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Sterling Silver For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Arts and Crafts
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...
Category
Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
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...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau 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
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 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
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
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....
Category
1910s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage 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
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
Art Nouveau Silver Centerpiece with Karyatides and Glass Bowl, Vienna, ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Large centerpiece on a cambered, round, engine-turned base with three equilaterally placed feet decorated with branches, vines and leaves, the base converging in the middle and formi...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
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
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 Art Nouveau Silver Overlay Lady’s Medicinal Flask
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau glass flask with engraved silver overlay. Flat with curved sides. Overlay in form of grain stalks and fruiting grapevine. Asymmetrical cartouche engra...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique 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
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
Arts & Crafts Period Antique Sterling Silver Condiment Set, Walker & Hall 1913
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1913 by Walker & Hall, this stylish, 5 piece, Antique, Sterling Silver Condiment Set, is presented in its original box, and is in the Arts & Crafts taste. ...
Category
1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
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...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling 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...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
C R Ashbee GOH. A Rare Pair of Arts & Crafts Hand-Crafted Hammered Silver Salts.
Located in London, GB
C R Ashbee for the guild of handicraft.
A rare pair of Arts & Crafts silver salt bowls with roll-over rims and dot decoration to the bowl edges stood on fou...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Vintage Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Biscuit Box
By Central School of Arts & Crafts
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage George VI English sterling silver biscuit box in the Arts and Crafts style; an addition to our silver teaware collection
This exceptional vintage George VI sterling silver biscuit box has an oval form, in the iconic Arts and Crafts style.
The surface of this vintage silver biscuit box has a subtle planished finish and is encircled with shallow concave fluted designs.
The upper rim of the box features aprotruding paralleling incurved rim, reflecting the aforementioned fluted decoration.
The box is fitted with a hallmarked push fit cover surmounted with the original, impressive iconic Arts and Crafts style carved wood and silver finial...
Category
20th Century English Arts and Crafts 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
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...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage 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
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
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
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
Tiffany & Co Sterling Silver Petite Heart Shaped Cornucopia Berry / Jam
Located in Westport, CT
Tiffany &co petite sterling silver heart shaped cornucopia berry/jam serving spoon gilt heart shaped design spoon.
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
1920s Continental Silver Gilt Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY:
No additional costs will be added to this order.
Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included).
Of rectangular form, the hinged cover enameled depicting a young gentleman with 18th century clothes...
Category
1920s British Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Lebolt & Co. Arts & Crafts Hammered Sterling Silver Compote Centerpiece Bowl
By Lebolt & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Lebolt & Co. sterling silver, hand beaten compote bowl on long stem flaring to circular foot. The compote has an applied engraving inside of the bowl in Arts & Crafts style, measuring 3 1/4 inches in height and 12 inches in diameter. The weight is 28 troy ounces.
In 1912, J. Myer LeBolt added silversmithing to his family Chicago jewelry...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tea Caddy Spoon, Omar Ramsden, 1927
By Omar Ramsden
Located in Glasgow, GB
An Arts & Crafts sterling silver tea caddy spoon. The tea caddy spoon has a spot-hammered bowl, and fluted Onslow-style handle.
Mad...
Category
1920s British Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling 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
Early Georg Jensen Large and Impressive Champagne Cooler / Centrepiece
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Early Georg Jensen large and impressive champagne cooler / centrepiece in hammered sterling silver, adorned with handles and ornamentation in the form of grapes.
In very good condit...
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Russian Silver Throne Salt
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY:
No additional costs will be added to this order.
Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included).
Maker's mark A.A., Moscow, 1892
Re...
Category
1890s Russian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
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
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
Georg Jensen "Louvre" bowl / compote in sterling silver. Art Nouveau style.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen "Louvre" bowl / compote in sterling silver.
Art Nouveau style with nature's organic forms and decorative flora and fauna details. Model number 180B.
Measures: 14 x 11.5...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Norman Hammered by Shreve Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 87 Pieces Dinner
By Shreve & Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner size Norman hammered by Shreve sterling silver flatware set - 87 pieces. This Arts & Crafts pattern was introduced in the year 1909. This set includes:
8 dinner knives, 9 3...
Category
20th Century Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Water Pitcher By Frank M. Whiting & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Graceful, Art Nouveau, sterling silver water pitcher on baluster base, The Frank M. Whiting & Co., No. Attleboro, Mass., circa 1895. Holds 3 3/4 pints of liquid. 8 3/4" high x 8 3/4...
Category
1890s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany & Co. 1898 Sterling Silver Large Clover Centerpiece Bowl Art Nouveau
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver berry bowl in Art Nouveau style and in Clover pattern in pattern 13780 from 1898 with exquisite raised motifs of flowers, leaves, and twirls around the ...
Category
1890s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Silver Viking Pattern Tea Caddy Spoon, Dated Circa 1930
By Georg Jensen
Located in London, GB
Georg Jensen silver viking pattern tea caddy spoon, dated Circa 1930
This heavy spoon has light hand hammering all over.
The silver content is 83 percent, hence the hallmark 830s w...
Category
1930s Danish Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique English Edwardian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame, 1904. Shaped rectangular window in shaped surround with bracket feet. Chased ornament: Entwined tendrils and flower heads spillin...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Glass Carafe With Silver Fitting, by Wilhelm Binder, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Carafe made of clear glass with a conical body, the inside six-pointed wave-shaped thickened wall, cut near the base with star and beam decoration, ground star, silver fitting with w...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
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
Exquisite French Art Nouveau Decanter / Pitcher by J. Barian Silver Glass 1900
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Breathtaking French antique Art Nouveau decanter / pitcher in silver plate with enamel painted glass by Jules Barian 1900.
Exquisite Art Nouveau...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver Plate
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
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
Georg Jensen Sterling Blossom Lid, Model 2A
By Georg Jensen
Located in Riverdale, NY
Lovely Georg Jensen hand raised sterling silver blossom condiment lid #2A from the 1950's. Needs glass jar base. Denmark 1950's.
Category
1950s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Breadbasket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are just crazy for this sterling silver Art Nouveau breadbasket by William Durgin. It has a fluted rim with clusters of flowers and open work. Designed in the Art Nouveau style it...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau - Art & Craft Sterling Silver Enamel Photograph Frame, Cymric 1903
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Nouveau - Art & craft sterling silver enamel photograph frame - William Hutton & Sons 1903.
William Hutton & Sons silver and enamel square photo frame...
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Nouveau Perfume Flacon
Located in New Orleans, LA
The elegance of rare silver overlay distinguishes this Art Nouveau glass flask. The flowing, graceful motif allows sections of the clear glass, and the co...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
12 Antique Gorham Reticulated Sterling Silver Dessert Aperitif Cordial Glasses
Located in Dayton, OH
Set of 12 antique Gorham styerling silver 925 champagne or dessert glasses with pierced edge and hand blown glass inserts. Marked with lion anchor and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gorham Sterling Silver Pair of 1917 Repousse Art Nouveau Centerpiece Bowls
By Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Gorham sterling silver centerpieces fruit bowls in a beautiful decorative floral fruit and repousse pattern in Art Nouveau style from 1917 pattern number A2223M. Measuring ea...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Orivit Jugendstil Sterling Silver Four-Piece Tea and Coffee Service
By Orivit
Located in London, GB
A stunning quality Orivit sterling silver Art Nouveau coffee and tea service.
Orivit produced sterling items for a very limited period just after the turn of the 20th century; a com...
Category
Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair Simpson Hall Miller Sterling Silver Compotes Centerpiece Bowls Art Nouveau
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century pair of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. sterling silver compotes / footed centerpiece bowls in exquisite Art Nouveau style with pierced work and raised floral motifs, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Ornamental Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Serving Spoon, circa 1950
By Georg Jensen
Located in London, GB
Ornamental Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Serving Spoon Circa 1950
This beautiful spoon measures 8 inches long and has a des...
Category
1950s Danish Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Blossom Pattern Sterling Pieces
By Georg Jensen
Located in Riverdale, NY
Set of 3 Georg Jensen handmade sterling serving pieces with early hallmarks in the Blossom pattern. A pair of master salt spoons and candy server. 1940's ...
Category
1940s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Celtic Style Centerpiece Bowl by Liberty and Co.
Located in New York, NY
Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Celtic-Style pedestal-based bowl, Birmingham, England, 1913, Liberty and Company - makers. Lightly hammered. Celti...
Category
1910s English Arts and Crafts 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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