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Sterling Silver For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Scandinavian Modern
Small Picture Frame Rounded Round English style, early 1900s. Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small rounded round frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External diameter 7 cm, internal 5 cm. Weigh...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Set Of Twelve Cartier Sterling Cups
By Cartier
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a set of twelve Cartier sterling cups. The cups have wide mouths and flared handles.They are adorned with a ribbed round pedestal. Below t...
Category
20th Century French Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Buccellati Sterling Silver Ponza Tea Caddy Spoon with Lobster Handle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed Italian silver tea caddy spoon.
By Buccellati.
In sterling silver.
The bowl engraved with concentric ovals like a shell and the handle in the form of a lobster.
Fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern 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
Desk Set stripes enamel Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen and Tray.Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels with two-tone stripes on guilloche and hand engravings, cm. 9.5 x 18. For fountain pe...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pampaloni of Florence Italian Modernist Silver Candlestick
By Pampaloni
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A exceptional quality and heavy gauge Italian silver modernist twin candlestick by Pampaloni of Florence with London silver import marks for 2003. The candlestick stands on thick flat rounded base with a narrow rounded column stem supporting a undulating asymmetrical silver strip mounted with two rounded candle sconces...
Category
Early 2000s European Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
.800 Silver Miniature Artist Easel & Modern Painting Trompe l'oeil Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
.800 Silver Miniature Artist Easel and Modern Painting Trompe l'Oeil Sculpture
Italy, Later 20th Century
A tour de force of miniature silver scu...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Savoy by Frigast Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 82 Pieces, Danish
By Frigast
Located in Big Bend, WI
12 knives 8 1/2",
12 Forks 7 3/4",
12 salad/fish forks 6 7/8",
12 teaspoons 6 1/8",
12 place soup spoons 7 3/8",
12 demitasse spoons 4 3/8",
one gravy ladle 7",
one serving spoon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Royal Danish by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service Dinner 67pc
Located in Big Bend, WI
Eight dinner size knives, 9 3/4"
Eight dinner size forks, 7 3/4"
Eight salad forks, 6 3/8"
Eight teaspoons, 6 1/8"
Eight hollow handle butter spreaders all-sterling, 6"
Eight cocktai...
Category
1940s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Ornamental Lemon Fork
By Georg Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine silver lemon fork.
In sterling silver.
By Georg Jensen.
In the Ornamental (no. 30) pattern.
Simply a wonderful Danish silver lemon fork!
Date:
20th Century
Overall Condi...
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Pair of Danish Silver American Independence Commemorative Spoons
By Georg Jensen
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine pair vintage Danish silver spoons commemorating 200 years of American Independence by Georg Jensen and dated 1976. This stylish pair of sp...
Category
1970s Danish Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Perfume Holder oval blue color fired enamel on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Ovalized handbag perfume holder in 925/1000 sterling silver with screwed cap with translucent fired enamel on guilloché. English style, early 1900s. Measurements: 1.5 x 2 cm, total h...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Handwrought Sterling Silver Puffer Fish Salt Shaker and Pepper Mill, Missiaglia
Located in New York, NY
Established in Venice in 1846, Missiaglia is one of the world's premier makers of the finest jewelry objects, as well as a select number of bespoke sterling silver tabletop accessories. This handcrafted puffer salt Shaker and pepper mill showcase the skill and impeccable craftsmanship of Missiaglia's artisans. Each puffer fish features a hand-hammered dappled skein with an abundance of protruding conical spikes, as well as striated dorsal, tail and pectoral fins. Their whimsically refined faces offer stylized eyes consisting of concentric circular forms with a concave depression at centre, and an ovoid mouth with protuberant lips. The larger vessel holds pepper- artfully concealed within the body of the piece- which is ground by rotating the tail fin. The salt Shaker has an abundance of holes adorning the forehead of the smaller puffer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Sterling Silver Modernist Hallmarked Pitcher
Located in North Miami, FL
This substantial and signed sterling silver modernist pitcher is fantastic. It has been professionally polished and looks like a piece of jewelry. It is so modern and transcends time...
Category
1970s Mexican Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Damian Garrido 2002 Spain Sculptural Candle Holders Figure 4/12 in 925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Geometric modernist candle holders designed by Damian Garrido.
A beautiful sculptural piece, created in Madrid Spain in the silversmith workshop of Damián Garrido, back in 2002. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century Italian Sterling Silver Chalice
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid sterling silver liturgical chalice, completely handmade.
The base is hammered and embossed with arched motifs that facilitate its grip. The mi...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Handcrafted Sterling Silver Dolphin Salt Shaker & Pepper Mill Signed Missiaglia
Located in New York, NY
Established in Venice in 1846, Missiaglia is one of the world's premier makers of the finest jewelry objects, as well as a select number of bespoke sterling silver tabletop accessories. This handcrafted stylized sea dolphin shaker and pepper mill showcase the skill of Missiaglia's artisans in rendering life-like plant and animal forms in pure sterling silver. The pieces depict stylized dolphins (fantastical sea monsters) wrapping around tridents. They are replete with incredible details including striated tails and fins, and incredibly fine demilune form scales. The pepper grind...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Water Pitcher by Juvento Lopez Reyes Mexico
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1960s, Sterling, by Juvento Lopez Reyes, Mexico. This hyper- modern water pitcher features a curvilinear handle, elongated everted rim and ...
Category
1960s Mexican Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Handmade Creamer, Rey Urban for Åge Fausing, circa 1970s
By Rey Urban
Located in Glasgow, GB
A handmade planished sterling silver creamer, designed by Rey Urban for Åge Fausing. The bowl is stamped 'Å.Fausing', '925Sterling', 'Denmark', and 'Rey Ur...
Category
1970s Danish Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Enamel Guilloche Fork Spoon Appetizer Serving Set David Andersen
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and fine set of sterling silver and purple eggplant enamel guilloche appetizer fork and spoon from Norwegian designer and silversmith, Davi...
Category
Early 20th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern 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
Margrethe by Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 88 pc Modern Rare
By Georg Jensen
Located in Big Bend, WI
The Margrethe pattern was designed by Rigmor Andersen in the year 1965. Its unadorned style and tapered squared handle is representative of the Mid-Century Modern period. This rare p...
Category
20th Century Scandinavian Modern 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
Patricia by W&S Sorensen Danish Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 50 pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Mid-Century Modern "Patricia" by W&S Sorensen Danish sterling silver Flatware set – 50 pieces. This set includes:
8 Dinner Knives, 8 3/4"
8 Dinner Forks, 7 3/4"
8 Salad Forks, 3-ti...
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Georg Jensen Koppel Cutlery, Dinner Service in Sterling Silver for 10 P.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rare Georg Jensen Koppel cutlery. Dinner service in sterling silver for 10 people.
Consisting of 10 dinner knives, 10 dinner forks, 10 tablespoons, sauce spoon and a roast fork.
Kn...
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Garrard & Co Silver Four Sconce Three Branch Candelabra
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine quality silver three branch candelabra with four candle sconces by Garrard & Co of Regent Street, London and dated 1978. Often refe...
Category
1970s English Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Vintage Sterling Silver and Turquoise Demitasse and Serving Spoons Set Of 14
Located in North Miami, FL
These lovely and regal set of 14 sterling silver and turquoise demitasse, espresso and serving spoons are vintage. They are hallmarked Prata 833 and hand wrought. They are from Brazi...
Category
1970s Brazilian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Swan Toast Rack, 1971
Located in Glasgow, GB
A charming Elizabeth II era sterling silver toast rack, crafted by Bishton's Ltd in 1971, Birmingham. This unique piece is shaped like a swan, complete with three divisions for toast...
Category
1970s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Large English Modern Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Padgett & Braham Ltd in London in 1963. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with gently curved top and tapering tab. Interior ceda...
Category
1960s English Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Elizabeth II Sterling Silver 'Lindisfarne' Salver, 1966
Located in Glasgow, GB
An Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Salver. The salver is of plain ground, with an applied Lindisfarne decoration to the shaped and incurved border, and sitting on four mystical creature...
Category
1960s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Six Jerento Lopez Reyes Sterling Silver Champagne Sherbet Stemware 1925 Mexico
Located in Toledo, OH
Six sterling silver sherbet / champagne stemware by Jerento Lopez Reyes, Mexico. No monograms. 4.38" tall
Category
1920s North American Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Acorn Sterling Silver Set with 104 Pieces
Located in New York, NY
Acorn sterling silver dinner set. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. This set comprises 104 pieces (dimensions in inches):
Forks: 12 dinner forks (7 3/4), 12 salad forks (6 5/8),...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Perfume Holder with translucent enamel fired on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Cylindrical perfume holder in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent enamel fired on guilloche, with screw cap, in a modern contemporary style. Diameter cm, 4,2 cm hig...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Georg Jensen Danish Modern Sterling Silver Grape Compote
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Danish Modern sterling silver compote. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Wide and deep bowl on domed mount encircled with fruiting grapevine. Twisted and lobed shaft inset with bun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern 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
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
Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen, Rare Jug in Sterling Silver, 1960s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Henning Koppel for Georg Jensen, rare jug in sterling silver.
1960s.
Modernist design.
Model number 1016.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions: H 16.0 x D 18.0 cm. (including ...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Tumble Fruit Bowl, William & Son, 2018
Located in Glasgow, GB
An Elizabeth II sterling silver tumble fruit bowl. The planished silver bowl is crafted in the style of an oversized tumbler cup.
It is hallmarked with the makers mark of William & ...
Category
2010s British Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling 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
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Vase gorgeous Italian craftsmanship
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterlin Silver vase.
The smooth body is shaped and slightly hammered
The foot follows the shape of the body harmoniously
Completely hand made
This vase has been studied to have a b...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Modern 3 Light Candelabras.
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of sterling silver candelabra with three lights.
The structure has been realized by a smooth sheet of silver.
The wave movement is realized with manufacturing by handmade.
On the top three rounds candle-holders are placed to complete the object
This modern style is suitable both for a house with minimalist furniture and in a baroque or empire style home, to lighten the visual impact and to stand out particularly from the dominant style.
Italian silverware...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Danish Sterling Silver Coffee or Tea Set Georg Jensen
By Georg Jensen
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Danish sterling silver four-piece coffee or tea set by Georg Jensen. This lovely set consists of a coffeepot, lidded sugar bowl, creamer, all of Models 80A, with a hammered silver tray...
Category
20th Century Danish Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Acanthus Pattern Serving Spoon, Denmark, circa 1917
By Georg Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed by Johan Rodhe for Jensen and introduced in 1917, the Acanthus pattern is iconic of the European Arts & Crafts movement of the early 1900s. Showing the initialed mark of Geo...
Category
Early 20th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Acorn by Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 102pc Gold Vermeil
By Georg Jensen
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gorgeous sterling silver stuns in this rich pattern that features a natural theme reminiscent of old world grace. A classic design yet with an understated touch, this pattern focuses...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modernist Sterling Silver Decorative Dish with Beaded Border
Located in New York, NY
This elegant sterling silver dish was realized in the United States. It features an austere concave form with angled sides and a beaded border. With its clean modernist lines and bea...
Category
20th Century American Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Sterling Silver Hanukkah Lamp Attributed to Ilana Rappaport
Located in New York, NY
This striking sterling silver Hanukkah lamp, attributed to renowned Israeli silversmith Ilana Rappaport, is a masterful example of contemporary Judaica design. Composed of nine indiv...
Category
20th Century American Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Sterling Silver Handmade Vase with Ceased Strips and Fish
By Mario Vallè
Located in VALENZA, IT
Beautiful vase in sterling silver completely handmade with chiseled strips.
The round body ends with the upper part which is narrow and decorated with 2 cast fish
1,020 grams.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tall & Sleek Pepper Mill Grinder Italian 800 Standard Silver 1950s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tall & Sleek Pepper Mill Grinder Italian 800 Standard Silver 1950s
Italy, Circa 1950s
This tall and sleek Italian pepper mill grinder, crafted in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver
Large Sterling Silver Tiffany & Co. Modernist Styled Art Deco Era Bowl
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This sterling silver bowl was made for Tiffany & Co. in the United States in circa 1930 in a Modernist style. This is a large and considerably heavy example for this style of bowl do...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
An Austrian Silver Hanukkah Menorah, Circa early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A lovely Austrian Hanukkah Menorah made in the modern era of the early 20th century.
Menorah rests on a domed base elegantly forming into a conical saucer knopped stem, which ascend...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Silver Champagne Bucket Conic and Octagonal shape
By Vavassori
Located in VALENZA, IT
Conical and octagonal solid silver champagne bucket with convex and flat sectors working. This particular workmanship makes the bucket ve...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Acorn by Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Dinner Flatware Set 12 Service 63 pieces
By Georg Jensen
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gorgeous sterling silver stuns in this rich pattern that features a natural theme reminiscent of old world grace. A classic design yet with an understated touch, this pattern focuses...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Peruvian Modernistic Sterling Silver Coffee Service Set
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sterling silver coffee service set consists of six pieces: a coffee pot, a chocolate pot, a covered sugar bowl with a serving spoon, a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Peruvian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver-plated bracelet with glass stone by Dansk Smykkekunst, 1970 Denmark.
By Dansk
Located in Oirlo, LI
Silver-plated bracelet with glass stone by Dansk Smykkekunst, 1970 Denmark.
This Danish jewelry brand was founded in 1971 and now has one of the largest jewelry collections in Scandinavia. As you would expect from Scandinavian design, this brand is also characterized
thanks to the beautiful, sleek design. Dansk Copenhagen...
Category
1970s Danish Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver Plate
20th Century Italian Silver Globe Vase, ceased and embossed by hand.
By Mario Vallè
Located in VALENZA, IT
Vase in 800 solid silver.
The round body, made entirely by hand from a flat silver plate and subsequently rounded giving it the characteristic ball shape.
A twisted spiral chiseling ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Aage Weimar, Danish silversmith. Pair of modernist salt and pepper shakers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Aage Weimar, Danish silversmith.
A pair of modernist salt and pepper shakers in sterling silver.
Sleek design.
Mid-20th century.
Hallmarked.
Dimensions: D 4.0 cm x H 4.0 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Damian Garrido 2003 Spain Modernist Geometric ARCO Vase .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Geometric modern "Arco" vase designed by Damian Garrido.
A beautiful sculptural piece, created in Madrid Spain in the silversmith workshop of Damián Garrido, back in 2002. This ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern 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.