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Sterling Silver For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1920s
Sterling Flatware Service for 18/5 piece Setting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This complete set of sterling silver flatware is a Classic beauty. Tailored with very Fine detail, this set will never go out of style...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
XX Century Italian solid 800 silver Dish /Tray with wide chiseled flower edge
By PRIA & SARI
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round dish/tray completely handmade.
The dish was hand hammered starting from a flat 800 silver plate.
The wide edge is reamed and has been embossed, chiseled and engraved with flowe...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Table Box Magnificent Arabian Horse Fired Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped rectangular table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-etched fire-enameled engraving painted like lapis lazuli stone and...
Category
1970s Italian Islamic Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
12 Sterling Silver gilt Place Card Holders cherubs
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
12 Sterling Silver Gilt Place Card Holders
Mid-20th Century
Sterling silver and Silversmith hallmark
Italian work
Dimensions:
Height 1.22 inches
Weight: 235 grams
In great condition...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Fired Enamel on Guillochè Arab-Style Ornament Sterling Silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with hand-engraved and enamelled Arab-style ornament. Dimensio...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Palm Beach by Buccellati Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service Italy 84 pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Simple elegance, handcrafted from sterling silver. Made in Italy by the 18th-century house of Buccellati, whose artisans emphasize timeless style, integrity of materials, and pleasur...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen, Acorn. Sauce spoon in sterling silver. All silver.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, Acorn, sauce spoon in sterling silver. All silver.
Early hallmarks. - Circa 1920.
In excellent condition with minor signs of use.
Dimensions: L 15.0 cm.
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Tankard Victorian revival ceased, embossed
By Mario Vallè
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver cylindrical tankard gilded inside.
The body is embossed an engraved by hand with scrolls and flowers
Measure: 730 grams.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Box shaped enamel hand painted, engraved and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box shaped enamel is in 925/1000 sterling.
Box shaped enamel has handpainted fired enamels miniature.
Box shaped enamel is engraved and fire-enamelled ornaments.
Box shaped enamel is...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Novelty Pig Sterling Silver Salt & Pepper Shakers, London, 1999
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1999, this charming sterling silver salt & pepper set, are modelled to resemble pigs. The salt shaker measures 3.5"(9 cm) tall, and the pepper measures 2.5"(6...
Category
1990s English Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
12 Modern Sterling '.800 Silver' & Multicolored Quartz Ice Tea Spoons
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
12 modern sterling (.800 Silver) & multicolored quartz ice tea spoons. Each one fitted with a 1/2" chunk of natural multi colored crystal set in abstract prong setting, with a long t...
Category
Late 20th Century European Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Quartz, Sterling Silver
Gilt Silver Annual Spoon Design Bernadotte 1978
Located in Bochum, NRW
Annual spoon, 1978, design Bernadotte, in original box.
Gold-plated Sterling silver with enamel butterfly decor.
Each marked to the backside "Design Bernadotte Sterling SPORR", 925...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Tiffany Sterling Silver Engraved Round Footed Serving Tray Platter Centrepiece
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful Tiffany sterling silver finely engraved round and footed serving tray or platter centerpiece.
Category
1920s American Neoclassical Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
12 Sterling Silver Place Card Holders
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Set of twelve sterling silver place card holders depicting leaves and a flower
800 silver hallmark
Italian work from the mid-20th century
Length: 4.5 cm
Hei...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture Frame Green with concave corner for oval photo Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame with concave corners for oval photo cm. 5.5 x 8.5 in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche, with French Empire Napo...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Georg Jensen Akkeleje Silverware Set for 12
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A very early and extensive Georg Jensen silverware service in the Akkeleje pattern, design #77 by Georg Jensen from 1918. Its unusual to find a large...
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides. In the center, a beautiful hand painted tempera miniature on a vegetable ivory plate depicting the portrait of a 19th century lady, signed by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 618. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 and manufactured in Florence in some specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Guild of Handicraft English Sterling Silver Porringer with Loop Handle
Located in New York, NY
English Arts & Crafts sterling silver porringer, 1925. Curved and round bowl with split-mounted elongated loop handle; top mount has irregular mother of pearl. Visible hand hammering...
Category
1920s British Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame White Enamel and Hand Painted Flower Garlands Sterling Silver Salimb
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted floral miniature by the painter Renato Dainelli, fire-enamelled on a white background in Art Nouveau...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Oval with Two-color Translucent strips Enamel Fired Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-color translucent strips fire-enameled on guillochè and hand-engraving and with French Empire Napoleon III style ornament...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Fired Enamel with Two-Tone Stripes on Guillochè and Hand Engravings
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular frame with oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel with two-tone stripes on guillochè and hand engravings. External dimensions cm...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Chinese Silver Hand Mirror Decorated with Dragons, circa 1920
Located in London, GB
Antique Chinese Silver Hand Mirror Decorated with Dragons among clouds, circa 1920
This beautiful mirror is made in a very heavy gauge of silver.
The quality of the engraving and fin...
Category
1920s Hong Kong Chinese Export Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Export Silver Three Piece Tea Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Chinese Export Silver Three Piece Tea Service - Antique Circa 1920
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver three piece tea service; an addition to our diverse silver teaware collection
This exceptional antique Chinese silver tea set...
Category
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Elizabeth II Silver Beaker, Brian Asquith, Sheffield, 1975
By Brian Asquith
Located in Glasgow, GB
An Elizabeth II sterling silver beaker made by the silversmith Brian Asquith, 1975.
Assay: - .925 sterling silver.
Date: - 1975.
Period: - Late 20th century.
Maker: - Brian Asqui...
Category
1970s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture Frame in pure Florentine Renaissance style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with painted fire enamels like lapis lazuli stone. Shaping taken from the tiles of the North Door of the Baptistery of the F...
Category
1980s Italian Renaissance Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Eighteenth Century Reed & Barton 18th Sterling Silver Flatware Set 45 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Emphasizing a graceful design whose classic lines carry the timeless beauty of another age to tabletops today, the 18th Century Pattern from Reed & Barton is reflective of a time ric...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Horse, engraved by hand
By Mario Vallè
Located in VALENZA, IT
Horse statue made in solid silver 800 completely handmade. The horse was made in two parts with the technique of fusion in the earth and once cast and detached joined by welding. Sub...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Silver Matzoh Holder Jugendstil Weiner Werkstatte Style Signed
Located in Sharon, CT
Hand wrought in 900 silver in the Wiener Werkstatt style, impressed signature reads: _ _ _RAEMER HANDARBEIT 900 followed by logo/touchmark.
Category
1920s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Cleto Munari ( 1930) Service En Argent Minimalisme Vicenza XXe
By Cleto Munari
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Solid silver Italian work service in minimalist style dated 2001, including a round tray on which is placed a coffee maker, a milk jug and a sugar bowl, each of the pieces is decorat...
Category
1990s Italian Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Champagne and Ice Buckets
Located in VALENZA, IT
The shape of the buckets is round and with a shaped body.
The upper part is smooth and shiny while the lower part has been embossed and chiseled into fluted torchon.
Champagne Bu...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Ottaviani Large, Lux Wood Box & 800 Silver, Card, Dice, Poker Game Horse/Stallion
By Ottaviani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful game box, hand made by Ottaviani in Italy Rocanati, this box has R mark and also shows 925 sterling mark on side of the R. All chips and card seem to be in the box and some...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Enameled Table Clock
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Art deco octagonal table clock cm. 10x10 in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent black and red fired enamels on guilloché, Swiss mechanical skeletal movement, winding 8 days
The miniatures are hand-painted on a usually white homogeneous enamel base. The same colored glazes are used, but ground much finer, which are mixed with special oils to form an infinite palette of colors. The paint must be gradually dried on electric stoves...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Sterling Silver Table Clock with Enamels as Lapilazuli, Swiss Movement
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
20th century sterling silver table clock 925/1000 with fire enamel painted as lapis lazuli, Swiss quartz movement "Nepro".
Made in Italy.
The Miniatures are hand-painted on a usually white homogeneous enamel base. The same colored glazes are used, but ground much finer, which are mixed with special oils to form an infinite palette of colors. The paint must be gradually dried on electric stoves...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pocket Photos holder Enamel hand carved Napoleon III Style Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket photos holder in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels on guillochè, with hand-engraved edges. Empire style Napoleon III. Octagonal hing...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Modern Solid Silver Jug Pitcher
Located in VALENZA, IT
Modern style solid silver pitcher.
The shape of the jug is oval and has been completely handmade from an 800 silver plate.
The body of the object is...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Vintage Sterling Silver Bird Napkin Rings (1992)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, set of six vintage English sterling silver bird napkin rings - boxed; an addition to our animal related silverware.
These exceptional vintage st...
Category
1990s English Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Strawberry Bowl with Sugar Bowl and Lemon Jug
Located in VALENZA, IT
Smooth bowl for serving strawberries in 800 solid silver. A round crystal has been inserted inside the bowl to prevent the silver from being scratched when taking the strawberries.
On the edge of the bowl a branch has been welded where leaves and strawberries twist to it.
The branch ends with a bifurcation to make it the seat of the strawberries ladle.
The ladle has a rounded square shape and also ends with a strawberry and leaves.
On the sides of the branch, 2 seats for the sugar bowl and the lemon jug...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Box with green enamel on fine hand engraving of a landscape with ruins Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with concave corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on fine hand engraving of a landscape with ruins. Contemporary modern...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Sterling Silver Hanukkah Menorah by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert, New York Circa 1970
Located in New York, NY
This striking Hanukkah menorah, designed by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert, epitomizes his signature modernist aesthetic and geometric ingenuity. Crafted in sterling silver, the menorah featu...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver and Porcelain Miniature of Wood Stove
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver / porcelain wood stove miniature.
The main structure was made of sterling silver while the central body is hand painted porcelain.
Some pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Revival Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Two Gianmaria Buccellati Sterling Silver Flower Bowls in Case
By Clementi di Giovanni Mantel, Gianmaria Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Two sterling silver flower head bowls. One is collage-style with 3 graduated layers of fluted, striated, and irregular petals and beaded center. The other has fluted and irregular pe...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Table Bell
Located in VALENZA, IT
Elegant table bell in solid 925 sterling silver.
The bell is smooth and features some circular lines that make the object balanced and increase the sound of the bell.
The wooden h...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mappin & Webb Ltd 1989 Vintage Sterling Silver Presentation / Fruit Bowl
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver presentation / fruit bowl made by Mappin & Webb Ltd; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver bowl has a circular form onto a circular domed spreading foot.
The body of this presentation / fruit bowl is plain and unembellished.
The shaped rim of this Mappin & Webb silver bowl is encompassed with an applied gadroon border accented with four scrolling leaf and shell motifs.
The circular spreading foot is encompassed with further gadroon decoration to the rim.
Condition
This vintage Mappin and Webb...
Category
1980s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Deco Period Octagonal Mug/Cup by Blankensee
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver, Art Deco period, octagonal-shaped mug/cup, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1923, S. Blankensee and Sons - makers. Measures 3 1/4 inches high x 3 1/16 inches...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Vase
Located in VALENZA, IT
925 Sterling silver vase.
The round pot-bellied vase was made entirely by hand and subsequently embossed with a torchon motif.
The concave grooves have be...
Category
1990s European Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
1920s Decorative Hawkes Sterling Silver Bowl by O. R. Dunn
By T. G. Hawkes & Co., O.R. Dunn
Located in New York, NY
1920s sterling silver bowl designed by O.R. Dunn for Hawkes Sterling. Its elegant design features medallion studs with floral haloes.
Dimensions:
9 in. diameter
5.5 in height.
Category
1920s American Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Round Sterling Silver Jewelry Box
By Pampaloni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round shape sterling silver jewelry box. The simplicity of the forms and the harmony of the proportions make it suitable for all settings.
The lid of the jewelry box has a knob hand...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Danish Silver Arts Crafts Nouveau style Serving Spoon 1925
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Danish Silver Arts Crafts Nouveau style Serving Spoon 1925. Stylised handle with tulip shape bow. Danish silver marks the 3 towers and 25 indicating it was made in 1925 and has the A...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Louis XIV by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 8 Service 50 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Celebrate all of your meals in style with this Louis XIV by Towle sterling silver flatware set. Founded in 1690 in Massachusetts, the elite artisans at Towle Silversmiths handcrafted...
Category
1920s American Louis XIV Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany silver xmas decoration toy soldier nutcracker suite rare
Located in York, GB
TIFFANY & CO. 1991 Vintage 925 Sterling Silver nutcracker suite?Toy Soldier Ornament
weighs 29 g
In Original Box/pouch
Height 11.5cm
in excellent co...
Category
1990s Central American Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Vegetable Dish, Tureen
Located in VALENZA, IT
Tureen in sterling silver in Baroque style.
The dish measures 31cm in diameter and was left smooth with the brim raised.
On the plate, scrolls and shells typical of the Italian Bar...
Category
1990s Italian Baroque Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 20th Century British Solid Silver Two-Tier Cigar Box, Asprey & Co c.1920
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th Century British solid silver cigar box featuring two tiers. This rectangular, polished box is lined with cedar. The bottom compartment, designed for cigars, has a ...
Category
1920s British Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Italian Table Clock Swiss Mechanical Skeletal Movement 8 Days
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Silver table clock 925/1000 golden with translucent fire polishes in stripes on hand-engraved guillochè, Swiss mechanical skeletal movement 8 days
The miniatures are hand-painted on a usually white homogeneous enamel base. The same colored glazes are used, but ground much finer, which are mixed with special oils to form an infinite palette of colors. The paint must be gradually dried on electric stoves...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Buccellati Sterling Silver Vine Leaf Bowl
By Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Hand finished and hallmarked, this extra large version of Buccellati's iconic leaf bowls features an intricate etched veining design. Fully marked on underside.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigarette Case Two-Tone Striped Fired Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone striped fired enamel on guillochè and hand-engraved ornament. Late Empire Napoleon III style. ...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Six Beakers with Silver 800 Tray
Located in VALENZA, IT
Gorgeous 6 beakers plus tray, completely handmade.
Beakers are in sterling 925°°/°°°
The cup is smooth and the stem is cast and finished by chisel. The two-tone, silver and gold br...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Picture Frame Napoleon III French Empire style laurel ornament Sterling Silver.
Located in Firenze, FI
This exquisite Picture Frame Napoleon III is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
it has a Squared Shape and sky colour for the fire enameled surface on guilloche.
Picture Frame Napoleon III...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Set of 12 Walker & Hall English Sterling Silver Georgian Style Demitasse Spoons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 12 sterling silver spoons.
By Walker & Hall of Sheffield.
Comprising 12 demitasse spoons with sugar loaf shoulders, full hallmarks, and well shaped bowls in an 18th c...
Category
1920s English Georgian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
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.