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Sterling Silver For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: 1930s
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 ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver

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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 ...
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1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Period, sterling silver menorah, American, Ca. 1930's. Standing on a hexagonal base, the border of which has a delicate floral design, the menorah measures 10 1/2 inches hig...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Silver 800 and Ebony "Benvenuto Cellini Salt Cellar"Replica
Located in VALENZA, IT
Fantastic reproduction of the famous saltcellar of Benvenuto Cellini, symbol of the world goldsmith's art. The master goldsmith made only very few copies of this wonderful object that makes it a unique piece in the world. 6.641 grams of solid silver. Some information on the original piece by Benvenuto Cellini: The Cellini Salt...
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1980s Italian Renaissance Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Cocktail Shaker
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Period, sterling silver cocktail shaker, Marcus and Company, New York - makers, Ca. 1935. Measures 5 1/4 inches high x 3 1/4 inches diamete...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Tall, Empire-Style Pair of Sterling Silver Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Tall, Empire-style sterling silver candelabra with removable arms, Preisner Silver Co., Wallingford, CT., Ca. 1935. Graceful design. Each of the pair, which is weighted, measures 15 ...
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1930s American Neoclassical Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Comport
Located in VALENZA, IT
Italian sterling silver stand made in the 80s of the last century. The structure of the object is very simple, with a smooth double-stepped base. In the stem of the base, small l...
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1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Very Large Art Deco Period Solid Sterling Silver Serving Platter/Tray by Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Very large, Art Deco Period, solid sterling silver serving platter/tray, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, Ca. 1935. Measures 20 1/2 inches long x 14 1/2 inches...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

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...
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1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

Sterling Silver Tiffany Bowl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver bowl by the world renowned Tiffany and Company. It has a cutout design along the upper edge and the rest is unadorned. So even while it’s in use ...
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1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Art Deco American Sterling Silver & Pink Guilloche Enamel Letter Holder
Located in Bath, GB
A rare piece of American Art Deco silver, a small desk-top letter rack made from solid sterling silver by the Thomae Company of Attleboro, Massachusetts made in the 1930's. The quality is evident, a lovely screwed construction, which can be seen from the underside, and a good heavy weight, 9.52 Troy Ounces / 296.1 Grams. The underside is fully marked "Sterling" and the maker's mark for the Thomae Company. The front is decorated with a stunning pink guilloche enamel...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Hermes Paris & Ravinet d'Enfert, a Rare Sterling Silver Champagne Topper
Located in Victoria, BC
Here is a wonderful and rare HERMES Paris Sterling Silver Champagne Topper. Made for HERMES by Ravinet d'Enfert. This wonderful collector’s piece was made to sit on top of an opened Champagne bottle to preserve it’s carbonation. Made in Paris, circa 1930s. Stamped with makers mark and French Minerva indicating 950 silver. Measures approx. 1.5”H x 1.75”W. Wear consistent with age and use. One small dent as seen in pictures. Total weight: 78.35 grams. Louis RAVINET and Charles DENFERT had their marks ‘In-sculpted’ in 1891 in Paris. The original company founded in 1845 by E. Tonnelier was acquired in 1882 by Louis Ravinet . In 1891, Charles D’Enfert entered into a partnership with Louis Ravinet and the company took the denomination of Ravinet d’Enfert. Ravinet d’Enfert was located in Paris for more than a century at the Hotel de Caumartin, 83 rue du Temple in the « Marais ». The company was specialized in production of silver forks and spoons...
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1930s French Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

Salimbeni Pocket Photos Holder in Sterling Silver 2 Photographs
Located in Firenze, FI
Salimbeni Pocket photos holder in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels on guillochè, with hand-engraved edge. Empire style Napoleon III. Octag...
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1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver

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Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Unusual Art Deco Sterling Silver Table Box With Hinged Lid
By Hassett & Harper Ltd
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, rare, Art Deco Period, footed sterling silver table box with rounded, hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1938, Hassett and Harper Ltd. - makers. Underside ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Box Black and Red geometric Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box Black and Red enamel is Inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s in Art Deco style and recreated for Cartier USA in the 1980s. It is in 925/1000 sterling. Box B...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Georg Jensen Lily of the Valley Dessert Spoon, Six Spoons Available
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen Lily of the Valley dessert spoon in sterling silver. Dated 1933-1944. Six spoons are available. Measure: Length: 17.3 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. Our skil...
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1930s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Table Clock Sterling Silver Large with Horse Sculpture Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large table clock in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè, formed by a rectangular base of cm. 12 x 24 x ...
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1980s Italian Islamic Vintage Sterling Silver

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Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique Fish Flatware Set, Sterling Silver with Mother-of-pearl, Set of 18
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Antique fish flatware set, sterling silver with mother-of-pearl, set of 18 Landers, Frary & Clark Fish Set - Aetna Works Qty: Set of 18 pieces (as pi...
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1930s American Victorian Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver, Stainless Steel

Sterling Silver Tiffany Bowl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver bowl by Tiffany & Company. The workmanship is beautiful and the etched design is pristine. Each leaf and curve are crisp and have not faded over ti...
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1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Greenbrier by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 68 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Greenbrier by Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 68 pieces. This set includes: 12 knives, 8 7/8". 12 forks, 7 3/8". 12 salad forks, 6 3/4". 12 teaspoons, 6". 12 cream soup spoon...
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1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Jean E. Puiforcat - Pair Of Modernist Art Deco Candlesticks In Sterling Silver
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Pair of three-light Modernist Art-Deco candlesticks made in solid sterling silver  950/1000th and designed by Jean E. Puiforcat in the 1930s. All parts are stamped Minverve 1st Title...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Set Of 12 Sterling Silver Triple Elephant Siamese Place Card Holders C.1930's
Located in London, GB
Set Of 12 Sterling Silver Triple Elephant Siamese Place Card Holders C.1930's Made in Siam in the 1930's before it became Thailand in 1939 There are...
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1930s Thai Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Antique English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
George VI sterling silver box. Made by Robert Pringle & Sons in London in 1939. Rectangular with curved corners. Cover hinged and tabbed; top has engine-turned wave ornament and rect...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Acorn Sterling Silverware Service, 12 Settings
Located in Hellerup, DK
A comprehensive sterling silverware service for twelve in the Acorn pattern by Georg Jensen. Designed by Johan Rohde in 1915, the Acorn pattern is widely acknowledged as one of Georg...
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1930s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Vintage Vanity Set of 5 Brushes and a Mirror in Silver
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful silver vanity set made in the 30's of fine Italian craftsmanship. The vanity set is totally made of silver finely crafted and decorated. The set contains 5 pieces and is c...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

Large Antique English Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigar Box
Located in New York, NY
George V sterling silver cigar box. Made by Barnard & Sons, Ltd in London in 1930. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged and with tapering tab; top flap with engine-turned li...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Box Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 14.5 cm high. 3. Weight gr. 648. With clear amethyst of cts. 15.40, set on the lid, cut in the shape and size of the "Hortensia", one of the hundred most famous diamonds in the world...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Duncan & Scobbie Antique Sterling Silver Napkin Rings (Boxed)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive set of six antique George V English sterling silver napkin rings - boxed; an addition to our dining silverware collection. This exceptional set of antique George V silver...
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1930s British Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Sterling Bowl by Tiffany & Co.
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). Tiffany & Co. Art Deco Cast Sterli...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

Carl Poul Petersen Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set with Tray C.1930
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Handmade and hammered sterling silver tea and coffee set with tray by the Master Silversmith Carl Poul Petersen of Montreal, Canada circa 1930. Fabulous quality blossom pattern set. ...
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1930s North American Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

20th Century Hand-Made Sterling Silver Oval Bowl by Ilario Pradella, Italy, 1980
Located in Cagliari, IT
Wonderful oval centerpiece made in sterling silver by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari. New, never used. This centerpiece was personally designed by Gianmaria Buccelati who, by...
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1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Antique Sterling Silver Wine Baby Porringer Engraved "Ann" Ellmore Co. 1930
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique American sterling silver wine or baby porringer by Ellmore Silver Co., New York, circa 1930, engraved with the name "Ann". The porringer of circular form and in the co...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Picture Frame internal border with enamelled leaves Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Behold the epitome of elegance and craftsmanship: a square table photo frame, meticulously crafted from 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver. This masterpiece features translucent fi...
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1980s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver

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Gold, Gold Plate, 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...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Mario Buccellati Vintage 800, Italian Silver Duckling Figurine
Located in Braintree, GB
Mario Buccellati vintage 800. Italian silver duckling figurine. Made Italy, Milano, Ca.1930's Fully Hallmarked. The furry duckling figurine i...
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1930s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver

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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 ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

800 Silver Italian Centerpiece, 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...
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1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

1933-44 Danish Sterling Silver Compote by Georg Jensen
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1933-44 Georg Jensen sterling silver compote, Denmark. With designer mark of Johan Rohde (1856-1935), design #242. Hand wrought. Rohde designed it in 1919 & it remained a staple of J...
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1930s Danish Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Solid Silver Tea and Coffee Set with Matching Tray
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large oval tea and coffee service in 800 solid silver on feet, completely handcrafted and lightly hammered. The oval shape, particularly difficult to make as it is completely shaped ...
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1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Sterling Christmas Ornament
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are delighted to offer this sterling silver Christmas ornament just in time for the holidays. Brighten up your home with this b...
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1980s American Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Picture Frame Oval Ruby Red enamel and hand-carved Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent ruby red fired enamel on guilloché and with ornaments in the French Empire Napoleon III style. External size...
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1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Chinese Silver Cocktail Shaker
Located in London, GB
Chinese Silver Cocktail Shaker, of traditional form with a matte backgound around most of the body, a plain circular space for any requ...
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1930s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

Picture Frame White flowers hand painted miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Picture Frame is in 925/1000 sterling silver and gold plated 24 carats. Picture Frame has white fired enamels on guilloché. Picture Frame has an hand-painted floral miniature by the ...
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1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Unusual Sterling and Enamel Art Deco Candlesticks
Located in Riverdale, NY
Unusual pair of elegant International sterling candlesticks which have cement filled shafts for stability. The bases are enameled with red and evergreen enamel designs with garlands ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

1933-1944 Set of 6 Sterling Silver Salt Dips by Georg Jensen
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1933-1944 set of 6 sterling silver salt dips by Georg Jensen. A 1935 wedding present. Hand wrought; shaped, curved handle to 2 scrolled feet. Pattern #110. 5.75 troy oz. 2 7/8" x 2" ...
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1930s Danish Neoclassical Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Baroque Style Champagne Bucket
Located in VALENZA, IT
Gorgeous handmade sterling silver champagne bucket. The body is shaped, embossed and chiseled completely by hand. Four shells of two d...
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1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Hamilton by Tiffany & Co Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 92 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Superb Hamilton AKA Gramercy by Tiffany & Co. sterling silver dinner size flatware set, 92 pieces. This set includes: 8 dinner size knives, 10 1/4" 8 dinner size forks, 7 5/8" 8 reg...
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1930s Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Fine Art Deco Silver and Guilloche Enamel Hand Mirror
Located in Bath, GB
A superb Art Deco mirror, made from English sterling silver and blessed with a wonderful rich blue guilloche enamel in undamaged condition. The mirror itself is also in excellent co...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Prelude by International Sterling Silver Flatware Service For 12 Set 60 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Slender and graceful, the smooth clean lines of this refined pattern are distinguished with deeply carved floral ornaments at the tip and neck. Raised borders along the fluted stem e...
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1930s Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

1936 3pc Reed & Barton X610 Sterling Silver Tea Coffee Serving Set 1194g
Located in Dayton, OH
1936 Reed and Barton number X610 sterling silver 925 tea pot, creamer and sugar bowl set, trimmed with bands of swirling leaves, and engraved with the initials CMC. Teapot - 9.5” x ...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling 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...
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1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Vase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are delighted to offer you this sterling silver vase. It is tall and slim with a tapered shape. A beautiful floral cartouche awaits your perso...
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1930s Unknown Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Tankard George I Style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver lidded big and heavy tankard in a George I style, having a plain straight-sided body with an applied reeded band, a hinged dome lid with thumb-piece, a scroll handle,...
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1980s Italian George I Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Salver
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver salver that is in mint condition. It has a scalloped English style with its understated elegance and sophistication. It stands on three legs so i...
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1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

1930 Jean E Puiforcat Art Deco Modernist Tea Coffee Set Sterling Silver Rosewood
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco Modernist tea and coffee service with cut sides in sterling pure silver and rosewood sockets by Puiforcat created in the 1930s. Service comprising: - a coffe pot of 16 cm x...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Pre 1945 Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Tazza Compote 263B, Grape Motif
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...
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1930s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Picture Frame Art Deco Chinese influence Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 silver with geometric design and fire-enameled with Chinese influence style. External cm. Internal 11.6 x 14.6 cm. 6 x 9. Weight gr. 194. Created in Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with high thickness plate and large reinforcements suitable to support numerous high-fire enamelling firings at approximately 750° < 800° C. It is a new object that has never been used but is considered vintage because it was built more than 20 years ago. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include: manufacturer's mark: 391FI metal mark fineness:925 Art Deco was also born in France and is the abbreviation of "Art Decoratif". With more decisive and geometric features than Art Nouveau, therefore more evident and "harder", with always contrasting and strong colours, Art Deco spread throughout the world, from Shanghai's China to the under construction New York and in various parts of Europe. Many artists and designers of the time dedicated themselves to the creation of drawings, paintings, objects for personal use and furniture, interior furnishings, entire buildings and skyscrapers, in this new style. Sandoz in Paris, Lalique with its crystals, Puiforcat with its silverware, Erté with its "ante litteram" fashion designs, Tiffany with its table lamps, Louis Cartier with its objects inspired by the Far East (hence the connection with Shanghai). Salimbeni was able to interpret and propose new objects inspired by Art Deco, in precious metals, semiprecious stones and fired enamels, when, exhibiting at jewelery exhibitions in the United States, and more precisely in New York, he made contact with Cartier buyers first, and also with Tiffany later, and for them he created objects in this style inspired by the original drawings of Louis Cartier, obtained from the buyer of the time, but with absolutely different and original designs and interpretations. Many of the objects produced by Salimbeni for Cartier in the United States had taken inspiration from famous Cartier objects belonging to famous people. An example of all is Mary Pickford's set consisting of a powder compact, cigarette case, pill case and evening handbag. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box blue and gold with handpainted miniature fire-enameled on guilloche Sa
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 800/1000 silver gold plated with translucent enamel on guilloché and beautiful enamel miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli in early 1900s Engl...
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1980s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver

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Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

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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