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Sterling Silver For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Edwardian
Important Early 20th Century Silver Kiddush cup by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Important Handmade sterling silver Kiddush goblet by Bezalel School, Jerusalem, Circa 1910-1913.
On the cup there are 3 identical scenes of flanked lions and on the middle of them There are two columns with a staircase, this design is probably taken from Eastern European torah ark, on the middle part there is a chandelier with 3 tiger/lioness Heads, the top of the cup has 3 inscription on top of each flanking lions scene, first One says : ״כוס ישועות אשא״ (Psalms 116:13) which means " I will take the cup of Salvation", this is a rather common blessing on kiddush cups.
Next inscription says : ״אין שמחה אלא ביין״ in English " there is no joy except in wine" This says that after the temple was destroyed we have our joy only in the wine of Kiddish.
The last inscription says ״ושמחת בחגך״ (Deuteronomy 16:14 ) in English : "And you shall rejoice in your festival".
So this cup is a kiddish cup...
Category
1910s Israeli Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Viennese Art Déco Silver Peche Style Coffee Pot by J.C. Klinkosch, Circa 1920
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent, elegant silver coffee pot in the style of Dagobert Peche's designs:
Raised, widening vessel on a stepped, funnel-shaped base, connected by a beaded ring with hammered, spi...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Viennese Silver & Glass Art Nouveau Table Étagère by Würbel & Szokally, Ca. 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent original Viennese Art Nouveau centerpiece:
Two-tiered, silver table étagère on a large, domed stand richly decorated with volutes and panels on four rocaille feet, baluster...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Serving Spoon, George W. Shiebler & Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A sterling silver Art Nouveau Serving Spoon by George W. Shiebler & Company. This piece showcases the distinctive and flowing lines characte...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Tiffany Edwardian Classical Sterling Silver Sugar Caster
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver sugar caster. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1909. Upward tapering bowl with reeding; stepped and spread foot. Cover domed with vasiform fi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique German Silver Cow Creamer with Hanau Marks
Located in New York, NY
German 800 silver cow creamer, ca 1910. A sweet bovine with upturned horns, flexed ears, and smiley mouth spout. Sturdy sagging body with ring-handle tail and hinged back cover with ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Silver Art Nouveau Pair of Centrepieces Holders Bruckmann and Sons, Germany 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Silver German pair of centrepieces / centerpieces made by Bruckmann & Sons (Germany).
Art Nouveau (made circa 1900)
Silver 800
branded by German Crescent with Crown
Manufactory:
Eagle Mark of Bruckmann & Soehne (= SONS), Heilbronn (Germany)
Peter Bruckmann (1865-1937) was the first Chairman of the Deutscher Werkbund (founded 1907).
Size:
Height 18.5 cm ( 7.28 inches)
Width 22.5 cm ( 8.85 inches)
Depth 19.5 cm ( 7.67 inches)
Total weight: 940 grams / 33.08 OZ / 30.22 troy ounces
Specifications:
Excellently manufactured pair of silver centrepieces / stands / holders:
Each of the reticulated oval bowls are based on four slim as well as concave supports which are attached to round base: Edge of these bases is of reticulated type, too. The bowls' corners are decorated with lockets framed...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
c. 1890s Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Carving Set
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Sterling silver English King pattern carving set by Tiffany & Co., circa 1890s. Roast carving knife & fork. Original steel fittings. Marked on handles "Sterling", "Tiffany & Co." & "...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Steel
Antique Edwardian set of six butter knives
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian set of six butter knives with silver hallmarked blades in the original fitted box.
D. 1900
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair Of Richly Decorated Art Nouveau Candlesticks With Putto, Vienna, Ca 1890
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of richly decorated candlesticks on a high base, bulging body, with a fully sculpted putto carrying a garland in place of the shaft, balancing the vase-shaped spout with sculpte...
Category
1880s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Sugar Caster
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver sugar caster, an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This fine antique Edwardian sterling silver sugar caster has a baluster form onto a circular domed spreading foot.
The upper and lower portions of this piece are embellished with embossed and chased bead and scroll decoration accenting concave bordered, fluted decoration all in a spiral design.
The sugar caster retains the original hallmarked screw fit cover, embellished with pierced decoration incorporating chased and embossed bead and scroll decoration, the screw fit attachment indicates the fine quality of this piece.
The cover is further ornamented with a gadroon decorated border to the rim and is surmounted by a fine and impressive scroll decorated shaped baluster style finial.
The foot of this piece is embellished with embossed and chased stylized fluted decoration in a spiral design.
Condition
This antique sugar caster...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Photo Frame Dated 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb Art Nouveau sterling silver photograph frame by James Deakin & Sons, Chester, 1905
Beautifully portrait frame decorated with relief floral, foliate and scroll decoration h...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
3-Piece Silver Art Nouveau Centerpiece With Blue Glass Inserts, France Ca 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Two elegant, festive silver centerpieces on a round, stepped base, bordered by a garland of leaves with a cross band on the lower rim and an egg-bar frieze on the upper rim, on top a...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
International Sterling Company Art Nouveau Vanity/Dresser Set
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an International Sterling Company Vanity set. It depicts a repousse design of pansy flowers and foliage garlands, scrolls of leaves, plain scrolls and hearts. In the middle o...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Edwardian pair of candle snuffers & tray
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian pair of candle snuffers & tray having a lovely pair of electroplated candle snuffers and a wonderful ornate tray
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Mother of Pearl and Bone Dessert and Fish Set from 1910
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1910 by John & William Deakin, this pretty, Antique, Edwardian, Sterling Silver Dessert & Fish Set has twelve place settings of each and serving pieces. Th...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Perfume holder manual engraving peach blossom shoots Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cylindrical handbag perfume holder in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with screwed cap and fine manual engraving of peach blossom shoots, fire enamelled with various colours, in...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Silver Art Nouveau Centerpiece With High Legs & Plastic Putti, France Circa 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional and elegant silver jardinière of elliptical basic form on high curved volute legs with attached fully plastic putti as torchbearers and feather leaf rests on the rolled f...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Perfume holder pendant blue enamel cruet shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Perfume Holder Pendant in the shape of a cruet in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with screwed cap and translucent enamel fired on guilloche. Art Nouveau style from the early 19...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique, Silver Hip Flask, Birmingham 1906, Unusual Shape.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Very Small Silver Hip Flask By Edward Foligne Braham.
A beautiful and unusually small Edwardian silver hip flask. The shaped flask has a screw top lid, a...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
American Silver Vase "Lotus" Pattern by Percy Bertram Ball for Watson Silver
Located in Montreal, QC
This fine American vase although from the 1930s is in the Art Nouveau taste but the Art Deco period. It compares favorably to the work of Georg Jensen. The Lotus form base is natural...
Category
1930s American Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Mother-of-Pearl Handled Silver Butter Knives, Set of Six
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Set of six butter knives in original box with label Alexander Clark London. Made for Goldsmith and Silversmith. Hallmarks Alexander Clark and Co.
Handles in mother-of-pearl. Blades e...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière With Waved Glass Liner Wilhelm Binder Germany 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant silver jardinière of elliptical base form on four flared feet with volute bond, downwardly flaring smooth wall with delicate ribbed band at the lower rim, constriction at the...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Silver Hip Flask Oval Shape, Birmingham 1910
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Silver Hip Flask.
A beautiful gentleman's oval pocket silver hip flask with a curved profile. This exceptional hip flask with plain domed hinged lid with screw bayonet fitting. The h...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Edwardian Sterling Silver Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Edwardian Sterling Silver Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of cylindrical shape with a slightly tapered body stood upon three straight legs. The Tea Caddy beautifully cast with swags of bellflowers meeting a bow at each end. Small oval cartouches of a flower head are cast into each leg at the top above further bellflower decoration down the legs vertically. The lid is surmounted by a traditional English Tudor rose...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Fantastic antique Edwardian twelve piece cutlery set in the original box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic antique Edwardian twelve piece cutlery set in the original box having a quality Antique Edwardian cutlery set having six knives and six for...
Category
20th Century Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière In Navette Form, Koch & Bergfeld Germany, Ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant silver jardinière over ground plan in boat shape standing on four downward projecting feet with leaf decor, wall with regular
circumferential vertical lamellae, on front and...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Centerpiece With Rams Heads And Blue Glass Insert, Ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant, simple Art Nouveau silver jardinière on an elliptical ground plan, the wall generously openworked in the form of two perforated bands running around the upper and lower edges of the vessel, connected by four slender, pyramid-shaped uprights ending in low feet, which divide the wall into four segments, on the front and back oval panels, embedded on bundles of feather leaves and crowned with bows, which at the same time serve as a connection to the leaf festoons surrounding the vessel, rams' heads applied lengthwise opposite each other on the outside, which can also serve as handles.
Cobalt blue glass insert with a curved cut on the upper edge.
Dimensions:
height: 13,0 cm / 5.11 in
width: 35,0 cm / 13.77 in
depth: 22,5 cm / 8.85 in
silver weight: 840 grams / 27.00 troy oz
Hallmarks:
- 830 - fineness, North European standard
- Crowned leopard head - most probably for DINGELDEIN BROTHERS, Hanau Germany
founded in 1868 by brothers Friedrich Otto (ca. 1838-1901) and Freidrich Wilhelm (ca. 1838-1910) Dingeldein. Friedrich Otto's son August Ernst Dingeldein (1874-1962) was their successor, and married Margarethe Kurz...
Category
Early 1900s Scandinavian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière, Bruckmann & Sons for Lazarus Posen Germany c 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant, festive silver vessel in wide oval base form with four projecting volute feet, on the front and back center asymmetrical panels holding together the surrounding leaf, flower...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière With Cut Glass Liner, Wilhelm Binder Germany c1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant silver jardinière in elliptical basic form on four lion paw feet with volute attachment, straight vertical wall with regular openings in the form of rhythmically staggered co...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Edwardian Period Continental Silver (.800) Parcel Gilt Cake/Dessert Serving Set
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Period, Continental Silver (.800), parcel gilt cake/dessert serving set, Germany, Ca. 1910. Bright cut design of both pieces makes them look as if they are inset with jewel...
Category
1910s German Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold
Antique Sterling Silver Repoussè Hand Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique sterling silver repoussè hand mirror. Stamped sterling, as shown in photos. Beveled inset mirror is possibly not original.
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 6 Unusual Figural Demitasse Spoons, Animal Hooves
Located in Riverdale, NY
Set of 6 Unusual Figural Demitasse Spoons from the turn of the 20th Century with animal hoof handles. Beautifully detailed with twisted stem and vermeil bowls...
Category
Early 1900s German Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Edwardian Hall Marked Silver Sugar Sifter
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian hall marked silver sugar sifter, having a pierced removable top above a shaped vessel on a circular base
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Set of 8 Kirk Baltimore Repousse Sterling Silver Coaster Dishes
Located in New York, NY
Set of 8 Edwardian sterling silver coaster dishes. Made by S. Kirk & Son Inc. in Baltimore. Each: Plain well and tapering sides; rim turned down with repousse leaf and flower garland...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Pair of Weighted Sterling Convertible Three Light Candelabra
By Hamilton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-20th Century Pair of Weighted, Sterling Convertible, Three Light Candelabra, Hamilton silversmith makers, with gadrooned rims, thistle sconces, reeded bypass candle arms, taperin...
Category
20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen, large Art Nouveau pitcher in sterling silver. Early and rare model
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, large Art Nouveau pitcher in sterling silver.
Early and rare model. Hammered finish. Ebony handle.
Approximately from 1918.
Model number: 49.
Stamped.
With French impo...
Category
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Glass & Sterling Vanity Jars, Set of Five
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of five antique sterling silver and glass vanity jars. Various repoussè floral designs. each sterling lid is stamped sterling.
Large j...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gorham 1900 Sterling Silver Mug and Underplate in Art Nouveau Martele Style
By Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Gorham sterling silver mug and underplate from 1900, in Art Nouveau style. The style, with exquisite, flowing floral motifs, and craftsmanship are reminiscent of the great Martele li...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Nut Dish by Hamilton & Diesinger
By Hamilton & Diesinger
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Sterling silver Art Nouveau nut dish by Hamilton & Diesinger, Philadelphia, 1895-1900. Repousse border. 3.05 troy oz.
5.75" dia., 0.75" h.
Whitehall Antiques is a family business th...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Basket Bowl Art Nouveau Style Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Reed & Barton sterling silver basket or centerpiece bowl, presumably from the early 20th century, in Art Nouveau style with pierced floral and geometric motifs. This elegant basket m...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair of Antique Tiffany Edwardian Classical Salt & Pepper Shakers
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Edwardian Classical sterling silver salt and pepper shakers. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Each: Tapering ovoid body on raised foot. Cover dimed with ornamental...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Whiting Sterling Silver Three Blind Mice Nursery Rhyme Baby Cup
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver nursery rhyme baby cup. Made by Whiting in New York, ca 1900. Tall and waisted bowl with wavy rim and c-scroll handle with splayed trefoil mount and baluster tail. Engraved depiction of the Three Blind Mice...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Edwardian quality silver framed desk barometer
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian quality silver framed desk barometer having a quality antique desk barometer in a silver shaped frame, with a circular barometer having a bevelled edge glass with t...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair Of 3-Flame Art Nouveau Silver Candleholders With Putti, Germany, Ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Two decorative, playful Art Nouveau candleholders on a high-towered rocaille and volute base with lattice-like pierced shells, standing on four rocaille feet in a square arrangement,...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Leaf-Form Bonbon Dish By Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau pattern, sterling silver, leaf-form bonbon dish, Gorham Manufacturing Co., Providence, Rhode Island, year-hallmarked for 1933. A photo of one of these dishes appears in t...
Category
1930s American Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigarette Case Romantic couple Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular desk cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enameled miniature depicting a romantic couple in Art Nouveau...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique sterling silver snuff box, Pictorial home scene
By Arthur Graf
Located in NEWARK, GB
An attractive and decorative antique sterling silver snuff box.
It is a rounded oval shape, very ergonomic to slip into the pocket and it has a wonderful pictorial design to the lid...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Sterling Hand Mirror 'Reine des Fleurs', C. 1903, by Unger Brothers
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unger Brothers Art Nouveau Sterling Hand Mirror 'Reine des Fleurs', (Queen of the Flowers ) C. 1903
USA, Extensively marked for sterl...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 3 English Sterling Silver & Enamel Fish Place Card Holders
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver and enamel place card holders. Made by Sampson Mordan & Co. in Chester, 1905-13. Each: Two flat discs mounted to flat circular base. Front disc smaller and ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Whiting Edwardian Classical Sterling Silver Creamer
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver creamer. Made by Whiting Manufacturing Co. in New York, ca 1910. Ovoid with helmet mouth and scroll bracket handle. Half gadrooning. Fully marked ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Sterling Silver Budgerigar Pepper Shakers
By George Bedingham
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, pair of antique Edwardian English cast sterling silver pepper shakers modelled in the form of budgerigars; an addition to our collectable silver ...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Storck & Sinsheimer Hanau c. 1890 - 800 Standard Silver Art Nouveau Jardinière
Located in London, London
Made circa 1890 in Hanau by Storck & Sinsheimer, this striking, 800 standard, Antique Silver Jardinière, is in the Art Nouveau taste, and fea...
Category
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Silver 800 Cutlery Set for 12 People, Düsseldorf, Germany, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Silver 800 cutlery set for 12 people. Düsseldorf, Germany, late 19th century.
Jugendstil period.
Complete for 12 people.
A total of 164 pieces:
12 ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Jugendstil Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Bread Dish
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver bread dish; an addition to our dining silverware collection.
This fine antique sterling sil...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
English Sterling Silver GRAPE SHEARS or SCISSORS Marked:-Sheffield 1904
Located in York, GB
A superb pair of Grape Scissors or shears, made in a variation of Kings shape. Distinctly raised border, giving extra strength - very sturdy and well made.
Used to cut a bunch of gr...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian sterling silver soup ladle London 1911
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This good quality Edwardian sterling silver soup ladle was made in London in 1911 by the firm of Holland, Aldwinckle and Slater. The decoration is their version of an older pattern k...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fine Edwardian novelty coal Scuttle sugar Bowl
Located in Dereham, GB
Fine Edwardian Silver novelty coal Scuttle
Sugar Bowl,
swing Handle , rolled detail around edges
Fine detail made by quality silversmith,
Fine Condition No dents,
Hallmarked Birm...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
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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