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Sterling Silver For Sale
Sterling Silver Modernism Bowl
By Mueck-Cary
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This sterling silver Modernism bowl by the Mueck Cary Company is really different and edgy. It is super sleek with an industrial-like design base. Four circular pieces enclose a band...
Category
1950s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of Six Sterling Silver Menu Place Card Holders, Garrard & Co, 1997
Located in Glasgow, GB
A set of six Elizabeth II sterling silver novelty place card holders, by Garrard & Co, London, 1997. Each of the cast models are in the form of a dolphin leaping over a wave, in a fi...
Category
1990s British Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare California Modern Clemens Friedell Sterling Silver Martele Caviar Bowl
By Clemens Friedell
Located in New York, NY
Rare California Modern American Arts & Crafts sterling silver Martele work hand hammered caviar bowl by Clemens Friedell, 1872-1963, Pasadena, Califor...
Category
20th Century American Organic Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Rare Antique Dutch Silver Heritage Circular Vintage Marriage Box Container
Located in Montreal, QC
Simply Beautiful! Exceptional and Impressive Fine Antique Dutch Circular Silver Marriage Box. Well made and Finely detailed. Hand engraved ornamental d...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Basket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are delighted to offer you this sterling silver basket with a cobalt blue liner. An elaborate pattern of clustered fruit and flowers decorate the sides of the basket. The cobalt g...
Category
1910s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
George VI Period Sterling Silver Footed Salver/Tray By Emile Viner
By Emile Viner
Located in New York, NY
George VI Period, sterling silver footed salver/tray (in the George III Style), Sheffield, England, year-hallmarked for 1945, Emile Viner - maker. Scalloped border. Measures 8 inches...
Category
1940s English George III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Footed Dish by Crichton Brothers
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Gorgeous hand crafted sterling bowl by Kensington, London silversmith Lionel Alfred Crichton in the 1890s. Beautiful classic art nouveau style with neoclassical touches. Crichton Bro...
Category
Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Classic by Michelsen Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 82 Pcs Modern Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Large dinner and luncheon Scandinavian Modern Classic by Michelsen sterling silver flatware set, 82 pieces. This set includes:
Eight dinner size knives, 9 1/4"
Eight dinner size for...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver, Large Desk Inkstand by Topazio of Portugal, circa 1920
By Topazio
Located in York, GB
Antique Solid Silver DESK INK STAND
Made in Portugal, circa 1920 by TOPAZIO and marked with the sterling silver quality mark - 0,925, also with the Topazio trade mark - a shield wit...
Category
1910s Portuguese Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Penthievre by Odiot France 950 Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 61 Pc Dinner
By Odiot
Located in Big Bend, WI
Founded in 1690, the House of Odiot gained prominence through prestigious commissions from Emperor Napoleon and his family, which in turn led to orders from all the courts of Europe. Every piece of Odiot silver is entirely hand made to order in France. Odiot collections can be found in many of the most prestigious museums in the world.
Outstanding Penthievre by Odiot France 950 sterling...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Midcentury Era Sterling Silver Miniature Golf Trophy with Figural Club Handles
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage miniature trophy has no maker's mark, but is presumed to have originated from the United States and date to approximately 1959 and done in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The trophy is composed of sterling silver and features three cast figural golf...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver & Porcelain Platter
By Wedgewood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This sterling silver and porcelain platter is made by the world famous Wedgwood Company of England. Hand painted with vibrant colors; turquoise, mustard, plum, green, and different s...
Category
1940s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Starfire by Lunt Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 44 Pieces
By Lunt Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Starfire by Lunt Sterling Silver Flatware set, 44 pieces. This set includes:
8 Knives, 9 1/8"
8 Forks, 7 3/8"
8 Salad Forks, 6 1/2"
8 Teaspoons, 6"
8 Hollow Handle Butter Spre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Bernadotte Danish Dinner Set for 12 with 123 Pieces
Located in New York, NY
Bernadotte sterling silver dinner service for 12. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. This set compromises 123 pcs (dimensions in inches):
Forks: 12 dinner forks (8 1/8), 12 salad...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Weinranck & Schmidt Hanau German Empire 1889 Neoclassical Sterling Jardinière
Located in Miami, FL
German Neoclassic jardinière in silver by Weinranck & Schmidt-Hanau.
An impressive, oversized and highly decorated piece, made in Hanau Germany by the silversmiths and silver maker's Weinranck & Schmidt during the Imperial period, circa 1889. This large center piece was decorated, with neo-classic patterns in the manner of the Louis XVI style and was totally crafted in repousse of solid .800/.999 silver.
Weight: Has a total of 2,305 Grams, (74 Troy Ounces).
Measures: 467 mm by 258 mm by 312 mm (18.4 x 10.15 x 12.3 Inches) (25.8 x 10.15 x 12.3 Cm).
Hallmarks: Stamped with the German guaranty marks of the Halbmond und Reichskrone...
Category
1880s German Neoclassical Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Set of Six Glasses in 800 Silver with Internal Gilding, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Set of six glasses in 800 silver with internal gilding, Italy, 1980s.
Small signs of the time, no dents.
The total weight of the silver is 1050.00 grams because each one weighs 175...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Tiffany Edwardian Modern Classical Sterling Silver Oval Serving Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Modern Classical sterling silver serving bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Oval and serpentine with tapering sides and reeded rim. Cover raised with taperin...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Very Fine 18th Century Georgian Onslow Pattern Sterling Silver Serving Spoon
By Robert Ross
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine & elegant 18th century George III sterling silver serving spoon in the Onslow pattern.
Showing a fluted oval bowl with a feathered edge, rising to a slender stem termina...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Very Fine Pair of 19th Century Sterling Silver Sauce Ladles, Hallmarked 1840
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very attractive & heavy pair of Mid-19th century sterling silver sauce ladles.
Both cast in the seldom seen ‘Victoria’ pattern, with deep welled oval bowls rising to foliate shoul...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Pr Neoclassical Victorian Sterling Silver Corinthian Column Candlesticks
By Walter Latham & Son
Located in London, GB
An impressive, large pair of antique Victorian English sterling silver Corinthian column candlesticks; in the Neoclassical style.
These exceptional antique Victorian sterling silve...
Category
1890s British Neoclassical Revival Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair of C 19th French Silver Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
A very Fine Pair of C 1890s French Rococo Candlesticks
These Candlesticks have been Polished and Laquered
In Excellent Condition
Category
1890s French Rococo Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Box of 6 PRETTY TEASPOONS & TONGS Hallmarked:- Sheffield 1924
Located in York, GB
Solid Sterling Silver - BOX of 6 PRETTY TEASPOONS & TONGS
Complete English hallmarks showing they were made in Sheffield in 1924.
Hallmarks applied by the Sheffield Assay Office:-
...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Mug, Mappin & Webb, 1905
Located in Glasgow, GB
An Edwardian sterling silver mug in the Art Nouveau style. The mug is of planished and double ogee banded beaker form, with a spreading foot, the bisecting pierced handle is of an na...
Category
Early 1900s British Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
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
19th Century French Silver Plate Vermeil Three-Piece Centerpiece Set
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Magnificent three-piece French silver plate vermeil centerpiece/garniture with grapevine and leaf motif. Centerpiece features three detachable hanging baskets for flowers, fruit or s...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique 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
Rare Antique Sterling Silver Tobacco Box, Miniature Pipe
Located in NEWARK, GB
A fantastic and rare, novelty, antique sterling silver tobacco tin or box.
It has been designed as an empty tin can, very realistically detailed and similar in size to a regular f...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Art Deco Mayan Sterling Silverware Service for 12
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A complete Sterling silver Georg Jensen Mayan Pattern silverware service for twelve persons. The Mayan pattern is design #56 by Johan Rohde from 193...
Category
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Salad Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Willow” sterling silver salad set by Gorham Silversmiths, circa 1954. Sleek and chic in that quintessential Mid-Century style! On each handle a wheat...
Category
1950s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Centerpiece in 800 Silver, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Centerpiece in 800 silver, Italy, 1980s.
It weighs 735.00 grams and is regularly stamped with the state stamps (Italy).
It presents small signs of the time.
It has always belonged...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Florentine Lace by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 63 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Florentine Lace by Reed & Barton Sterling Silver flatware set, 63 pieces. This pattern features a stunning pieced handle. This set includes:
12 Knives, 8 3/4"
12 Forks, 7 3/8"
12 ...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tea Strainer
By Brown & Ward
Located in Brooklyn, NY
If you’re serious about your tea like I am, you’re going to love this sterling silver tea strainer. It has a wood handle and the rest is sterling ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
State of Qatar and Grant Macdonald, a Rare Silver Humidor Box
Located in New York, NY
State of Qatar and Grant Macdonald, A Rare Silver Humidor Box in original fitted box depicting the map and flags of The State of Qatar and the Royal seal of the State.
Silverware is a traditional gift in many cultures and Qatar is known for its appreciation of luxury and quality hence the collaboration with Grant Macdonald which has been commissioned to create a silver humidor for a member of the royal family of Qatar.
Grant Macdonald is a British silversmith company that has been in business for over 50 years. They are known for their exceptional craftsmanship and attention to detail in creating luxury silverware and bespoke commissions. Qatar, on the other hand, is a small country located in the Middle East that has been growing rapidly over the past few decades, becoming a hub for business and luxury.
Grant Macdonald and Qatar may seem like two unrelated topics, but the two have actually been connected in recent years through commissions and collaborations. Qatar is a country that values luxury and quality, making it a prime market for Grant Macdonald’s exquisite silverware. In fact, the company has worked on several high-profile commissions for clients in Qatar, including a silver replica of the famous Doha Pearl Monument.
The Doha Pearl Monument is an iconic landmark in Qatar, representing the country’s history and culture. It is a symbol of Qatar’s pearl diving...
Category
20th Century British Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
William Gale & Son 1856 New York Etruscan Medallion Wine Pitcher Ewer Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Medallion wine ewer designed by William Gale & Son.
Very rare and important piece of the American silversmith history. This fabulous wine ewer was made by the William Gale & Son Company, just five years before the American Civil War (1861-1865) in the 1856. The rich design and the delicate composition reflects the extreme opulence of the northern United States in these period and the degree of sophistication when serving a table.
By other part, this wine ewer is full of symbolisms, where the degree of knowledge and understanding of the characters of Greek and Roman mythology is demonstrated.
This one-of-a-kind piece was carefully crafted with impeccable details in solid .925/.999 sterling silver. It is fully decorated with ancient Etruscan and Greek revival patterns and architectural neo-classic elements, such the small two balusters and the rosettes located in the handle.
The most significant are the two medallions depicting the classical figures of the helmeted & bearded portrait bust of Dionysus and the portrait bust of his daughter Methe, wearing a diadem made of vine leaves.
This rare pitcher has a total weight of 750.43 grams and a measure of 12 by 7.5 inches (30.5 x 19 cm). The base has a diameter of 4.75 inches (12 cm).
Fully stamped in the underneath, with the silver assay hallmarks, the maker's cartouche GS, the year of production 1856 and signed in full, "W. GALE & SON NEW YORK .925 STERLING GS 1856".
Dionysus, (Bacchus for the Romans), was the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking and wine, of fertility, orchards and fruit, vegetation, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity and theatre in the ancient Greek culture. The iconographic theme on this sheet refer to the legend of the triumph of Dionysus, or as the Romans called him, Bacchus the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, the son of Zeus and Semele. The Bacchanalia was a religious festival in honor of the wine god, Dionysus.
Methe, was the goddess-nymph of drunkenness in the ancient Greek mythology. She was the daughter and companion of the god Dionysus. She was also the wife of Staphylos (bunch of grapes) and mother of Botrys (grapes).
History: The founder of the firm was William Gale (1799-1867) and the company was located in the number 447 at Broome street in New York. W. Gale invented and patented in 1826 a process for making spoons with ornamental patterns by cutting the ornament on rollers, both the upper and the lower rollers being cut with the pattern. this made the production of pattern spoons much less expensive than the former method of hand hammering patterns by the use of dies. William Gale was succeeded in the business by his son William Gale Jr. (1825-1885) who, after few years, ceased the control of the firm to H.B. Dominick & Leroy B. Haff until 1928 when the business was finally purchased by Reed & Barton.
Note: The signature and hallmarks stamped at the bottom of this piece, correspond to the pieces produced before the US civil war...
Category
1850s American American Empire Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Ladle, 18th Century
Located in NEWARK, GB
An attractive Georgian sterling silver ladle.
It has a deep round bowl with a bright cut engraved handle.
Large clear hallmarks to the reverse with a rat tail end pattern.
N...
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique French Solid Silver Gilt Rococo Style Inkwell / Stand, Emile Puiforcat
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this magnificent French silver gilt inkstand made circa late 19th/early 20th century by one of the most important Parisian silversmiths: Puiforcat.
Puifo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Stunning French Silver & Guilloche Enamel Pill Box
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely stunning enamel box, French in origin with the boars head mark for solid silver (minimum 800/1000). The goldsmith's makers mark is also present, I think GB but a little...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Vintage Greek Silver Bowl, Dish, Centrepiece
Located in NEWARK, GB
A beautiful Greek vintage sterling silver bowl or dish.
It has an attractive lobed shape and rim with repousse designs inside of foliate and flora.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Butterfly Aka Sommerfugl by Frigast 830 Silver Flatware Service Set 92 Pcs, Rare
By Frigast
Located in Big Bend, WI
Fabulous butterfly aka Sommerfugl by Frigast 830 silver flatware service set of 92 pieces, rare! This set includes: 12 dinner knives, 10", 12 dinner forks, 7 3/4", 12 salad / pastry ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Set of 6 Kings Pattern Dessert Knives Hallmarked, London 1822
Located in York, GB
Sterling silver set of 6 kings pattern dessert knives.
All 6 pieces are stamped with a full English hallmark, applied by the London Assay Office, but not all the marks are legible on all six pieces:-
Lower case g & h - Date letters for London 1822 & 1823
Kings head - Duty mark (duty has been paid to the Crown)
Lion - Sterling silver quality guarantee
Leopard`s head - London Assay Office mark
WE over EW - Maker`s mark for William Eley I & William Fearn,
A good and very rare set of King`s Pattern dessert knives, with a beautiful kings honeysuckle pattern on both sides. See the honeysuckle instead of the more common shell; on both sides of the stem ends,
They would have, originally, had mild steel blades fitted, which would have rusted away a long time ago. Hence the rarity of Georgian knives...
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver, Large Gravy or Basting Spoon, Hallmarked:-London, 1802
By Soloman Hougham
Located in York, GB
Sterling Silver - Old English Pattern - Large Serving Spoon,
otherwise called a Gravy Spoon
A full set of English hallmarks, applied by the London Assay Office:-
King`s Head ...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Gorham Edwardian Sterling Silver 3-Piece Coffee Set
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver 3-piece coffee set. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1917-8. This set comprises coffeepot, creamer, and sugar. Coffeepot has tapering ovoid body with flush ...
Category
1910s American Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Gilded Enameled Frame
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Silver, gilded and enamelled frame with scroll designs and blue enamels.
At regular and symmetrical intervals, ovals with flower motifs different from each other were completely han...
Category
2010s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Vanity Mirror
By I.N. Deitsch
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver vanity mirror from the early 20th century. Manufactured by the I. N. Deitsch silver company of New York. It has an engine-turned design on both sid...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Beakers
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of beakers in sterling silver.
The cup of the beaker is chiseled with a torchon motif and internally gilded.
Under the cup, just above the stem, bunches of grapes and vine lea...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Period, Sterling Silver Mustache Cup by Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, sterling silver mustache cup, Gorham manufacturing Corp., Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1895. Measures 3 inches high x 3 inches diamet...
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Art Deco Style Inspired by Louis Cartier Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular Table Box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire Enamel Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 9 x 11 x 2.8. Weight gr. 324. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1976 inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with top quality slab thickness and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 800° C.
About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier.
Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation.
Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ".
With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones.
At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists.
In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001.
In New York in those years the "Art Deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State".
We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "Art Deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue.
An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Old English by Birks Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Dinner Service 98 Pcs Canada
By Henry Birks
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gorgeous Old English by Birks (Canada) sterling silver Flatware set - 98 Pieces. This timeless unadorned pattern was introduced in the year 1914. This set includes:
8 Dinner Size ...
Category
Early 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Set of 4 Solid Silver Gilt Spoons Highly Embossed, Henry William Curry
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this magnificent set of four solid silver gilt spoons made by silversmith Henry William Curry in London, 1871.
All four ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Victorian Style Crystal and Silver Toilet Bottle
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our objects.
Origin...
Category
Early 20th Century French Late Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Sterling Silver Coffee Pot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
I’m delighted to offer you this sterling silver coffee/tea pot by Richard Dimes Silver of Boston, Massachusetts. Designed in the federalist style it is aus...
Category
1910s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Bittersweet Sterling Silverware Set for Twelve
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage Georg Jensen sterling silverware service in the rare Bittersweet pattern, design #79 from 1940 by Gundorph Albertus. This is...
Category
1950s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique American Craftsman Sterling Silver Amphora Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Craftsman sterling silver bowl. Made by Lebkuecher in Newark, circa 1920. Ovoid with reeded rim and small c-scroll handles. Fluting and ogee-form frames (vacant). A traditional potte...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Viennese Enamel Cornucopia Vase C. 1880 Vienna Austria
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Antique 19th century Silver & Viennese Enamel Vase in the shape of a large cornucopia supported by a silver griffin on a domed pedestal ...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Enamel
1796 Pair of Sterling Silver Old English Engraved Tablespoons by J&J Perkins
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1796, London, pair of sterling silver Old English Engraved tablespoons by J&J Perkins. Jonathan I & II, 1795-1800 partnership. Simple rattail remains. Crisp period monogram "TMC". 3....
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Solid Silver Sugar Tongs/Nips/Tea Tongs Naturalistic, Francis Higgings
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this stunning example of Victorian solid silver sugar tongs/nips made by a fine maker; Francis Higgins in London 1859.
The tongs are decorated with the na...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Art Deco Gorham Large Oval Sterling Silver Serving Tray
By Gorham CO.
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique presentation oval serving tray was made by the Gorham Company of the United States in approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. This heavy and substantia...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bernadotte by Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 150 Pcs Luncheon
By Georg Jensen
Located in Big Bend, WI
Bernadotte embodies the story of the Georg Jensen heritage. Designed by Prince Sigvard Bernadotte in 1939, it is the cutlery of choice for anyone who appreciates the smooth feel of fine design and the resonant timelessness of dining among loved ones. The Danish King...
Category
20th Century 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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