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Sterling Silver For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Louis XV
Sterling Silver SWEETMEAT BASKET with OVERHANDLE Hallmarked:-BIRMINGHAM 1911
Located in York, GB
Sterling Silver LARGE SWEETMEAT BASKET with OVERHANDLE
Full English hallmark showing that it was made in 1911
Anchor - Assay Office Mark for Birmingham
Lion - Sterling guarantee mark
m - Date letter for Birmingham 1911...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Glass Perfume Bottle with English Sterling Silver Filigree Overlay
Located in Sheffield, MA
The Art Nouveau glass perfume bottle is embellished with an English sterling (stamped and with rampant lion) silver filigree overlay and cap. The design reflects the Art Nouveau desi...
Category
1890s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tall Antique Art Nouveau Green Silver Overlay Vase by Alvin
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau glass vase with engraved silver overlay. Made by Alvin Corporation in Providence. Tall baluster with flared rim and short foot. Overlay in form twiste...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Large Antique American Edwardian Art Nouveau Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Large Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by Lebkuecher in Newark, ca 1910. Rectangular window in curvilinear shaped surround. Corner frames inset and entwined ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Tiffany & Co. Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Urn Vase
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver trophy cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Urn on tall and spread foot; double-scroll side handles. Chased semi-abstract tendrils terminating in volut...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver 1879 Chrysanthemum Pattern Open Salt Art Nouveau
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver open salt in exquisite, slightly raised, Chrysanthemum pattern number 5845 and in Art Nouveau Style from 1879. It measures 1 3/4'' in length by 1'' heig...
Category
1870s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Viennese Art Nouveau Silver 5-Light Candelabra by Josef Kurzweil, circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Decorative large five-light silver candelabra on a round base, with embossed and chased geometric and floral decor.
Finest work of simple elegance by the master Josef Kurzweil, ac...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique 1902 James Dixon & Son Sterling Silver Snake / Lizard Skin Hip Flask
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A magnificent, fine and impressive, antique George V glass, English sterling silver and Lizard / Snake skin Leather mounted hip flask.
This magnificent antique George V sterling silver hip flask has a rectangular form with rounded corners.
The upper portion of the large glass body is ornamented with an impressive Lizard / Snake skin covering.
This impressive flask is fitted with a plain domed fully hallmarked hinged cover, securing with a bayonet fitting.
This Lizard / Snake Leather skin hip flask retains the original hallmarked push fit drinking cup.
Marked English Sterling Silver J.D & S into a shield, James Dixon & Sons, London 1902.
Business established in 1806 in Silver Street, Sheffield by James Dixon in partnership with a Mr. Smith. The firm became James Dixon & Son (1823), James Dixon & Sons (1835c.) and James Dixon & Sons Ltd in 1920. London showrooms were opened in London (1873), Sidney and Melborne (1912).
Such examples are becoming increasingly difficult to locate.
This antique hip flask...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique German Art Nouveau .800 Silver 12 Piece Fish Flatware Serving Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This twelve piece serving set is signed by an unknown maker, but presumed to have originated from Germany and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Elkington & Co Art Nouveau Large Silver Fruit Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual and stunning English Art Nouveau large silver fruit bowl by renowned silversmiths Elkington & Co and made in Sheffield in 1909. The heavily made bowl is of deep round ...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Reed & Barton Old Sterling Silver Salad Set in Love Disarmed Art Nouveau Pattern
Located in New York, NY
Reed & Barton sterling silver salad set in old, original, Love Disarmed pattern and in Art Nouveau style with exquisite, raised, floral and figural motifs. It consists of a salad fork measuring 10 1/2'' in length by 2 7/8'' in width by 1 2/3'' in height, a serving spoon measuring 10 1/2'' in length. It was not recast, never polished, and never had a monogram and weighs 15 troy ounces.
Reed & Barton was founded as Babbitt & Crossman in Taunton, Massachusetts in 1824. The failing company was then purchased by Henry G. Reed and business partner Charles E. Barton–and by 1896, the company was awarded a Medal of Excellence at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Unusual Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Lidded 'with Lion Motif' Powder Jar
By Eastwood-Park Co.
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, Art Nouveau, sterling silver-lidded, cut crystal powder jar, Eastwood-Park Co., Jew Jersey, circa 1909-1915. The lid has a motif of two lions rampant holding a central carto...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Antique Japanese Meiji Art Nouveau Silver Basket
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Art Nouveau silver basket, ca 1890. Faceted zigzag bowl with convex ends and concave sides, and double bamboo-style swing handle. Sid...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of 5-Flame Silver Candelabras with Dolphin Arms, Belgium Around 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Two solid five-light candelabras, mounted on a round, fluted stepped base with a delicate palmette frieze on the side, four slender, four-pointed dolphins with their heads resting on...
Category
1950s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Carafe, Green Glass with Opaline & Silver Mount, Porto, Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Carafe made of green glass with cryolite inclusions (opaline) in the shape of feathered leaves, with a conical body that swings out slightly at the bottom on a round, flush stand, be...
Category
Early 1900s Portuguese Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Whiting Sterling Silver 1905 Centerpiece/Fruit Bowl in Art Nouveau Style
Located in New York, NY
Whiting sterling silver table centerpiece/ fruit bowl decorated with gorgeous, dimensional leaf and flowers motif all around the rim in Art Nouveau style from 1905. It measures 14.1 inches in diameter by 3.8 inches in height, weighs 32.2 ozt, and bears hallmarks as shown.
Originally in Massachusetts, Whiting Manufacturing Company relocated to New York in 1875. The company was purchased by Gorham in 1924 and the production transferred to Providence, Rhode Island. Whiting had relatively small production output but produced exceptional handmade silverware in relatively small quantities. The Company's most famous and important designer was Charles Osborne...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20C Etched Crystal Jug with Sterling Silver Base by Arthur A Everts
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A GORGEOUS piece of DALLAS History, namely, an Early 20C European Etched Crystal Jug with Sterling Silver Base by Arthur A Everts of Dallas.
Ci...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver 1890s Bowl in Art Nouveau Style
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver bowl in pattern number 9460 from the 1890s, in Art Nouveau style with flowing floral and palmette design adorning the rim. It measures 10'' in diameter ...
Category
1890s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair Viennese Silver Art Nouveau Candle Holders by Rudolf Steiner, around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of elegant silver candlesticks on a sweeping, oval base with stepped frame, at the foot of the shaft circumferential, corrugated zigzag band, foot pulled up in the middle and converging to a beaded ring with adjoining groove, conically widening, oval, edged shaft corresponding to the floor plan with repeating circumferential, grooved zigzag ribbons, attached vase-shaped spouts.
Hallmarks:
Diana head - Viennese official hallmark 1872 - 1922 for 800 silver
'RS' - Master's sign for Rudolf Steiner
'SCHWARZ...
Category
1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Cigar Box
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique sterling silver cigar box
Wood interior.
Maker: Unknown (maker mark faded)
Made in England, Birmingham, 1912
Fully hallmarked.
...
Category
1910s British Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Gorham Art Nouveau Red Silver Overlay Perfume
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau glass perfume with engraved silver overlay. Made by Gorham in Providence. Globular with short neck and everted rim in silver collar. Ball stopper. Ope...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Romantic Tiffany Edwardian Art Nouveau Heart-Shaped Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Romantic Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Heart-shaped window in same and curved surround flowing into bracket feet. Acid-etched leafin...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Period Solid Silver Pot Pourri Box William Comyns
Located in Uckfield, Sussex
A wonderful Art Nouveau period silver pot pourri box with a detailed pierced and repousse stag and tiger scene. The hinged lid opens to reveal a interior.
Hallmarks: London 1907 William Comyns
Weight: 79g
William Comyns were a London based manufacturing silversmiths who traded from around 1858 until the 1930s.
The firm was founded by William Comyns when he bought the business of Robert Tagg (founded in 1730) around 1858 and entered his first mark from the original Robert Tagg premises in Soho, London.
The business expanded rapidly and the firm moved and gradually took up more and more premises on Beak Street, off Regent Street. They became William Comyns & Son in 1885 when his two sons Charles and Richard joined the partnership.
They had a significant impact in the 1880s by producing large numbers of decorative items in silver which were retailed through leading London retailers of the time such as Henry Lewis...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Elegant Silver 925 Wine Cooler, by Barker Brothers, Chester, England, 1910-1911
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant crater-shaped silver wine cooler on an offset, stepped, round base with smooth, profiled walls and two large, raised volute-shaped handles.
925 Silver
Hallmarks:
Master's sign 'MEB FEB'- Barker Brothers...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Photo Frame Dated 1907 22x16cm
By Samuel M. Levi 1
Located in London, GB
A stunning Edwardian silver photograph frame of Art Nouveau design having a leather easel back.
With hallmarks for Birmingham 1907 and the makers mark of Samuel M Levi;
Bea...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Cut Glass Carafe with Silver Mount, Germany, Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Carafe made of clear glass with a conical, faceted body that swings out at the bottom with a separate base, the lower half has a stone cut decoration with stars cut in the middle and...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Snuff box Enamel Double opening Sterling Silver flower bouquet Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with two slightly domed sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of flower bouquet, late 1...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Alvin American Art Nouveau Green Silver Overlay Vase
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau glass vase with engraved silver overlay. Baluster with dense and vertical overlay in form of entwined stem flowers in curvilinear frames. Scrolled car...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Glass Decanter with Silver Plated Mount, WMF, Germany, 1903-1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau carafe made of clear glass with a round, upwardly tapering body, front and back two facet bands tapering from bottom to top, the lower, ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Antique Silver Necessaire De Toilette William Comyns & Sons, London 1909
Located in Vienna, AT
Black covered wooden case with original, cream-colored velvet and silk interior.
Contents: a small tray, two glass bottles, a powder box on feet, an oval glass box...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Tiffany American Classical Sterling Silver Loving Cup
Located in New York, NY
Fin-de-siecle Classical sterling silver loving cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Urn-form with bellied bottom. Three leaf-capped and m...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Two Pairs of German Art Nouveau Rococo Silver 2-Light Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Two pairs of German 800 silver 2-light candelabra. Made by M. H. Wilkens & Söhne in Germany, ca 1890. Each: tapering pillar on raised foot with spread c-scroll supports. Garland-entwined figure mounted to pillar top...
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Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Sterling Silver- Mounted Iridescent Green Art Glass Bud Vase
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau Period, sterling silver-mounted iridescent green Art Glass 2-handled bud vase, London, year-hallmarked for 1901. Measures 7 1/4 inches high x 3 inches diameter (at widest...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Leaf Dishes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are offering a pair of sterling silver leaf dishes by the Meriden Britannia Company of Connecticut. Designed in the Art Nouveau style, this beautiful pair are perfect for any coff...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière, Basket with Handle, Germany, Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant Art Nouveau silver centerpiece:
Body on a round stand stepped by a fluting and with an embossed beaded rim, vessel widening rhythmically in differently sized, tongue-shaped ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Gorham Art Nouveau Sterling Silver & Crystal Whiskey Decanter
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau sterling silver and crystal decanter. Made by Gorham in Providence. Ovoid crystal bowl with cut and engraved ornament: Beaded horse...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Edwardian Comport Bowl, Cooper Brothers & Sons, Sheffield, 1906
Located in London, GB
Made from solid Sterling Silver by Cooper Brothers & Sons of Sheffield in 1906, this Edwardian comport bowl is wonderfully decorated with organic Art Nouveau...
Category
Early 1900s British Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Matzoh Holder Jugendstil Weiner Werkstatte Style Signed
Located in Sharon, CT
Hand wrought in 900 silver in the Wiener Werkstatt style, impressed signature reads: _ _ _RAEMER HANDARBEIT 900 followed by logo/touchmark.
Category
1920s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Gorham Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Floral Decorated Bowl, C.1900
By Gorham
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Gorham large Art Nouveau sterling silver Floral decorated bowl C.1900. The deep bowl of round scalloped form beautifully embossed and chased with overlap...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hallberg Swedish Silver 1919 Art Nouveau Hand Hammered Compote Bowl
By CG Hallberg
Located in New York, NY
C. G. Hallberg, Swedish silver compote bowl from 1919, beautifully hand hammered and in Art Nouveau style with curvilinear, natural motifs in relief adorning the stem of the compote....
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1910s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Silver 875 Set of Four Tea Glasses Russia Moscow Made circa 1958-1965
Located in Vienna, AT
Silver set of four tea glasses / Russian, made in Moscow.
Dating: 20th century / made circa 1958-1965
Material: solid silver 875 and glass
Hallmarked:
Russian Official Silver...
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1960s Russian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of Art Nouveau Glass Carafes with Silver Fittings, by Ferdinand Vogl Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Two carafes made of clear glass with a conical body, a twelve-point, wavy thickened wall on the inside, decorated near the bottom with parallel cuts in a serrated shape, a bottom sta...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Mauser Sterling Silver Platter Centerpiece Plate in Art Nouveau Style
By The Mauser Corp.
Located in New York, NY
Mauser, sterling silver, early 20th century platter in exquisite Art Nouveau style with motifs such as flowers and pomegranates adorning the rim. It measures 13 1/4'' in diameter by ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique English Edwardian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by Cornelius Saunders & Frank Shepherd in Birmingham in 1904. Shaped rectangular window in shaped surround with bracket feet...
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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair Of Large Glass Carafes With Silver Mounts, Gebrüder Deyhle, Germany c. 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of voluminous, bulbous, cut clear glass carafes on a round base, plain, smooth silver mountings with hinged lids with thumb rests and J-shaped handles with beveled accents on the outside.
Dimensions:
height: 31.0 cm / 12.20 in
width: 23.0 cm / 9.05 in
depth: 18.5 cm / 7.28 in
total weight: 6.100 Gramm / 214.72 fl. oz
Hallmarks:
Crescent + Crown - German official hallmark from 1888
830 S - fineness
Rising panther - Master's sign GEBRÜDER DEYHLE...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Kerr American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Bookmark
Located in New York, NY
Turn of the century Art Nouveau sterling silver bookmark. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark. Dagger blade engraved with interlaced script mono...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle from 1901 by John Tiley
By John Tiley
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London 1901 by John Tiley, this stylish, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Belt Buckle, measures 3.75"(9.5cm) wide a...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair Of High 7-Flame Silver Candelabras, by J.C. Klinkosch Vienna, ca 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Two elegant seven-light candelabras on a round, trumpet-shaped raised foot with a palmette band on the foot and a stylized flower and acanthus frieze under the disc-shaped protruding...
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1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Elegant Viennese Silver Art Nouveau Tray, by Karl Berger, Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Rectangular shaped silver tray in a smooth, simple design with a raised, flared edge and beveled corners with a raised groove in the middle, rounded, slightly curved extension of the...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Rare Asprey London Sterling Silver 1917 Jewelry Box Charles & Richard Comyns
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Asprey London 1917 solid sterling silver Jewellery box with a faux tortoiseshell top made by the amazing Charles and Richard...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gorham Art Nouveau Sterling Buckle, 1902
By Gorham
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Gorham Art Nouveau sterling buckle, 1902. Marks for Gorham Sterling and B1949 copyrighted with 1902 (year). Beautiful open floral nouveau whiplash des...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gorgeous American Art Nouveau Martelé-Style Silver Basket
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous turn-of-the-century Martelé-style Art Nouveau 950 silver basket. Made by Black, Starr & Frost in New York. Flared and ovoid mouth fand cylindrical body flowing into spread f...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Viennese Silver 4-Piece Coffee Set, Vincenz Mayer's Sons, circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant, simple, 4-part silver core consisting of a coffee pot, milk jug, sugar bowl and tray. Vessels with an oval basic shape and smooth walls, narrowing slightly conically towards the top, with profiled ribbons on the lower edge and on top, here with crossed loops. Coffee pot with swan spout...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of Art Nouveau Glass Carafes with Silver Mounts, Koch & Bergfeld, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Two carafes made of clear glass with a raised, bulging body, surrounding five cut arches with stone cut decoration and cut suns in the arch segments, bevel cut at the base of the nec...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
J.E. Caldwell & Co. Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Set of 4 Compote Dishes
Located in New York, NY
J.E. Caldwell & Co. sterling silver set of 4 compote dishes in Art Nouveau style with everted rims showing exquisite flowers and scrolls around the rim and at the base as well as coa...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century French Sterling Silver Folding
Located in LEGNY, FR
Folding travel case in sterling silver and silver filled with rococo style decoration which includes a spoon (18.5 cm) a fork (18.5 cm)
and a knife (17.5 cm) with metal blade.
Pun...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver Christening Mug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver christening mug made in the Art Nouveau style, boxed; an addition to our religious silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Edwardian sterling silver christening mug has a plain bell shaped form onto a circular swept, spreading foot, all in the Art Nouveau style.
The surface of this antique christening mug...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Lovely Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Strawberry Compote Dish on Pedestal Base
Located in New York, NY
Lovely, Art Nouveau, sterling silver, strawberry compote dish on pedestal base, Mauser Mfg. Co., New York, circa 1895-1910. Designed with blown out strawberries and leaves along uppe...
Category
1890s American Art Nouveau Antique 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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