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Sterling Silver For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1920s
Photo Frame Enamel and Guilloche Striped Border Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and internal striped border with French Empire Louis XVI style interweavin...
Category
1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Two Compartment Sterling Silver Footed Table Box with Hinged Lids
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, Art Deco Period, sterling silver, two-compartment table box on bun feet and having two hinged lids and a handle, The Watrous Division of The International Silver Co., Meride...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Lady Sterling by Weidlich Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 72 Pieces Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Scarce Dinner Size Lady Sterling by Weidlich circa 1925 sterling silver Flatware set, 72 pieces. This set includes:
12 Dinner Size Knives, 9 3/8"
12 Dinner Size Forks, 7 1/2"
12...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Deco Vanity Mirror
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are happy to offer you this sterling silver vanity mirror by J. F. Fradley & Company. It’s an uber-sleek table mirror that is contemporary and functional. It has two balls on the ...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Candlesticks, 1927
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are happy to offer you this pair of sterling silver candlesticks by Gorham Silversmiths of Providence, Rhode Island. Hallmarked 1927, there’s an inscription on the bottom-side “Fr...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of 1927 Gorham Sterling Silver Compotes Footed Centerpieces King Albert
By Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver compote / footed centerpiece dish from 1927 by Gorham and Whiting, a Gorham subsidiary, with beaded and fleur-de-lys designs across the rims in King Albert...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Frame for 2 Photographs Fired Enamel on Guillochè Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped frame for 2 photographs in sterling Silver 925/1000 gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniatures. Viennese Art Nouveau style seco...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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
Grande Renaissance by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service
Located in Big Bend, WI
Grande Renaissance by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware 12 Set - 48 pieces. This set includes:
12 KNIVES, 9 1/8", 1
12 FORKS, 7 1/2",
12 SALAD FORKS, 6 3/8",
12 TEASPOONS, 6...
Category
1960s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Asprey, Novelty Silver Fox Letter Opener, Chester, 1928
Located in Bath, GB
Made in the Art Deco era, this splendid solid sterling silver letter opener has a handle featuring a handsome Fox's head, always highly sought-after.
What makes this particularly ...
Category
1920s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Bookmark
By Lunt Silver
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver bookmark by Lunt Silversmith from the 1960s. It has a raindrop shape, rounded on one end and pointed on the...
Category
1960s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Irish Sterling Silver Candlesticks, 1969
Located in Glasgow, GB
A pair of Irish cast sterling silver candlesticks by Royal Irish Silver Ltd, Dublin 1969, with import marks for The Sheffield Assay Office. The ornate candlesticks are of baluster sh...
Category
1960s Irish Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Hammered Bowl #580 from 1920s
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Georg Jensen hand-hammered sterling silver bowl in pattern number 580, made between 1925 and 1932, measuring 4 7/8’’ diameter by 2 1/8’’ in height, weighing 6.9 troy ounces, and bear...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Baroque Style Green Table Box with Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Baroque style shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving interspersed with spaces with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and a beautiful h...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Sterling Silver Table Models of Pheasants 1926
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Pair of sterling silver models of Pheasants, English import marks for London 1926 Neresheimer & Co. The pheasants, male and female of usual form, realistically textured, chased feath...
Category
1920s German Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Silver Fish Cutlery Set in Showcase, by Jarosinski & Vaugoin, Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant fish cutlery set made of solid silver for six people, consisting of 12 parts, in a showcase.
Date of manufactory: circa 1925
Material: Massive sterling silver '800'
Style:...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Large Art Deco Sterling Silver Wood-Backed Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Large, Art Deco, sterling silver wood-backed picture frame, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1927, Sanders and MacKenzie - makers. Measures 13 1/2 inches high x 9 1/2 inches ...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mademoiselle by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 67 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Since 1898, International Silver has been taking great pride in crafting high quality sterling silver flatware. Classic and incredibly versatile, this timeless design will complement...
Category
1960s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Large Vintage Sterling Silver Three-Light Candelabras
By Emile Viner
Located in London, GB
A high quality pair of sterling silver three light, two branch candelabra by highly regarded English silver smiths Emile Viners, Sheffield, circa 1964,
The vase shape capitals with ...
Category
1960s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
La Scala by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Set 54 Pcs New
Located in Big Bend, WI
Unused La Scala by Gorham sterling silver flatware set - 54 pieces. This set includes:
12 Knives, 9 1/8"
12 Forks, 7 1/2"
12 Salad Forks, 6 1/2"
12 Teaspoons, 6 1/4"
1 Gravy L...
Category
1960s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Low Lobed Bowl by Randahl, Chicago
By Randahl Shop
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Sterling silver low bowl by Randahl, Chicago. Modernism lobed form. Inscribed on bottom: "From The Gundersens April 15th 1964". Marked: Randahl Sterling 243 8 IN. 9.05 troy oz.
Meas...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Sterling Silver Scalloped Decorative Dish Signed by Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Deco sterling silver dish was realized by the esteemed American maker Tiffany & Co., circa 1920. It features a round body with raised and scalloped sides, separated ...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Pair of Candlesticks, London 1923 Morris Salkind
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1923 by Morris Salkind, this attractive pair of antique sterling silver candlesticks, feature chased swags and bows, and are unfilled.
Each candlestick me...
Category
1920s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 and manufactured in Florence in numerous 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
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Crystal Pitcher with German Silver Handle and Lid
Located in Summerland, CA
Beautiful cut crystal base pitcher or decanter with 800 German Sterling spout hinged lid and handle. One side is engraved with very handsome German crest....
Category
1920s German Neoclassical Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Rare Art Deco Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Glass Owl-Form Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Rare, Art Deco Period, sterling silver-mounted glass owl-form match striker (with original glass eyes), London, England, year-hallmarked for 1925. Excellent detail.
Matches are stru...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Novelty Duck Letter Opener by Sampson Mordan & Co.
Located in Bath, GB
A rare and highly collectable letter opener made from solid English sterling silver with the handle mounted with a charming Duck figure.
The underside is fully hallmarked London ...
Category
1920s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Salt Shakers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are happy to offer you this pair of sterling silver Japanese salt shakers from the 1960s. The are uber-modern and sleek. A very unusual pair that are q...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Akkeleje Silverware Set for 12
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A very early and extensive Georg Jensen silverware service in the Akkeleje pattern, design #77 by Georg Jensen from 1918. Its unusual to find a large...
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling & Enamel Perfume Bottle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a lovely perfume bottle by the Hawkes Glass Company. It has a sterling silver enamel stopper and crystal bottle. The glass has acid-etched flowers and leaves going a...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
750 Silver Set of 6 Fiddle & Thread Large Teaspoons European
Located in York, GB
750 silver set of 6 fiddle & thread teaspoons
Quality mark on the back - 750. This means that the spoons are 75% silver and 25% other metal, probably nickel. Sterling silver is 92.5 % silver and 7.5% other metal. Since silver is a relatively soft metal, these spoons will be harder, and less likely to bend of get dented or scratched.
A delightful set of spoons in the very popular fiddle and thread...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Solid Sterling Silver Large Sugar Castor Hallmarked:-SHEFFIELD 1926
Located in York, GB
Sterling silver large English sugar castor
A full set of English hallmarks applied by the Sheffield Assay Office:-
Crown - Sheffield Assay office mark.
Lion - Sterling guarantee...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Wine Holder, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
Marked Sterling L. Huemer.
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Salt and Pepper Shakers
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Sterling salt and pepper shaker marked Tiffany. Made by Orel in France.
Category
1960s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dawn Rose by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 20 Pieces Floral
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dawn rose by international circa 1969 sterling silver Flatware set - 20 Pieces. This set includes:
4 Knives, 9"
4 Forks, 7 3/8"
4 Salad Forks, 6 7/8"
4 ...
Category
1960s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Silver Vase Decorated with Floral Motifs
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique silver vase decorated with floral motifs
Made in England, Sheffield, 1926
Maker: Pairpoint Brothers (John & Frank Pairpoint)
Fully hallm...
Category
1920s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Patterned Silver Cigarette Box, Hallmarked, 1960
Located in London, GB
Sterling silver cigarette box with engraved geometric pattern to the top and cedar wood lining to the interior. By Padgett & Braham, hallmarked London 1960.
Dimensions: 16.5cm/6½ in...
Category
1960s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
"Hand Mirror w/ Dolphin Motif, " Rare Art Deco Sterling Silver by Nielsen/Jensen
By Georg Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An iconic Art Deco design, crafted in sterling silver by Harald Nielsen for George Jensen -- arguably the most renowned silversmith in the world at the time -- this hand mirror featu...
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Snuffbox Pocket Sterling Silver Gold Paillons Lilies of France Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular oval shape pocket snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of p...
Category
1960s Italian Louis XIV Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with inward corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enameled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana depicting the painting "The Turkish slave" by Francesco Mazzola known as "il Parmigianino" (National Gallery of Parma). Dimensions cm. 8.5 x 11.5 x 3. Weight gr. 345. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1965 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various different subjects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enameled 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
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Modernist Salt Shakers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We love the sleek modernism look of these sterling silver salt shakers. Manufactured by Reed and Barton in the late 1950’s - early 1960’s, they have that quintessential Mid-Century m...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 6 Liberty & Co Arts & Crafts Silver Teaspoons with Hardstone Finials, 1924
Located in London, GB
Set Of 6 Liberty & Co arts & crafts silver teaspoons with hardstone finials,1924
This pretty set is in its original "Liberty and Co"leather box with silk lining.
The 6 different fi...
Category
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling silver model of a 12 Point Royal Stag
Located in London, GB
An Elizabeth II silver model of a twelve point royal stag by Edward Barnard realistically modelled and cast in sterling, and mounted on a stone base. The silver model itself is 120mm...
Category
1960s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Stone, Sterling Silver
Gorham Sterling Silver Floral Repoussé Chambersticks, circa 1920-1930, a Pair
By Gorham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of Gorham sterling silver Chambersticks, circa 1920-1930.
A beautiful Repoussé pattern of roses, fans, shells, and scrolls. Each with a finger holder, charming for the bedsid...
Category
1920s American American Classical Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Exceptional Silver Cigar Box/Smoking Compendium by Mappin & Webb
Located in Bath, GB
A truly exceptional Art Deco Gentleman's smoking compendium, beautiful quality by the highly sought-after silversmith, Mappin & Webb.
This impressive piece stands on four original...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tiffany & Co. Basket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are delighted to offer you this sterling silver basket by the world renowned Tiffany & Company. An interesting mix of modern and traditional; the handle is sleek and modern while ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Crichton English Modern Classical Sterling Silver Tea Tray
Located in New York, NY
George V sterling silver tea tray. Made by Lionel Alfred Crichton in London in 1922. Oval well with reeded rim and leaf-capped c-scroll end handles. Classicism that works with tradit...
Category
1920s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Design Style Sterling Silver Sugar Caster
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver sugar caster in the Design style; an addition to our silver teaware collection
This exceptional vi...
Category
1960s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Josef Hoffmann for Wiener Werkstatte Vienna circa 1920 Silver Dish
Located in Oakland, CA
Josef Hoffmann for Wiener Werkstatte Vienna circa 1920 Silver Dish. A Sterling silver bowls hand chased, made of silver and hallmarked on the...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Savannah by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Set 65 Piece
Located in Big Bend, WI
Savannah by Reed & Barton sterling silver flatware set - 65 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 9 1/8"
12 forks, 7 3/8"
12 salad forks, 6 1/2"
12 teaspoons, 6"
12 place ...
Category
1960s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Classical Sterling Silver Bun Warmer
Located in New York, NY
George V sterling silver bun warmer. Made by Roberts & Belk Ltd in Sheffield in 1927. Egg-form. Cover has flat oval top with radiating facets and lob...
Category
1920s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Simone Dainelli inspired by the paintings of Boris Vallejo, in fantastic contemporary style, with hand-engraved frame. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and manufactured in Florence in numerous 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 high-fire 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
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Louis XIV by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 70 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Celebrate all of your meals in style with this Louis XIV by Towle sterling silver flatware set. Founded in 1690 in Massachusetts, the elite artisans...
Category
1920s American Louis XIV Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Amber Glass & Sterling Silver Ruler, 1927
Located in Bath, GB
A very pleasing and hard to find amber coloured glass was used to create this smart desk-top ruler. Either end is fitted with a solid English sterling silve...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Tiffany Plate
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A midcentury plate with ribbing around the rim. It’s just a simple design that compliments the edge. The plate sits on a slight pedestal that raises it off the surface. In the centre...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Salt Shakers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These sterling silver salt shakers are beautiful. They have a paneled design around the body and an elongated neck. They have a real presen...
Category
1960s Israeli Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 1925 Sterling Silver Beer / Water Jug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver beer / water jug; part of our antique dining silverware collection
This exc...
Category
1920s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage, New and Antique Sterling Silver
Dining and entertaining changed drastically when we began to set our tables with sterling silver for holiday gatherings, wedding receptions, engagement parties and, in some of today’s homes, everyday meals.
Often called the “Queen of metals,” silver has been universally adored for thousands of years. It is easy to see why it has always been sought after: It is durable, strong and beautiful. (Louis XIV had tables made entirely of silver.) Sterling silver is an alloy that is made of 92.5 percent silver — the “925” stamp that identifies sterling-silver jewelry refers to this number. The other 7.5 percent in sterling silver is typically sourced from copper.
Neoclassical-style sterling-silver goods in Europe gained popularity in the late 18th century — a taste for sterling-silver tableware as well as tea sets had taken shape — while in the United States, beginning in the 19th century, preparing the dinner table with sterling-silver flatware had become somewhat of a standard practice. Indeed, owning lots of silver goods during the Victorian era was a big deal. Back then, displaying fine silver at home was a status symbol for middle-class American families. And this domestic silver craze meant great profitability for legendary silversmith manufacturers such as Reed & Barton, Gorham Manufacturing Company and the International Silver Company, which was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898, a major hub of silver manufacturing nicknamed “Silver City.”
Today, special occasions might call for ceremonial silver designed by Tiffany & Co. or the seductive sterling-silver cutlery from remarkable Danish silversmith Georg Jensen, but there really doesn’t have to be an event on the calendar to trot out your finest tableware.
Event- and wedding-planning company maestro Tara Guérard says that some “investment pieces,” such as this widely enamored alloy, should see everyday use, and we’re inclined to agree.
“Sterling-silver flatware is a must-have that you can use every single day, even to eat cereal,” she says. “Personally, I want a sterling-silver goblet set for 12 to 20; I would use them every time I had a dinner party. Ultimately, there are no criteria for buying vintage pieces: Buy what you love, and make it work.”
Whether you’re thinking “ceremonial” or “cereal,” browse a versatile collection of vintage, new and antique sterling-silver wares on 1stDibs today.
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