Plated Barware

Nutcracker Vienna Around 1950s Original condition

Art Déco/Modernist silver spherical cocktail shaker with applied handle and spout, stamped marks to the underside, by swedish designer Sylvia Stave By: Sylvia Stave Material: silver...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hugely stylish 1960's Italian cocktail tool set in style of Gio Ponti in engine turned silver plated brass. Marked "PM" Italy. PM specialized in si...

Set of 12 1950s silver plated punch cups. Single R monogram on each cup, Stamped EPC (electroplated copper) on the underside. Cups have been newly pr...

Lino Sabattini wine bottle holder Italy, c. 1970s silver plate

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...

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...

Art Deco Candy and Nut dish features 2 round bowls, decorated by a whale figurine with a hoop handle that is ribbed on both sides, designed by Gerth and Gerth and made by Chase USA...

Two fingers please. Shot measure silver plate cups. One with enamel interior by Reed and Barton. With happy drunk figure. The second by Napier. Showing two fingers as measure. Priced...

This silver plated serving tray was made by Rogers of Canada in approximately 1960 in an Edwardian antique style. The tray has a simple series of indentations around the raised outer...

An American silver plated "Tells You How" cocktail recipe shaker. With a rotating band showing each cocktails name along the rim and the ingredients need...

Eight red ball-topped chrome cocktail picks in a tree trunk stand where the pick-tops appear to be berries - two birds are at the base of the tree looking up at the berries. The chro...

Thermid Paris Mid-Century Modern gold plate, metal & plastic tomato shaped insulated ice bucket France, 1950.       

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...

12 ball topped chrome cocktail picks with forked tips and red knops with chrome stems held in a "T" form stand with a red ball handle. The arms of the "T" with six holes each for the...

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...

Walter Bosse cat bottle opener, 1950s Original condition.  

This chrome-plated champagne bucket has a Classic Art Deco style. The top edge is stepped and trimmed with a ribbed band; the front is adorned with a decorative plaque depicting Bacc...

Art Deco ruby red glass cocktail shaker with a domed chrome lid having a pour spout with built in strainer. The body of the shaker tapers dow...

Norman Bel Geddes Soda King rechargeable syphon circa 1938, unused Art Deco / Machine Age / Industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes's chrome plated and enamel ...

Art Deco cocktail picks in a fan-form stand. The forked chrome picks with red ball tops finished with a small chrome stem. The arched holder ha...

Very large extensive set of coin Mid-Century Modern barware and glasses by Cera. The set consisting of eight highball glasses, eight 5-ounce rocks glasses, seven footed beer glasses, and three nut bowls in metal carrier. All in fabulous vintage condition with all 22-karat gold and black design intact, circa mid-20th century. This barware is so Mad Men!! How wonderful it will look in your Mid-Century Modern bar. And so much fun to use to serve your guests. The large set is comprised of eight of the 5.5-inch tall highball glasses, seven of the 5.25-inch tall footed beer glasses, eight of the 3.25-inch tall rocks glasses, and three 2.25-inch tall nut bowls in their original brass plated carrier. All with the black and 22-karat gold antique coin design attributed to Bob Wallack and all in excellent condition. The highball and rocks glasses are marked with the Cera half and half crown, the nut bowls are not marked; however, the beer glasses have the Federal Glass Company...

Very unusual silver-plate cocktail pitcher made by Apollo for S & G Gump Co. The pitcher in the form of a milk pail with a swing handle to the top and a lift handle to the lower back...

This silver plated figural wagon was made in England in circa 1965 in the style of a much earlier Victorian period. The wagon is solid cast brass and considerably sturdy and has freely turning spoked wheels and the front two pivot from side to side so can be turned using the outstretched handle. The inside of the wagon holds two wine bottle coasters with nicely decorated rims and wooden bottoms. The wagon is clearly signed on the bottom with a castle hallmark and "Victor A...

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

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

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...

Hard to find Art Deco ice bowl of horizontally ribbed glass in chrome plated stand with repeated ribs and red Bakelite handles.