Two Silver Plate Rooster Menus or Place Card Holders, a Pair

Menu holder featuring a floral plate on an attached plate stand. Maker's mark on back. Minor wear.

Midcentury silver plate grape stand featuring a ruffled edge bowl with ball feet and a simple curved rack to hold the grapes. The rack can be removed for s...

Elaborate figural Egyptian Revival Victorian biscuit jar made by Mappin & Webb during the 19th century. This highly stylized piece features a winged sphinx with an Egyptian head piece finial. The piece is heavily engraved and has 4 four plaques that can be personalized. The bottom edge interior and outer edge is beaded and it stands on four stylized claw feet. The bottom is stamped with an early Mappin & Webb hallmark along with W 16 and some etched handwritten numbers as well. A truly spectacular piece that would be a wonderful addition to your home. From Mappin & Webb site: Mappin & Webb is a true British treasure with over 240 years of tradition and historical significance in the world of silver and fine jewellery. Renowned for combining timeless craftsmanship with superior quality and contemporary design, we have produced exquisite fine jewellery, elegant silverware, watches, glassware and the unique lifestyle accessories that have long been at the heart of affluent British society. It’s a story that began in 1775, when Jonathan Mappin opened a workshop in Sheffield. His mission was to create the most beautifully crafted silverware for British society. Over the immediate years that followed this would see the company expand internationally, receive Royal Warrants and commissions from Monarchs around the world, and become synonymous with excellence, craftsmanship and all things truly British. The Early Years: A Family Partnership. Within a year the first Mappin hallmark was recorded at the assay office and in 1780 Jonathan Mappin was given the Freedom of the Cutlers Company. The ‘Cutlers Company of Hallamshire’, to give it its full title, was incorporated in 1624 to provide jurisdiction over those making cutlery near Sheffield and to promote Sheffield as a place of expertise. The Company and Sheffield’s cutlery...

These beautiful bouquet placecard holders would be perfect for your bridal shower or any ladies lunch of dinner party. They appear to be pink roses an...

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...

These antique place card or menu holders were made by Royal Adderley of England and date to approximately 1920 and done in an Art Deco style. These hold...

This antique silver plated hot water or coffee urn has no maker's marks but presumed to have been made in England in circa 1890 in the period Victorian style. The bowl of this urn is nicely decorated with a graduated ribbed design which is replicated on both the claw foot pedestal...

This antique silver plated dual wine bottle coaster or slide shows no maker's marks, but is presumed to have been made in England in circa 1820 in the period Regency style. The coast...