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Sterling Silver For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: 1840s
Pair Of Antique Vienna 2-Flame Silver Candelabras by Josef Wiederspeck, 1840
Located in Vienna, AT
Two elegant silver candleholders on round stepped stand with palmette band, smooth baluster shaped stem, beaded rings decorated with sculpted floral & rocaille decor, vase shaped spo...
Category
1840s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
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
800 Silver Cutlery Set, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
800 Silver cutlery set, Italy, 1980s.
Composed of 23 pieces, six forks, six spoons, six knives, ladle, large fork and spoon, two serving pieces.
A...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Unique silver tray Georg Jetel for Alton Sweden Signed and dated
By Alton
Located in Paris, FR
anOne of a kind silver tray designed by Georg Jetel
(1934-2012) for ALTON Falköping in 1980
Signed and dated. Weight ca 1082 grams
Minor wear
Silver tray hand Textured
Category
1980s Swedish Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Table Box Octagonal Black Enamel with light Blue Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 15.8 high cm . 8.2. Weight gr. 974. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni for Car...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Powder Case Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Powder case for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and red fired enamel. Opening with spring button. Ground mirror and retina inside. Measure cm. 7.3 x 7.3 x 1.5. Weight ...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
800 Silver Tea and Coffee set 4 pieces Made in Italy, 80s.
Located in Palermo, IT
800 silver tea and coffee set 4 pieces
Made in Italy, 80s. Never used. Like New.
Total weight kg. 1.3
The teapot is 20 cm high, the coffee pot 17 cm.
All the pieces are regularly sta...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
800 Silver Tea and Coffee set 4 pieces Made in Italy, 80s.
Located in Palermo, IT
800 silver tea and coffee set 4 pieces
Made in Italy, 80s. Never used. Like New.
Total weight kg. 1.00.
The teapot is 18 cm high, the coffee pot 15 cm.
All the pieces are regularly s...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Photo Frame Double Opening Fired Enamel on Guillochè Sterling Silver Saliimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped double opening photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè. Early 1900s English Art Nouveau style. Open size cm. 13.5 cm hig...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigarette Case Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cigarette case for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel. Opening with spring button.. Measure cm. 6.3 x 9.7 x 1.5. Weight gr.210. Created in the Art Deco style...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Twelve 800 Silver Underplates, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Twelve 800 silver underplates, Italy, 1980s.
Very elegant, each weighs gr. 430. The total weight of the 800 silver is gr. 5160.00!!
Purchased by my ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Travel Photo Frame Fire Enamel Stripes Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular travel photo frame with hinged booklet for 2 photos in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled stripes in Art Deco style. Measureme...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
4-Piece Tea and Coffee Service Plus Tray, Empire Style, 800 Silver, Italy, 1980
Located in Palermo, IT
4-Piece tea and coffee service plus tray, Empire style, 800 silver, Italy, 1980.
The service has a total weight of 2,212 kg (coffee pot 439 g and measures 26 x 22 x 11 cm, teapot 38...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Handmade Torchon jug in 800 Silver, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Very elegant and sinuous jug in handmade 800 silver, "torchon" workmanship. Italian production from the 80s. It is regularly stamped with state marks which certify the fineness of th...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Barcaccia/Jatta in Hand-Beaten 800 Silver, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Barcaccia/Jatta in hand-beaten 800 silver, Italy, 1980s
Purchased by my grandparents in one of the most important silver shops in my city. It weighs almost 3 kg.! Worked and hammered...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
"Jatta" Centerpiece in Hand-Beaten 800 Silver, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
"Jatta" centerpiece in hand-beaten 800 silver, Italy, 1980s
Handcrafted production by a well-known Italian silversmith, unique piece. It weighs gr. 900.00.
Regularly stamped with s...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
800 Silver Champagne Bucket, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
800 silver champagne bucket, Italy, 1980s.
Belonged to my grandparents and never used. Small signs of wear, overall in more than good condition. Regularly stamped with state marks. ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Centerpiece in 800 Silver, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Centerpiece in 800 silver, Italy, 1980s.
It weighs 735.00 grams and is regularly stamped with the state stamps (Italy).
It presents small signs of the time.
It has always belonged...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Handmade Centerpiece in 800 Silver, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Handmade centerpiece in 800 silver, Italy, 1980s
It can be used as a fruit bowl.
Very elegant and precious object, it is in excellent condition. State stamps present.
Small signs ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
4-Piece Tea and Coffee Service Plus tTay, 800 Silver, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
4-piece tea and coffee service plus tray, 800 silver, Italy, 1980s.
Worked entirely by hand, it weighs 4170.00 grams.
It is a very important silver set.
Purchased in the 1980s at ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Regency Shell by Lunt Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 60 Pieces
By Lunt Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Regency shell by Lunt sterling silver flatware set, 60 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 9".
12 forks, 7 1/2".
12 salad forks, 6 1/2".
12 teaspoons, 6 1/8".
12 place soup ...
Category
1980s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Henryk Winograd Silver Menorah
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A signed Henryk Winograd 99.9 Silver diminutive menorah. Hand made repose with high relief details. 3 icnes high, 4 inches wide, 2 inches deep.
Henryk Winograd was one of the world...
Category
1980s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
800 Silver Rice Dish, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Very elegant, with lid. The handles are covered with very fine white porcelain. 36 cm wide, weighs 1130.00 grams.
Produced in the 1980s by the Ricci silverware in Alessandria. Regul...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Set of Six Glasses in 800 Silver with Internal Gilding, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Set of six glasses in 800 silver with internal gilding, Italy, 1980s.
Small signs of the time, no dents.
The total weight of the silver is 1050.00 grams because each one weighs 175...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Christofle, Paris, Ribbed Solid / Sterling Silver Card Case
By Christofle
Located in Bath, GB
A smart twentieth century card case made from sterling / 925 silver, fully marked and signed by this luxury French silversmith.
Beautiful condition measuring 3 5/8" x 2 3/8" x 1/4...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Frame for Oval Photo Borders in Louis XVI French Empire Style Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame for oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè and with various ornamen...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver, Set of 5 Kings Pattern Teaspoons, Hallmarked, Edinburgh 1847
Located in York, GB
Sterling silver - set of 5 - large kings pattern teaspoons
The hallmarks show that they were made in Edinburgh, Scotland, by
Millidge & Son.
The hallmarks were applied by the Edi...
Category
1840s Scottish Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Straining Spoon, Old English & Thread, George Adams
By George Adams
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1841 by George Adams, this very handsome, Antique Sterling Silver Straining Spoon, is in Old English & Thread pattern, a...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame Art Deco Style Black and White Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Black with white milk design Rectangular photo frame in 800/1000 silver gold plated with fire enamels. External cm. 13.4 x 17.4 Internal cm. 9 x 13. Weight gr. 199. Created in Art De...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Chinese Export Silver Mug
By Yatshing
Located in London, GB
An interesting and delightful Chinese export silver mug, of double-skin construction and decorated with bamboo leaves against a matte backgro...
Category
1840s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
1980s Ruzzetti & Gow Italian Sterling Silver Spingle Tibia Fusus Shell
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning vintage 1980s original Ruzzetti & Gow Italian sterling silver wrapped spindle tibia shell is 8.5" long. Has the original tag inside. Excellent table top decorative object. G...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver English Fiddle & Thread Serving Spoon, Hallmarked:-London, 1843
Located in York, GB
Sterling Silver fiddle & thread pattern - large serving spoon,
otherwise called a Gravy Spoon
A full set of English hallmarks, applied by the London Assay Office:-
Queen`s Head - Duty mark shows that duty has been paid to the Crown
L - Date letter for London 1843
Leopard`s Head - London Assay Office mark
Lion - Sterling silver guarantee
WE - William Eaton, specialist cutlery maker.
(he will have applied his own mark).
A superb heavy duty spoon in the delightful, and much sought after fiddle & thread pattern.
See the fiddle end of the spoon...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Barry Kieselstein Cord Sterling Silver Labrador Dog Lizard Belt & Buckle
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Barry Kieselstein-Cord brown genuine lizard skin belt with sterling silver buckle in the shape of the head of a Labrador wearing a collar decorated with a Man in the Moon, nu...
Category
1980s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Pocket Cigarette Case Hunting Dogs Miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Enamel
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and fine miniature hand painted...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Solid Silver Sculture Depicting a Basset Hound Dog
Located in VALENZA, IT
Basset hound dog sculture in 800 solid silver.
The object was made with the technique of fusion in two halves and subsequently joined by welding.
In th...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Photo Frame Two-Tone Fired Enamel on Guillochè Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver S
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamel on guillochè and with various ornaments in Louis XVI French Empire style and 4...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Antique English Victorian Sterling Silver Mustard Pot
Located in New York, NY
Victorian sterling silver mustard pot. Made by George Frederick Pinnell in London in 1844. Round with open scrollwork sides and spread base with applied leafing scrollwork. Hinged an...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Black Oval Photo Frame Baroque Style Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval photograph frame, shaped edge in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand engraving, interspersed with black fired enamel in Baroque style. External cm. 7.4 x 11.3. W...
Category
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Asprey, London - Vintage Sterling Silver Chopsticks & Stand - 1989
Located in Bath, GB
A rare pair of modernist sterling silver chopsticks together with their stand all in the original presentation box.
A spectacular gift espe...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Red Photo Frame French Empire Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, with French Empire Louis XVI style border and rich ornamentation around th...
Category
1980s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box for Cigarettes Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver
Located in Firenze, FI
Square table box for cigarettes with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel. Measure cm. 12.7 x 12.7 x 3.2. Weight gr. 640. Created in the Art Deco style...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Scale Model Vintage Sterling Silver Mercedes 500 K, circa 1980
Located in Bath, GB
Beautifully executed along with it's original solid wooden plinth. Both the sterling silver label and the car have matching hallmarked for 925 silver and the Italian maker mark numbe...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th century Italian Solid Silver amphora vase with handles
Located in VALENZA, IT
Amphora vase with handles in 800 solid silver in neoclassical style.
The body is round, rounded and completely smooth. Only on the neck of the amphora were 3 grooves made to break up...
Category
1980s Neoclassical Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Rococo Style Four-Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set, Italy, 1984
Located in Cagliari, IT
Magnificent set of 4 pieces in sterling silver consisting of one teapot, one coffee pot, one milk jug and one sugar box hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari.
Splendid ...
Category
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame with Interlacements in French Empire Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and with convex border with enamelled lines, on which are applied interlace...
Category
1980s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Victorian Newcastle Sterling Silver Fiddle Pattern Soup Ladle
By John Walton
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian Newcastle sterling silver Fiddle pattern soup ladle; an addition to our silver cutlery collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian Newcastle sterling silver ladle has been crafted in the Fiddle pattern.
The Fiddle shaped handle terminal is plain and unembellished.
This exceptional antique silver soup ladle features a rounded heel to the reverse of the bowl.
Condition
This antique Fiddle pattern silver...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Castle-Top Card Case by Nathaniel Mills
Located in Uckfield, Sussex
Nathaniel Mills castle-top card case, depicting St Paul’s Cathedral London, in high relief. The card case is shaped in a rectangular form with the view surrounded by scroll, flowerhead and foliate decoration on a matted ground. The reverse is decorated in a similar fashion to the front, around a shaped cartouche engraved with "N.M'. St Paul's is not a view which is seen often on card cases, especially in high relief. Nathaniel Mills was the finest maker of this type of card case.
Weight: 72.4g
Nathaniel Mills:
The founder of brand name, Nathaniel Mills, the elder registered the maker's mark at the Birmingham Assay Office in 1803 while being a partner in "Mills and Langston, Jewellers Northwood".
In 1825, he registered his own mark "N.M" within the rectangle and started to produce silverware. He became especially recognizable for his objects of vertu, such as well-constructed silver and gold boxes...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20° Century Solid Silver statuette depicting a Basset Hound dog
Located in VALENZA, IT
Basset hound dog statuette in 800 solid silver.
The object was made with the technique of fusion in two halves and subsequently joined by welding.
In th...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique English Victorian Rococo Sterling Silver Mustard Pot
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Rococo sterling silver mustard pot. Made by Edward, John, and William Barnard in London in 1845. Open sides with leafing scrollwork applied at base with leaves forming irre...
Category
1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Renaissance Style Four-Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set, Italy, 1985
Located in Cagliari, IT
Magnificent set of 4 pieces in sterling silver consisting of one teapot, one coffee pot, one milk jug and one sugar box hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari.
Splendid ...
Category
1980s Italian Renaissance Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Sterling Silver 1841 Basket / Centerpiece Bowl in Victorian Style
Located in New York, NY
English sterling silver basket or bowl from 1841, designed an enchanting border with raised scrolls, leaves and flowers and standing on a base. It measures 10 3/4'' in height with th...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Queen Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Asprey Drinks Decanter Bar & Goblets Suite
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely rare and highly collectable, finest quality, HM Stamped, Asprey London solid Sterling Silver & Gold Gilt 1983 Decanter set complete with base and six goblets, by Appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
This is without exaggeration the finest sterling silver suite...
Category
1980s English Victorian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Table Box Octagonal Light Blue Fired Enamel and Miniature Madame Drouais on Sali
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and beautiful hand-painted enamelled miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the portrait of Madame Drouais painted by her husband Francois Hubert in 1785 and conserved in the Louvre Museum. Fine hand-engravings on the sides. French Empire style. Measure cm. 8x8x3.7. Weight gr. 285. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1989 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous eamelled firings at high heat 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...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Sarah Jones Vintage 1986 Sterling Silver Model of a Labrador
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage cast English sterling silver model of a labrador; part of our animal related silverware collection.
This exceptional, fine and impressive vintage silver dog ornament...
Category
1980s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Rococo Style Sterling Silver Chocolate/Coffee Pot , Italy, 1989
Located in Cagliari, IT
Extraordinary reproduction of an Italian coffee / chocolate pot of the 18th century hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari.
Splendid chisel work typical of the Milanese ...
Category
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver pair of Caldlesticks
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of sterling silver and sierra wood candlesticks.
The candlestick depicts a silver seal that supports a wooden sphere where the holder is placed, also in 925 silver:
The base of the candlestick is also made of wood.
The seal was made with the casting technique and then chiseled to reshape the figure of the animal very close to reality.
Italian silverware...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Edward John & William Barnard Victorian Sterling Silver Mug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver mug, made by Edward, John & William Barnard; an addition to our silver christening gifts...
Category
1840s English Victorian 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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