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Sheffield and Silverplate For Sale
Antique Hunting Flask, English, Silver Plate, Leather Case, Bottle, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique hunting flask. An English, glass and silver plate bottle in leather case, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Wonderfu...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Four Piece Antique Silver Plated Tea Set with Foliate Engraving C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Four Piece Antique Silver Plated Tea Set with Foliate Engraving C1890
Measures - 12.5"H x 9.75"W x 5.5"D (Largest)
Category
19th Century Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English Officers Equestrian Silverplate, Enamel & Hoof Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
English Officers Equestrian silver plate, enamel and hoof inkwell, an exquisite example with a portrait of the beloved horse, expertly mounted, possibly b...
Category
1890s English High Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
A Very Fine George V Period Silver Plated Entrée Dish, England Circa 1912
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine & heavy George V silver plated entree dish, showing a curvilinear shaped base fitted with a conforming domed lid with a detachabl...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair Of Antique Regency Sheffield Plate Silver Candlesticks 1825
Located in Doraville, GA
An antique pair of English Regency Sheffield plate candlesticks. The candlesticks are unmarked as many English Sheffield plate pieces are, they date from the first quarter of the 19t...
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1820s English Regency Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
1970 Gucci Silver Metal Italian Quail Salt and Pepper Shackers
By Gucci
Located in Brescia, IT
Salt and Pepper Shackers
Gucci
Italy, 1970
Silver metal
"Gucci made in Italy" stamped under the base
Very Good Condiction
Salt: h 6 / w 7 / d 4,...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal
Mid-19th Century Oval Engraved Sheffield Tray with Handles
Located in Brescia, IT
Engaging piece made in United Kingdom with the sheffield technic of the layer of copper between layer of silver.
The tray is fully engraved with drawing of flowers and baroque scrolls...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Antique Sheffield Plate Twin Dolphin Motif Tea/Cider Urn, Style Matthew Boulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Sheffield Plate Twin Dolphin Motif Tea/Cider Urn, Style Matthew Boulton, with Egyptomania Handles, Unmarked
England, circa 1800–1820
Antique Sheffield Plate Twin Dolphin Mot...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Antique Barker Bros. Silver Plated Covered Entree Server with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated covered server was made by the well known Barker Brothers of England in approximately 1880 and done in a period Victorian style. This entree server...
Category
Late 19th Century Canadian Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of English Regency Sheffield Candelabras, Matthew Boulton, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
A complete pair of English Regency Sheffield five-light candelabras with removable intertwined scrolled arms, original hand chased removable foliage motif bobeches, bulbous floral tapered columns, and resting on foliage motif circular bases. Candelabra bobeches...
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate, Copper
Tantalus Wine Cradle by Hukin & Heath in the Christopher Dresser Style
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Aesthetic Movement silver plate Tantalus Wine Cradle (1834-1904) made by Hukin & Heath, Birmingham, England and done in the style of Christopher Dresser.
Category
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique English Sheffield Silver-Plate Rectangular Serving Tray
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Sheffield silver-plate rectangular serving tray.
Category
19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
English Silver Plate Epergne Centerpiece Four Trumpets with Basket Base
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This beautiful epergne was made by S.J. Levi & Co. (1901-1938) in Birmingham England at the beginning of the 20th Century. This impressive silver plate piece features 1 large center...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Antique English Silver Plated Candlesticks in a Corinthian Column Style
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique candlesticks are hallmarked by an unknown maker, and presumed to originate from England and date to approximately 1920 and done in a Greek Revival style. The can...
Category
Early 20th Century English Greek Revival Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Rubans by Christofle Silverplate Flatware Service Set 51 pcs France Dinner Size
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
With a dedication to perfection and quality, Christofle flatware creations unite craftsmanship and modern technique, resulting in flatware to be handed down through generations.
Cre...
Category
Early 20th Century French Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Silver Plate and Cut Glass Biscuit Box Sheffield, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite cut glass and silver plate biscuit box by John Round Sheffield, dating from the late 19th Century.
The the cylindrical body features a cut glass liner with di...
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1890s English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Two Piece Antique Silver Plated Tea Set C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Two Piece Antique Silver Plated Tea Set with Foliate Engraving C1890
Measures - 12.25"H x 9"W x 5.25"D (Large)
Category
19th Century Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Empire Silver Plated Gondola Basket with Swan Handles
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite silver-plated basket, shaped in the style of a gondola, is a remarkable example of Empire-inspired craftsmanship. Featuring elegant swan-neck handles, this piece embod...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Christofle Demitasse Spoons in Vendome Pattern in Box- Set of 12
By Christofle
Located in Ross, CA
Set of twelve vintage silver plated demitasse spoons in the Vendome pattern, made in France by Christofle. Each spoon has a shell on the end of each spoon, top and bottom.
The stamp...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Huge Antique Christofle Silver Plated Centerpiece with a Figural Reclining Child
By Christofle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and substantial antique centerpiece was made by the well known Christofle company of France in approximately 1880 in the period Victorian style. The centerpiece is composed of silver plate over copper and depicts a young child reclining on an outdoor pedestal...
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Late 19th Century French High Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Silver Plate Pear Champagne Bottle Ice Bucket, France, 1950
Located in Miami, FL
Superb ice bucket in the form of pear the silver plated over Nickel body with removable lid complete with naturalistic leaves and stalk.
All original condition with patina to the Me...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Nickel
Sue et Mare for Orfèvrerie Gallia / Maison Christofle, Art Deco Jug c.1925
Located in Bath, GB
A highly sought-after silver plated jug designed by the famous French designers (see below) Louis Süe and André Mare for the Orfèvrerie Gallia / Maison Christofle c.1925.
Just back from our silversmith's workshop, it has been professionally cleaned and polished, restoring it to it's former glory; any shading are reflections; minor wear to the interior commensurate with age and use.
A magnificent piece of history and as relevant for today's interiors as it was nearly 100 years ago.
Excellent condition spanning 7 1/2" handle to spout x 4" x 7" tall. Any black marks seen on the body of the jug / pitcher are shadows not marks.
Item: 44016
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Sue et Mare
The spirit of collaboration was alive in the age of Art Deco. No duo quite exemplified this ideal more than the one known as Süe et Mare. Taking their knowledge of fine art and their shared experiences in the war with them, Louis Süe and André Mare were able to shape trends in the shift from Art Nouveau to Art Deco and beyond. Their designs, inspired by Cubism, excited the Paris Salon of the time and remain relevant even today.
Louis Süe was born in Bordeaux in 1875 to a wine merchant and his wife. Drawn to the arts, Süe abandoned a path which would have led him into the École Polytechnique to attend the École des Beaux-Arts in 1893. There he studied painting as well as architecture design, and in 1902 was able to exhibit with a number of his contemporaries in the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d’Automne. After working in various Parisian artists’ workshops and spending time in Vienna (where he was introduced to Cubism), Süe joined L’Atelier Français, an interior design firm made up of a number of his contemporaries, and where he first met André Mare.
André Mare was born in the Norman town of Argentan in 1885. Feeling stifled by his conventional upbringing, he left in 1904 to enroll in the École des Arts Decoratifs. In 1906, Mare also exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d’Automne, showing his furniture design and setting himself apart as a leader among his cohort. In 1912, along with Marcel Duchamp and others (and concurrent to his involvement with L’Atelier Français) Mare created La Maison Cubiste, a section at that year’s Salon d’Automne dedicated to radical interior design.
The outbreak of the First World War briefly interrupted the two men’s collaboration. Süe was drafted into the French Army and served in the Greek campaign. Mare, meanwhile, developed new camouflage techniques for the French, British, and Italian armies using his knowledge of Cubism. But this function did not keep him from the front. In 1916, he was wounded by shrapnel in Picardy while helping establish a lookout post, and in the same year was awarded the Military Cross by George V of England.
In 1919, Süe and Mare resumed their professional relationship by cooperating with Gustave Jaulmes on designing the victory celebrations in Paris for the war’s end. The next year the pair founded the Compagnie des arts français, focusing on creating designs for furnishings and interior accessories. While adhering to the Art Deco style, their designs were more conventional, harking back to the Louis XIV and earlier periods, and less focused on geometric intricacy. Highly decorative, their pieces featured flair such as sculpted floral and fruit motifs, scalloped edges, and inlays of ivory and mother of pearl.
Working primarily as decorators and furniture designers, Süe and Mare did find time to continue participating in exhibitions, particularly the 1925 Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, where they constructed an actual museum of contemporary art. Other projects included the booth for the Ambassade de France and the interiors of the steamship SS Île de France.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Serving Tray in Silver Plate with Decoration of Grapes by a.G Dufva, Sweden
By Dufva Sverige
Located in Knivsta, SE
A beautiful serving tray in silver plate by the best silver plating company in Sweden, A.G Dufva. Made in the early 20th century and signed by the engraver R...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Barker-Ellis Silver Plated Oval Serving Tray with Pierced Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated serving tray was made by the renowned Barker-Ellis Silver Company of England, and dates to approximately 1920 and done in a Victorian style. This oval tray...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Large pair of silverplate Champagne Coaster from the early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
A elegant large pair of silverplate Champagne Coaster from the early 20th Century with wooden bases.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Early 20th Century European Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Martin Hall & Co Arts & Crafts Silver Plate Large Celtic Revival Quaiche
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Exceptional quality large Arts & Crafts Sheffield silver plated Celtic revival large twin handled Quaiche bowl by Martin Hall & Co and dating from aroun...
Category
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Fidelio by Christofle France Silverplate Flatware Service 12 Set 136 pcs Dinner
By Christofle
Located in Big Bend, WI
Large Fidelio by Christofle France Silverplate Flatware set - 75 pieces. This set includes:
12 Dinner Size Knives, 10 1/2"
12 Dinner Size Forks,...
Category
20th Century French Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Art Nouveau Silver Plated Oval Serving Tray with Raised Floral Motif
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated oval serving tray is completely unsigned, but believed to have been made in England in circa 1920 in the Art Nouveau style. The tray has an elongated oval ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Copper
Elegant Mid 20th Century Silver Plated Biscuit Barrel on Tray
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful silver plated biscuit barrel on a tray.
The tray and the barrel are marked, but the marks are very small, maker unknown.
Estimated date and origin: France, circa 1960. ...
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1950s French Louis Philippe Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Circa 1805 Set of 6 American Coin Silver Teaspoons by G.L. Hanks
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1805 set of 6 coin silver teaspoons by G.L. Hanks, American. Fiddleback design; downturned tip. Monogram "RM". Hanks is unlisted but these descended together with 6 also monogr...
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Early 1800s American Neoclassical Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English 19th Century Silver Plated Oval Bread Basket with Putti and Garlands
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English silver plated bread basket from the 19th century, with intricate details and putti. Born in England during the 19th century, this exquisite silver plated bread basket feat...
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19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Nouveau by Krupp Silver Alpacca Box Set of 2
Located in Brescia, IT
Rare set. Silver metal.
Perfect condiction
Measures: H 14 x 30 x 20 cm, H 16 x 27 x 16 cm.
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal
Huge Antique Silver Plated Anglo-Indian Styled Figural Palm Tree Centerpiece Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and substantial centerpiece or serving set is hallmarked by an unknown maker, but originated from Scotland and dates to approximately 1890 and done in an Anglo-Indian style. This very elaborate and ornately cast set is done in silver plate with a mirrored figural island base...
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Late 19th Century Scottish Anglo-Indian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Victorian Style Retractable Razor Strap Enclosed in Silver
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exquisite retractable razor strap, its leather enclosed in a silver oval canister, adorned with intricate engravings featuring the monogram SJM. The strap's handle boasts swirlin...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Large English Silver Plated Centerpiece Basin / Jug
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 20th century English silver plated Edwardian style large centerpiece / wash basin and jug. The jug piece features exterior handmade decorated fl...
Category
1930s English Edwardian Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Aesthetic Movement Grainger Worcester Sucrier Dated 1899
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An Aesthetic Movement Grainger Worcester sucrier with a fitted silver plated swing handle Stand dated 1899. The very finely made porcelain sucrier has a ribbed flower bud shaped body...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Small Antique Styled English Silver Plated Serving Tray with Ornate Engraving
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique styled silver plated serving tray was made by Dobman of England in approximately 1950 in a Victorian style. The tray is rectan...
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Early 20th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Copper
Unusual Square Antique Edwardian Quality Claret Jug
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual square antique Edwardian quality claret jug having a quality antique claret jug with a silver plated top and a square cut glass jug
An at...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Rare Three Tier Naturalistic Cake Stand by Hukin and Heath
Located in Bath, GB
So stylish and so Hukin and Heath, this example I have never seen before and probably won't again. Lovely heavy quality, each dish or plate sits perfectly into the Stand, each with a...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English Silver Plated Asparagus Serving Set by Walker and Hall
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning vintage Art Deco silver plated Asparagus serving set just back from our silversmith's workshop, where it has been professionally cleaned and polished, restoring it to it's former glory.
It consists of three pieces, the serving tray, draining rack...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Rare Italian Lino Sabattini Vodka / Cocktail Set, C.1970
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent piece of mid-century modern barware, an iconic centrepiece for the finest of cocktail parties.
Made from silverplate, it was black with tarnish when it arrived with us, but once polished, restoring it to it's former glory, it was clear to see this has been stored away for the last 50 years remaining in superb undamaged condition.
Ice would be stored in the base and chilled shots of Vodka or similar would sit in the cut-outs to the lid.
Made in Italy by Argenteria Sabattini signed on the underside. Excellent condition spanning 9 3/4" across the top x 4 1/4" tall to top of glasses; each glass spanning 2 1/4" in diameter across the rim x 4" tall. Excellent condition retaining all six original glasses, undamaged.
Lino Sabattini
Lino Sabattini (born Corregio, Italy, September 23, 1925–died...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Silver Vesta Match Strike Case, circa 1920's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique Silver Plate Vesta and Match Case from the Early 20th Century. This charming case has a three letter monogram. We see this piece added to an existing collection or start a ne...
Category
Early 20th Century English Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
vintage Italian Swan Toast Rack, Silver-Plated, 1970s – Elegant and Versatile
Located in Hamburg, DE
This exquisite vintage toast rack, designed in the shape of a graceful swan, was crafted in Italy in the 1970s. Made from silver-plated metal, it features a delightful blend of elega...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal
Stylish Art Deco Silver Plated Cocktail Shaker by William Hutton
Located in Bath, GB
A highly desirable cocktail shaker, Art Deco in era, dating to c.1930 with a wonderfully stylish modernist design incorporating a loop design to the top of the cap.
The design of ...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Orfèvrerie Gallia Art Nouveau Christofle Silverplate Lg Serving/Display Bowl
By Gallia
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here is a fantastic, exceptional quality large open bowl with a fabulous art nouveau design. It would work well as an elegant serving piece but would also be a fabulous display for g...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Silver Plated Empire Revival Tea Caddy 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a very attractive antique Empire Revival silver plated tea caddy, circa 1860 in date.
The rectangular lidded caddy features exquisite engraved decoration and is topped with ...
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1860s Empire Revival Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Geo III Sheffield Telescopic Candlesticks, circa 1815, by T&J Creswick
Located in valatie, NY
A pair of Geo III antique Sheffield plate telescopic candlesticks by the important maker Thomas & James Creswick who came from the famous family of a long line of silversmiths. His G...
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1810s English George III Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Vintage Silver Plated Letter Rack 20th Century
Located in London, GB
An attractive and unusual vintage silver plated letter rack, late 20th Century in date.
The letters "L E T T E R' form the dividers of this charming piece.
The craftsmanship is sec...
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1990s English Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Danish Modern Silver-Plated Capri Cutlery Set for 12 Persons by Kr. J. Andersen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Extensive flatware cutlery set designed and made by Kristian J. Andersen - for his own company KJA in Fredericia Denmark during the 1960s. Stylistic...
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1960s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver, Stainless Steel
Antique English Silverplate Coffee Pot
Located in Malibu, CA
Silver plate coffee tea pot. Item features curly silverplate handle, square attached lid, sits on four graceful feet. Clean lines, quality craftsmanship. Circa early 1900s.
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Gio Ponti for Cleto Munari Modernist Silver Plated Serving Plate Italy, 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing mid-century silver plate serving plate. Gio Ponti designed and signed this astonishing item for Cleto Munari in Italy during the 1980s.
The flat and efficient design on two round levels, make this piece simply irresistible and iconic for midcentury lovers.
This piece will smarten a midcentury living room or minimal and chromed bar.
This wonderful piece is in very good condition.
Dimensions (cms):
Diameter - 32
Giovanni “Gio” Ponti, (Milan, November 18, 1891 - Milan, September 16, 1979), is one of the Italian masters of architecture. He was also a designer and essayist and one of the most important of the twentieth century.
Other than the great architectural works which carry his unmistakable signature, he created a vast amount of work in the furniture sector. This is demonstrated in his three Milanese houses which were fully furnished in the "Ponti" style. The houses in via Randaccio, 1925, Casa Laporte in via Brin, 1926 and the last in via Dezza, in 1957 is an "expression" of his home design ideas. Gio Ponti was an Italian promoter of industrial design and introduced the idea of interior furnishing ranges produced as being a "sophisticated," economic, "democratic" and modern.
Molteni&C managed a reissuing project of furniture and furnishings designed by Gio Ponti for products for these private homes and limited editions. After a long journey of research, selection and study of prototypes, the collection was exhibited at the Salone del Mobile 2012. This was thanks to the cooperation and the exclusively signed agreement of the Ponti heirs and the artistic director of Cerri & Associati Studio.
Gio Ponti graduated in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan at the end of World War I, after he fought on the front line earning military decorations. In 1921 he married Giulia Vimercati, with whom he had four children: Lisa, Giovanna, Letizia and Giulio. In 1927 he opened a studio in Milan with the architect Emilio Lancia. From the beginning of the 1920’s until 1938 he worked with Richard-Ginori Manufactory and renewed its production. In 1928 he founded the Domus magazine with Gianni Mazzocchi. In 1933 he became the artistic director of Fontana Arte which was another success after the one he obtained with Richard-Ginori.
In the 1930’s he participated in the Triennale exhibitions and later he successfully managed a few of them. From 1936 to 1961 he was a professor at the Milan Polytechnic, and in 1933 was associated with Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini, until 1945. From this partnership major projects were born, including the Montecatini Palace in Milan from 1936 to 1938, in which Ponti created the "integral design" of the building and the interiors. Other works of the period were civil architecture, including the Littoria Tower in Milan in 1933, school buildings such as the School of Mathematics at the University City Rome in 1934 and the Humanities Faculty and the Rectorate of the University of Padua in 1937. There were also residential projects such as Casa Marmont in 1934 and Milan "Domus" from 1931 to 1936.
The richness of the artistic production of Cleto Munari, arises out of the discovery that every boundary is undefined, and the consequent need to create a “collection about syllables” or rather a “collection of figures” which, because of their incompleteness, luminously suggest the irrepressible quest of man’s intelligence to transfigure the world, according to his own vision. It is this a perfect complicity between the whisper of the “heart...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Smart Art Deco Cocktail Shaker by Gaskell & Chambers, c.1940
By Gaskell & Chambers Ltd
Located in Bath, GB
A very smart vintage silver plated cocktail shaker, an unusual shape and a good size.
Just returned from our silversmith's workshop, where it has been professionally cleaned and p...
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1940s British Art Deco Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Elkington & Co. Silver Plated Ice Bucket C. 1886
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elkington & Co., (English, founded 1815), circa 1886.
An antique silverplated ice, wine or champagne bucket with accent header and mid lines, an "F" with crown monogram to center of...
Category
Late 19th Century English Modern Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Round Reed & Barton Strawberry SIlverplate Serving Tray
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Decorated with embossed strawberries and leaves, this large round serving tray will be a fabulous piece for use at your next party. Created from silverplate, it will be great for charcuterie or crudites. The bottom is marked Reed & Barton 115. Additionally, as a fun added bit of character, the previous owner's phone number...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Gorham Silver Soldered Plate with Carlyle Hotel Logo, circa 1930
By Gorham
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Gorham silver soldered plate with Carlyle Hotel logo, circa 1930.
Period Hollywood serving piece with good weight and great style.
Condition:...
Category
Early 20th Century English Hollywood Regency Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Christofle, Gallia, Silver Plated Leaf Vide-Poche, French, Circa 1930
By Gallia
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This leaf vide-poche is made of silver plated. This is a work by famous French designer Gallia for Christofle, circa 1930.
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1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Estate English Silver-Plate Footed Galleried Tray, Circa 1950s-1960s.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Estate English Silver-Plate Footed Galleried Tray, Circa 1950s-1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Wonderful Cut Glass Silver Plate Carafe Water Pitcher Cherub Large Decanter
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Cut Glass & Silver Plate Carafe Water Pitcher With Cherub Large Decanter
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20th Century Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique and Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Sheffield silverplate is a durable combination of thin silver sheets and comparatively thicker sheets of copper that was used to create a variety of household objects for years. On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique and vintage Sheffield silverplate and other silverplate for all of your formal dining and entertaining needs.
A cutler named Thomas Boulsover, who worked for a cutlers company in Sheffield, England, accidentally invented what we now call Sheffield silverplate during the 1700s. While working on a decorative knife for a customer — the metalworkers guild had been tasked with repairing its handle — Boulsover mistakenly overheated the silver and noticed that the knife’s layers of silver and copper melded together, creating an impressive bond. This new material felt like silver but was substantially cheaper. It was then used to produce a variety of serveware, candlesticks, buttons, tea sets and more. For families that couldn’t afford the sterling-silver tureens that were used to serve soup in the upper-class English homes at the time, this was good news. They could impress guests with housewares that looked like sterling silver but actually weren't.
Today, just as pewter collectibles and sterling silver are popular with collectors at neighborhood flea markets, antique Sheffield silverplate housewares are sought after for their appearance and rich history. Sheffield silverplate can command high prices on the secondhand market.
Securing yourself a Sheffield silverplate piece is like acquiring a little bit of history. In order to identify authentic Sheffield silverplate, you need to look for one significant attribute of the material. A metalworker had to ensure that all of the exposed edges of a particular piece had to be covered with a rim of silver. If not, the middle layer, which comprised copper, would show through. This would reveal that the piece was not sterling silver.
Don’t just trot out your matching crystal, silver and porcelain once or twice a year. Make a habit of mixing high and low when setting the table. To pair with your everyday contemporary tableware, find antique and vintage Sheffield silverplate on 1stDibs as well as silverplate by goldsmith and tableware companies such as Christofle, Elkington & Co. and more.