set consisting of...

Classic early 1970s bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale in Germany.

Art Deco period modernist Tanatalus attributed to Jacques Adnet. Complosed of a nickel-plated structure containing 3 carafes by Baccarat with cut sides and complete with handle and s...

This nice Art Deco wine holder representing a sleigh is made of silver plated. This is a French work. Circa 1930.

Walter Bosse cat bottle opener, 1950s Original condition.  

This duck ice bucket was designed by Mauro Manetti circa 1960. The original and first productions, like this one, had the inside made of metal and the outside of silvered cast alumi...

Rotating Russian Roulette Bar Tool Kit; crafted in bronze, with 18ct yellow gold vermeil, set with a citrine Crystal Haze top. Bronze with 18ct yellow go...

Nutcracker with bamboo handle vienna circa 1950s (Nickel-Plated). Original condition.       

This exquisite oval tray is made entirely of metal plated in silver and its surface is lightly textured to give it an organic feel. The gentle curves of the inner and outer profile are sophisticated and elegant, while the finish of the two fake ivory...

An incredibly stylish and important, heavy gauge silver plated champagne bucket, with classic hammered (or marte´le) finish, with trademark Despre`s chain motif around the foot and r...