19th Century Boar's Tusk Serving Fork. with Sterling Silver Shoulder

Listed is a silver plated figural napkin ring that I have not seen before and is unmarked. I do not think it is from the Victorian era, but I do believe it was manufactured and somew...

The gold quartz rectangular ring with a beveled 18-carat gold border, circa 1875, and is mounted on a later (contemporary) 14-carat gold band. It is a larg...

Hand held 19th century fan, circa 1880 is of European manufacture; probably French, and has seven hand painted floral bouquet designs in pretty color...

All original American spinning wheel, circa 1860, probably New England; with original flywheel and bobbin. The flywheel (drive wheel) consists of 14 original turned spindles; the treadle and bobbin "holds" are made of hand forged iron, as is the connector from treadle to drive wheel (see images). Turned legs and spindles connect the solid plank, which supports the flywheel; the yarn bobbin has the original metal teeth with leather support insert ends. Condition is very good; wood looks like maple; the bobbin fits "loosely" but works and functions properly. A small 1" tail of one of the two bobbin spindle...

Very early American wooden games board; probably the oldest I have handled, this dates to about circa 1835 and exhibits the markings of a typical cottage industry type manufacture (not unlike very early Noah's Arks). Obviously entirely hand crafted; measurements are not exactly square (left to right; top to bottom), probably made of a local soft wood, and hand painted with squares not perfectly delineated. Black light and "loop" inspection reveals age crazing and original paint that, in conjunction with original wear and no attempt to touch up, dates it to the early 19th century. Most definitely American, as the last thing an English immigrant would have brought to America at that time would have been a game. When closed, or in the folding position, the board game simulates and is made to look like two books resting side by side (see images), and thusly, was made to sit on a book shelf, either horizontally or vertically; and to be pulled out to play games when desired, which would have been either the game of checkers (draughts), chess, or backgammon. The board opens up to a two sided game option. On one side is the proverbial 64 square (English/ American version) of chess or checkers; and on the other side is a backgammon board. Both sides are hand painted in gold and black, with a rust colored border around the checkerboard. The interior backgammon play area is also black and gold with the same color rust area to the central part. Nail hinges in the center frame, pivot the two sides to open, while a leather covering borders the edge trim, which is 50% lacking on the hinge side. I state the condition to be good, considering it's age, it's use, and the fact that it is still very "usable" and, if taken care of, will probably continue to be so for nearly another 200 years! The checkers, (12) black pieces and (12) yellow (the correct numbers) are hand carved in wood and hand painted. The backgammon pieces (stored in period wooden box) contain 14 yellow hand painted and carved pieces and (13) black ones. (15) of each color are used to play backgammon (simply use the checkers, which are just about the same size (see images) to make up the difference. Most antique game boards...

Nicely proportioned and well made early 19th century American mahogany drop leaf table with no restorations and in completely origina...

This 2 part candle snuffer is from the late 19th century Victorian. The snuffer shears are sterling silver except for the part that puts out the flame. It has many hallmarks. The tra...

An exceptional, fine and impressive, large pair of antique Victorian English sterling silver serving tongs; an addition to our silver flatware collection. These exceptional antique Victorian large sterling silver tongs have an oval shaped form. The surface of the blades of examples of sterling silver flatware are embellished with an impressive pierced and bright cut engraved scrolling leaf decoration accented with a central floral motif. The tapering stems are embellished with leaf textured design. The rounded handpieces are embellished with bright cut engraved scrolling leaf and floral decoration, incorporating vacant oval cartouches. The interior of the blades, stems and bridge are plain and unembellished. The pinching action of these antique silver tongs...

19th Century French silver saltcellar with glass shells.

Viennese heavy silver Victorian footed bowl scalloped and embossed, circa 1870 A round, scalloped, flared rim dish boasts an ornately embossed floral design. The heavy body featur...

This is a very attractive, early Victorian mustard pot, made in London by John Evans in 1845. It is fully hallmarked to the side of the pot and to the inside of the lid. The pot feat...

An exceptional, fine and impressive Russian silver gilt and niello enamel beaker, an addition to our Russian silverware collection. This exceptional antique Russian silver gilt beaker has a cylindrical, tapering form. The surface of this antique beaker is embellished with a fine niello enamel scene depicting a structural rooftop skyline behind a towered brick wall, incorporating cloud designs on the matte textured upper portion. The ornamentation to the beaker is flanked with two opposing chevron style borders. The upper rim of the beaker is encircled with an applied moulded border. The hallmarks struck to the beaker include: Maker's mark: ?? (Andrey Shikhin / ?????? ?????, Tver) Assay mark: ??, 1827 (Nikolay Dubrovin/??????? ????????) Silver quality/purity mark: 84 (84 zolotniks) City mark: St George slaying the dragon (Moscow, Russia) The surface and interior of this exceptional example of antique silverware retains the original gilding. 84 zolotniki is equivalent to 875/1000 or .875 standard silver Condition This antique Russian Niello...