Set of 4 Antique Silver & Tortoise Shell Menu Place Card Holders 1915 -16

A Set of 4 elegant Silver Menu Holders with oval Silver inlaid Tortoise Shell Panels, each showing and of a classical woman and cherub gathering foliage. This set of 4 Place Card Hol...

A set of 4 Antique Sterling Silver & Enamel Menu Holders / Place Card Holders. Each Menu Holder features an enamel image of a bird in a country side setting created in rich colour an...

Am elegant Antique Sterling Silver Serving Tray with a Chippendale style border. This Two handled Tray is suitable as a Sandwich Tray but sizable enough for serving. Made in Birming...

A pretty antique Victorian solid Silver Carriage Clock. This Victorian Clock has an elegantly chased body with all four sides and the top showing period scenes of figures in a countr...

A magnificent antique Victorian solid silver basket with a heavy clear glass liner. This Basket is of substantial size and features an intricate pierced and chased patterns. The Rim ...

A beautiful Antique Edwardian Silver Mounted and Glass Caster. The Cut Glass body of the Caster features detailed floral images on each of the lobed panels. The Caster stands on a th...

Set of 13 American Modern sterling silver place card holders, ca 1950. This set comprises 12 place card holders and 1 menu holder. Each: Cast figure of recumbent whippet with gracile...

Set of 4 Edwardian sterling silver place card holders. Made by Sampson Mordan & Co. Ltd. in Chester, 1904-6. Each: Two flat discs mounted to flat and circular base. Front disc smalle...

A set of six Elizabeth II sterling silver novelty place card holders, by Garrard & Co, London, 1997. Each of the cast models are in the form of a dolphin leaping over a wave, in a fi...

A fine and impressive set of six antique George V English sterling silver menu / card holders - boxed; an addition to our diverse dining silverware collection. These fine antique George V sterling silver menu card holders have circular shaped bases. Each piece is surmounted with an impressive wishbone* shaped design with a paralleling shaped support. The subtly convex bases are encircled with an elevated scalloped border. The weighted bases of these impressive menu holders are fitted with green baize to the underside. This impressive set of antique silver menu card holders is fitted to the original hinged leatherette box with satin and velvet lined interior, secured with two hinged catches. The interior of the box bears the retailer's mark 'Robert Stewart (Jewellers) Ltd, 75 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow'. A wishbone, otherwise known as the furcular, is a forked bone found in birds and some dinosaurs. The main function of the bone is to provide strength between the neck and breast, to protect the creature during battle. The Ancient Romans perceived this bone as a symbol of luck which allowed the progression of breaking a dried chicken wishbone apart whilst making a wish; this procedure determined the person with the bigger half would receive their wish or have good fortune. This tradition has travelled through Europe and is an adopted practice in many countries. Condition These impressive antique menu holders...

An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique Victorian Scottish cast sterling silver card/menu holders; an addition to our animal related silverware collection. These exceptional Victorian cast sterling silver menu holders have a shaped heraldic blazon form onto a plain rounded wirework frame. The anterior surface of each piece is embellished a hallmarked cast sterling silver Peddie family blazon of a papingo holding in his beak an arrow, all above the bannered motto 'Consulto' - I deliberate. These antique silver menu holders...

An exceptional, fine and impressive set of four antique Edwardian English sterling silver swan menu / card holders; an addition to our diverse dining silverware collection These exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian sterling silver menu/card holders have circular bases. Each antique menu holder...