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Sterling Silver For Sale
18th Century Dutch Silver spoons by Adraen Pieter Dingemans, 1758
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century Dutch Silver spoons by Adraen Pieter Dingemans, 1758
6 silver spoons from the maker Adraen Pieter Dingemans (1740-1820)
The spoons has the pattern of The Hague "Lofje" ...
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Tray with Stylized Grape and Vine Motifs
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful sterling silver decorative tray was realized in Great Britain, circa 1950. It features a circular centre with rounded scalloped sides that offer stylized grape and vin...
Category
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of Eight Silver Dishes
Located in Roma, IT
Set of eight very nicely decorated dishes. Excellent conditions. Decorated on edges.
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Chateau Rose by Alvin Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 64 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Chateau rose by Alvin sterling silver flatware set, 64 pieces. This set includes:
eight dinner size knives, 9 1/2",
eight dinner size forks, 7 7/8",
eight salad forks, 6 1/2",
e...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Greenbrier by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Eight Service Dinner Size
Located in Big Bend, WI
Greenbrier by Gorham sterling silver dinner size flatware set of 54 pieces. This set includes:
Eight dinner size knives, 9 1/2".
Eight dinner siz...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Scroll and Bead by Blackinton Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 53 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Scroll and Bead by Blackinton Sterling Silver Flatware set with beaded design - 53 pieces. This set includes:
8 Knives, 8 7/8"
8 Forks, 7 1/...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rose by Stieff Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 24 Pieces Repousse
Located in Big Bend, WI
Rose by Stieff repoussed sterling silver flatware set of 24 pieces. Great starter set! This set includes:
Six knives, 8 7/8",
six forks, 6 7/8",
six ...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Handwrought Sterling Silver Puffer Fish Salt Shaker and Pepper Mill, Missiaglia
Located in New York, NY
Established in Venice in 1846, Missiaglia is one of the world's premier makers of the finest jewelry objects, as well as a select number of bespoke sterling silver tabletop accessories. This handcrafted puffer salt Shaker and pepper mill showcase the skill and impeccable craftsmanship of Missiaglia's artisans. Each puffer fish features a hand-hammered dappled skein with an abundance of protruding conical spikes, as well as striated dorsal, tail and pectoral fins. Their whimsically refined faces offer stylized eyes consisting of concentric circular forms with a concave depression at centre, and an ovoid mouth with protuberant lips. The larger vessel holds pepper- artfully concealed within the body of the piece- which is ground by rotating the tail fin. The salt Shaker has an abundance of holes adorning the forehead of the smaller puffer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Onslow by Marshall Fields Sterling Silver Flatware Set Ten Service 55 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Superb Onslow by Marshall Fields (retailer) English sterling silver flatware set of 55 pieces. This set includes:
Ten dinner size knives, pistol grip, 9 5/8"
Ten dinner size forks, ...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
21st Century Italian Sterling Silver Gianmaria Buccellati Caviar Bowl
Located in VALENZA, IT
Gorgeous bowl for caviar by Gianmaria Buccellati.
The body was made in two parts, cup and base.
The welded edge with cross ribbon characterizes the Classic Luis XVI style.
A wire ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Louis XVI Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Cluny by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Service Massive Set with Vintage Chest
Located in Big Bend, WI
The academic nature in which designer Antione Heller looked to the past for inspiration also stems from the Beaux Arts movement. Cluny takes its name and inspiration from a real plac...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Cebtury Italian Big Sterling Silver Letter Opener
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large, completely handmade, sterling silver letter opener.
Perfect for a prestigious desk.
The blade is smooth while the hand is embossed by hand on both sides with scrolls and fl...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau - Style Sterling Silver Pedestal, Based Vase by Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau-Style, sterling silver, pedestal-based vase, Gorham Mfg. Company, Providence, Rhode Island, year-hallmarked for 1923. Hammered in design and chased with flowers. Measures...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
21st Century Italian Sterling Silver Gianmaria Buccellati Caviar Bowl
Located in VALENZA, IT
Important bowl for caviar by Gianmaria Buccellati. The body was made in two parts, cup and base. The welded edge with small leaves characterizes the Classic Empire style.
A wire circ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Empire Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Caldlesticks
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of sterling silver candlesticks, depicting Hercules holding the world.
The figure of Hercules and the candle holder are in 925 silver while the world and the base are in rutinia...
Category
1980s Italian Greek Revival Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Oligarch Size Sterling Silver Humidor
Located in Hanover, MA
Extra large sterling silver cigar humidor prototype custom-made by a renowned gunsmith. Measures: 18 inches wide by 12 inches deep by 4 inches high on four bone feet. Sterling silver...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Brass
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Tazza Compote 263B, Grape Motif
By Georg Jensen
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This fabulous Georg Jensen sterling silver tazza features Jensen's iconic grape motif, a celebrated range of pieces which were inspired by the Art Nouveau aesthetic coupled with time the artist spent traveling in Italy.
Georg Jensen was born in 1866 and trained as a sculptor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1892. Jensen began his artistic career in ceramics and started working with silver in 1904. He went on to establish his own smithy in Copenhagen and like many others working during the Art Nouveau period, was strongly influenced by natural forms and structure found in flowers and plants.
As mentioned above, Jensen spent time in Italy shortly after the turn of the century and developed an appreciation for ancient Roman silver work. He was also struck by the work of more recent Italian artists and was particularly influenced by those pieces which drew upon classical mythology, such as Baroque painter Caravaggio's 'Bacchus'. Jensen combined these influences with emerging Art Nouveau organic motifs, leading him to utilize the malleable qualities of silver to create his renowned Grape Collection.
This form of this silver tazza was initially designed by Jensen in 1918. The piece has a round pedestal foot which rises to a thick columnar stem reminiscent of the twisting trunk...
Category
1930s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique German Silver Small Swan Open Salt
Located in New York, NY
German 800 silver figural open salt, ca 1910. A swan with full, plumy wings, erect tail, and graceful scrolled neck and turned-down head with long, pointy bill. Gilt-washed interior....
Category
Early 20th Century German Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Jean PUIFORCAT Ménagère Métal Argenté, 75 pieces model created in 1934.
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
On the Normandie liner from Le Havre to New York, the table was set for first-class passengers with this cutlery designed in 1934. A model cherished by elegant travelers, its timeles...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Circular Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in Huntington, NY
Circular Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Normandie by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Eight Service 52 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Beautiful Normandie by Wallace sterling silver flatware set, 52 pieces. This set includes:
Eight knives, 8 3/4".
Eight forks, 7 1/4".
Eight salad...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Grande Baroque by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Service 8 Set Gold Vermeil
Located in Big Bend, WI
Grande Baroque by Wallace Sterling Silver flatware set - 32 pieces. Gold flatware is on trend and makes a bold state...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tiffany Challah Knife
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver challah (bread) knife by the world renowned Tiffany and Company. The silver knife comes with the original sleeve and box. The iconic robin’s-egg blue hue known around the world today as Tiffany blue has been synonymous with the luxury house since the iconic Tiffany Blue Box debuted.
This would make a great housewarming or wedding gift. Shabbat Shalom!
Category
1980s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hermes Paris 1970 Table Menu-Cards Holders With Kings Louis Coins .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Table cards holders designed by Hermes.
Very rare and unusual set of twelve table menu-card holders, created in Paris France by the luxury house of Hermes, back in the 1960-1970. Th...
Category
1970s French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Thomas Wallis II Antique 1800s Pair of Sterling Silver Goblets
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique Georgian English sterling silver goblets; an addition to our range of wine and drink related silverware.
These exceptional antique George III English sterling silver goblets have a plain circular bell shaped form to a waisted pedestal onto a circular foot and square foot.
The upper rim of each body is embellished with a bright cut engraved band of floral and foliate ornamentation.
The circular feet are ornamented with bands of tooled decoration.
Each square foot is accented with a simplified pin struck border.
Condition
These antique goblets...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Earl's Coronet, in Silver-Gilt with Ermine and Velvet, Hunt & Roskell, 1911
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An Earl’s Coronet, in silver-gilt, by Hunt & Roskell: the firm formerly known as Storr & Mortimer, a direct line to Paul Storr. Made in 1911, no doubt for...
Category
Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Fish Service for Eighteen Persons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver Lily pattern fish cutlery set for eighteen persons - boxed; an addition to our dining silverware collection
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver flatware...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Silver Cup, European Rococo Decorative Bowl Cup & Lid Sugar Bowl
Located in Hampshire, GB
Antique silver cup or decorative sugar or fruit cup gilded inside with lid, pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curved feet with hinged. unstamped, tested with the scratch test, heig...
Category
1910s Swedish Rococo Revival Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver, Gold Plate
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver photo frame.
The frame was made in Italy by the Argenteria Raddi of Florence.
The design is typically Libeerty with the characteristic flowers, festoons and ribbons...
Category
1990s Italian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Christopher Nigel Lawrence 1981 Sterling Silver Salt and Pepper Pots
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver salt and pepper pots made by Christopher Nigel Lawrence; ...
Category
1980s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mappin and Webb 1920s Sterling Silver Salver
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver salver; an addition to our silver dining collection
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver salver has a circular shaped form.
The surface of this large silver tray is plain and unembellished.
The shaped Chippendale style border of the tray is encompassed with applied moulded decoration.
This antique silver tray is supported by three impressive volute scrolling feet.
The underside of this impressive salver bears the retailer’s mark 'Mappin & Webb'.
Condition
This large antique salver is a superior gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.
This sterling silver salver has been professionally polished and is in presentation condition.
Full hallmarks struck to the underside are very clear; the hallmarks are deeply struck due to the superior gauge of silver.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this Mappin and Webb salver...
Category
1920s English Chippendale Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Gorham Sterling Silver Chantilly Tea Infuser Spoon
By Gorham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine American silver tea infuser spoon
In sterling silver.
By Gorham.
In the Chantilly pattern.
Marked to the reverse with Gorham's maker's mark / Pat 95 / Sterling / B375.
Si...
Category
20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Mappin & Webb Ltd Antique 1923 Sterling Silver Gallery Tray
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver gallery tray; an addition to our dining silverware collection
This exceptional antique George V sterli...
Category
1920s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
XX Century Italian Solid 800 Silver Picture Frame.
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid silver photo frame.
The frame is made of a shiny rectangular silver plate where chiseled silver plate leaves have been welded onto the e...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian sterling silver and glass hip flask
Located in NEWARK, GB
A handsome antique, sterling silver and glass hip flask.
Victorian era this substantial hip flask is made from glass with a sterling silver bayonet cap, Cork lined.
It has a sleek ...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Hand Bag with Large Decorative Sterling Silver Clasp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
English hand bag featuring a large decorative sterling silver clasp with a religious scenic along the clasp.
Hallmarks indicate this purse was...
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Beautiful pair of Swedish Salt Cellars in Silver from 1922
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful pair of Swedish Salt Cellars in Silver. Made in hammered silver with ball decorations. Control stamped in Sweden with U7 = 1922. Perfect for serving salt and pepper.
Wear...
Category
1920s Swedish Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver and Briar Double Bass Player
Located in VALENZA, IT
Double bass player in 800 solid silver. The double bass is in briar with silver details.
The double bass bow is in silver.
The player and the double bass ...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Gucci Silver Bracelet 1970s
By Gucci
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant bracelet in 925 sterling silver and blue and yellow enamel inclusions like the Ukraine flag, stamp with Gucci and the silver mark and designed by Antonio Fallaci.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Reed & Barton Sterling Silver N662 Alphabet Napkin Ring
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine American silver napkin ring.
By Reed and Barton.
In sterling silver.
With an embossed alphabet around its circumference.
Marked to the interior with Reed & Barton's maker'...
Category
20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair Of 6-Flame Art Nouveau Silver Candelabra, by J.C. Klinkosch Vienna, Ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Simple elegance with that certain something: Two six-flame candleholders on a round, smooth base with fluted stepped rim, trumpet-shaped raised shaft, chalice forming after constrict...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Stieff Repousse Sterling Silver Tea Strainer
By Kirk-Stieff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage tea strainer.
In sterling silver.
By the Stieff Silver Co. of Baltimore.
Engraved with a monogram to the reverse.
Simply a wond...
Category
20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Female College Graduation Honor Spoon Mechanics Silver Co
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique late 19th century sterling silver spoon with a handle in the shape of a female college graduate holding her diploma, manufactured by the Mechanics Silver Co.
""Mechanics Silver Company was a maker of sterling silver flatware and souvenir spoons...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame Blue 3 photographs Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Photo Frame Blue mounted on easel like tripod of striped tubings, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamel on guillochè.
Photo Frame Blue Russian Empire s...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Guilloche Frame Hand-Engraved and Fire Enamel as Lapis Lazuli Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Guilloche Frame Hand-Engraved Shaped photo frame with oval interior in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated .
Guilloche Frame Hand-Engraved with ornaments and fire-painted enamel as ...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Photo frame Round Enamel White Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of late 19th-century Viennese Art Nouveau-style flower...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Bread Dish
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver bread dish; an addition to our dining silverware collection.
This fine antique sterling sil...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique George III Newcastle Sterling Silver Coffee Pot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III Newcastle sterling silver coffee pot; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection.
This exceptional antique George III N...
Category
1780s English Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Soliflore Vases by Gio Ponti for Krupp Milano, 1930's
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
The so called Soliflore vase designed by Gio Ponti for Arthur Krupp, Milano- Designed for the VI Triennale in 1936. And produced between the 1930's through to the 1950's.
The sha...
Category
20th Century Italian Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver Plate
Samuel Kirk 1850 Repousse Silver Pitcher engraved to Patriot Soldier of 1812 War
By Kirk & Son
Located in Glenford, NY
Samuel Kirk Large Silver Water Pitcher circa 1850 with inscribed dedication:
"A Nation's Bounty to Jacob Albert one the patriot Soldiers in the war of 1812. Company Independent Blues...
Category
19th Century American American Classical Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
.950 vermeil (gilt sterling silver) oil and vinegar set, early 19th century
By Ambroise Mignerot
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Vermeil (sterling silver covered with fine gold) oil and vinegar set, early 19th century French Empire production in the style of famous Ambroise Mignerot work.
Refined and unusual m...
Category
Early 1800s French Empire Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in Huntington, NY
Sterling Silver Picture Frame
H & S co.
Category
Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Set of 3 Fish Servers in Mathilda Pattern #102
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Georg Jensen sterling silver set of 3 hand-hammered fish servers, in the Mathilda pattern number 102, adorned with shell motifs as well as other stylized motifs, consisting of a fish...
Category
20th Century Danish Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Hand-Hammered Creamer & Sugar Bowl #235A
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Georg Jensen sterling silver hand-hammered creamer and sugar bowl, both in rare pattern number 235A, adorned with stylized natural motifs and on stepped, oval bases. The creamer meas...
Category
20th Century Danish Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Grand Baroque by Wallace Sterling 40 Piece Flatware Set
Located in Houston, TX
Elevate your dining experience with this exquisite 40-piece set of Grand Baroque flatware by Wallace, a true testament to timeless sophistication and superior craftsmanship. Renowned...
Category
20th Century American Baroque Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Canteen x 12 Hanoverian Pattern Cutlery Sheffield 1933
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful 112 piece, 12 place sterling silver canteen of cutlery in the original walnut canteen case.
The sterling silver cutlery is in the elegant Hanoverian pattern with...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Oval Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in Huntington, NY
Oval Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Sugar Caster
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver sugar caster, an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This fine antique Edwardian sterling silver sugar caster has a baluster form onto a circular domed spreading foot.
The upper and lower portions of this piece are embellished with embossed and chased bead and scroll decoration accenting concave bordered, fluted decoration all in a spiral design.
The sugar caster retains the original hallmarked screw fit cover, embellished with pierced decoration incorporating chased and embossed bead and scroll decoration, the screw fit attachment indicates the fine quality of this piece.
The cover is further ornamented with a gadroon decorated border to the rim and is surmounted by a fine and impressive scroll decorated shaped baluster style finial.
The foot of this piece is embellished with embossed and chased stylized fluted decoration in a spiral design.
Condition
This antique sugar caster...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage, New and Antique Sterling Silver
Dining and entertaining changed drastically when we began to set our tables with sterling silver for holiday gatherings, wedding receptions, engagement parties and, in some of today’s homes, everyday meals.
Often called the “Queen of metals,” silver has been universally adored for thousands of years. It is easy to see why it has always been sought after: It is durable, strong and beautiful. (Louis XIV had tables made entirely of silver.) Sterling silver is an alloy that is made of 92.5 percent silver — the “925” stamp that identifies sterling-silver jewelry refers to this number. The other 7.5 percent in sterling silver is typically sourced from copper.
Neoclassical-style sterling-silver goods in Europe gained popularity in the late 18th century — a taste for sterling-silver tableware as well as tea sets had taken shape — while in the United States, beginning in the 19th century, preparing the dinner table with sterling-silver flatware had become somewhat of a standard practice. Indeed, owning lots of silver goods during the Victorian era was a big deal. Back then, displaying fine silver at home was a status symbol for middle-class American families. And this domestic silver craze meant great profitability for legendary silversmith manufacturers such as Reed & Barton, Gorham Manufacturing Company and the International Silver Company, which was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898, a major hub of silver manufacturing nicknamed “Silver City.”
Today, special occasions might call for ceremonial silver designed by Tiffany & Co. or the seductive sterling-silver cutlery from remarkable Danish silversmith Georg Jensen, but there really doesn’t have to be an event on the calendar to trot out your finest tableware.
Event- and wedding-planning company maestro Tara Guérard says that some “investment pieces,” such as this widely enamored alloy, should see everyday use, and we’re inclined to agree.
“Sterling-silver flatware is a must-have that you can use every single day, even to eat cereal,” she says. “Personally, I want a sterling-silver goblet set for 12 to 20; I would use them every time I had a dinner party. Ultimately, there are no criteria for buying vintage pieces: Buy what you love, and make it work.”
Whether you’re thinking “ceremonial” or “cereal,” browse a versatile collection of vintage, new and antique sterling-silver wares on 1stDibs today.
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