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Sterling Silver For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: 1930s
Ravinet d'Enfert - Silver Refresher On Portor Marble Circa 1930
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Important Refresher in solid silver on a round Portor marble base flanked by two handles, the body united in the shape of a trapeze.
Dimensions: height 32 cm - length at the handles ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Vase Denmark
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are proud to offer this sterling silver Danish vase. Hand-hammered and not weighted. It has a beautiful curved oval shape - wider in the center and tailored on top and bottom. Bet...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Tiffany Dishes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Proudly offering a handsome pair of Tiffany & Co dishes. A cutout Aztec pattern encircles the circumference and is sandwiched between a row of tiny cut...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Breadbasket
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are delighted to offer this sterling silver breadbasket by Reed and Barton, hallmarked 1937. It has a fluted edge giving it an Art Deco feel. The...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Tankard – Roberts and Belk Sheffield 1937
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Silver tankard – Roberts and Belk
Date : Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1937 for Roberts & Belk
Period : George VI
Origin : Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Decoration : Banded wi...
Category
1930s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Jar & Ladle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver (mustard) jar and ladle. It was manufactured by the Richard Dimes Company for the Grogan Company. There is a cutout so the ladle fits right into ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage English Silver Table Bell Christopher Lawrence Warbler Bird On Bullrush
Located in Norwich, GB
A vintage sterling solid silver and silver-gilt table bell made in London in 1982 by Christopher Nigel Lawrence. Hallmarked.
The handle formed with a warbler perched on a bull rush,...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Platter
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking example of refined utilitarian design, this sterling silver platter by the Durham Silver Company embodies the understated elegance associated with fine “hotel silver”—a st...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hans Hansen, Denmark, Art Deco Sauce Jug in Sterling Silver
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Hans Hansen (1884 - 1940), Denmark. Art Deco sauce jug in sterling silver with handle in ebony. Dated 1938.
Measures: 20.5 x 10 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Our skilled G...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Oblong Dish by Redlich & Co
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unlike your usual round or oval, this dish has an oblong shape. Beautiful and detailed work covers all four sides: flowers, swirls and cutout work galore. For those that like their s...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Server
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The handle has etched swirls and the server has pierced work and etching. The server is scalloped and very sturdy. The perfect piece for serving desserts or even at your dinner table...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tall Silver & Guilloche Enamel Lidded Jar by Goldsmith's and Silversmith's Co.
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning tall vanity / dressing table jar, probably used for either hatpins or a toothbrush, hence the little cork lining to the interior of the base.
The glass is channel cut...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stunning Solid Silver Swan Letter Opener by Sarah Jones
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful top quality letter opener by the well renowned modern silversmith, Sarah Jones.
This beautiful example has a handle created from an elegant Swan's head with it's long neck blending into the opener's blade.
The silver is fully hallmarked for London 1984, the makers mark is also present for the highly collectable silversmith, Sarah Jones.
Excellent condition measuring 5 1/4" x 3/4" x 1/2"
Sarah Jones is well known for her small decorative silver which is held in numerous collections including those of the royal family. Having sold her work for ten years at Camden Lock...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Craftsman by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 12 Service 67 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stately in perfect proportion, this design is an elegant execution of form and function. Very unassuming in appearance yet every bit as formal as our other patterns, Craftsman?s unad...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Richelieu by International Sterling Silver Dinner Flatware Set Service 45 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stunning Richelieu by International sterling silver dinner size flatware set of 45 pieces. This set includes:
8 dinner size knives, 9 5/8"
...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Octagonal Black Enamel with light Blue Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 15.8 high cm . 8.2. Weight gr. 974. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects and in different colors, in the headquarters by the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 750°<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
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Engine Turned Asprey Sterling Silver Canister, hallmarked London 1932
Located in London, GB
A fantastic large silver cylindrical canister with fine engine turned decorative finish to the body and lid. Maker's mark for Asprey of Bond Street and hallmarked London 1932.
Dimen...
Category
1930s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
800 Silver Tea and Coffee set 4 pieces Made in Italy, 80s.
Located in Palermo, IT
800 silver tea and coffee set 4 pieces
Made in Italy, 80s. Never used. Like New.
Total weight kg. 1.00.
The teapot is 18 cm high, the coffee pot 15 cm.
All the pieces are regularly s...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Candlelight by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 48 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Candlelight by towle sterling silver flatware set - 48 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 8 3/4",
12 forks, 7 1/4",
12 salad forks, 6 1/2",...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rambler Rose by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 8 Service 43 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Highly polished sides with a trellis of rambling roses down the center and of the handle best describes the Rambler Rose pattern first introduced by Towle in 1937.
Beautiful RAMBLER...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
FJERDINGSTAD - 78 Piece Solid Silver ART DECO Household Set
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
A solid silver household set in a wooden chest with three drawers.
Very rare model designed by FJERDINGSTAD.
Chest dimensions: 51 cm x 37 cm x 23.5 cm
Weight : 7268 grammes
Material ...
Category
1930s French Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Rose Point by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Eight Service 75 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Intricate piercings and brilliant craftsmanship define this Rose Point sterling silver flatware, sure to become a treasured family heirloom. The design of silver lace and a floating ...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Renaissance Style Four-Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set, Italy, 1985
Located in Cagliari, IT
Magnificent set of 4 pieces in sterling silver consisting of one teapot, one coffee pot, one milk jug and one sugar box hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari.
Splendid ...
Category
1980s Italian Renaissance Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver “Georgian” Server
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver serving piece by Towle Silversmiths in the “Georgian” pattern. One of the company’s most iconic patterns, “Georgia...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Goldsmith Savary - solid silver centerpiece, 1930s.
By Savary Paris 1
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Rare 1930s silver planter in octagonal oval shape with canted sides mounted on a pedestal, flanked by two small side handles. The body is plain, the lining is in silver metal. “MD” m...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Pyramid, set of six dinner forks in sterling silver. 1933-1944
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen Pyramid, set of six dinner forks in sterling silver.
Hallmark: 1933-1944.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: L 18.1 cm.
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Pyramid. Sauce spoon in sterling silver, all silver.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen Pyramid.
Sauce spoon in sterling silver, all silver.
Hallmark: 1933-1944.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: Length 18.0 cm.
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Money Box Piggy Bank Silver 830 Art Deco Jacob Grimminger Germany made 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
German silver money box or piggy bank
manufactured during first quarter of 20th century / made circa 1930
Excellently made Art Deco money box (pi...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
LUC LANEL Paris For Christofle 1930 Art Deco Silver Plated Geometric Hand-Mirror
By Luc Lanel, Christofle
Located in Miami, FL
A geometric hand mirror designed by Lucien "Luc" Lanel for Christofle.
This is a beautiful hand-mirror designed in Paris France during the art deco period by Lucien "Luc" Lanel for the house of Christofle, back in the 1930. The useful hand-mirror has been crafted with sharp geometric shapes in solid silverplate with polished finish. It is a very nice piece of decorative art and is fitted with an octagonal beveled mirror.
Lucien "Luc" Lanel
Luc Lanel (1893-1965) was a very talented sculpture and creator. Very talented designer and ceramist had received his training at the École des arts décoratifs in Paris. He worked mainly with silver or silver-plated metals as well as bronze for the companies Süe et Mare and - as head of the galvanoplastic department - for Christofle, Paris from 1920 to 1946. As a skilled illustrator, he was also responsible for the company's advertisements. Together with the furniture designer Jules Leleu, he received various commissions for interiors and cruise ships. As early as 1928, he created various ceramics in collaboration with his wife Marjolaine Giradet. After the end of the Second World War, the couple concentrated almost exclusively on ceramic work. In addition to regular participation in the Paris Salons and other exhibitions at home and abroad, he also appeared at the Exposition Internationale des Art Décoratifs et Industriels in 1925, as well as at the 1937 Paris World's Fair. His most important creation was the “Odulations” collection and other iconic designs created for the First-Class dining room and the Grand Bar of the great ocean liner the S.S. Normandie which was considered the epitome of Art Deco Design in every way.
Country: Paris, France.
Period: Art-Deco, 1930.
Weight: 391.8 Grams, (0.40 Kg).
Measurements: 250 mm by 103 mm by 16 mm (9.85 x 4.05 x 0.63 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with French marks; the maker's and manufacturer marks and signed as follows, "CHRISTOFLE".
Condition: The overall condition of this Christofle hand...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Rambler Rose by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 8 Service 52 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Highly polished sides with a trellis of rambling roses down the center and of the handle best describes the Rambler Rose pattern first introduced by Towle in 1937.
Beautiful RAMBLER...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Sterling Silver Dish, Mappin & Webb, 1936
Located in Glasgow, GB
Mappin & Webb sterling silver dish in Art Deco style with dual handles featuring geometric patterns, reeded edge, engraved inner band, and a castellated base.
• Assay: .925 (Sterlin...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Brilliant Cut Glass Perfume Bottle with Sterling Silver Top Cap
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous heavy brilliant cut glass perfume bottle with sterling silver top. Has a glass stopper as well. In excellent antique condition with ...
Category
1930s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Candlelight by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for Six Service 73 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Candlelight by Towle sterling silver flatware set of 73 pieces. Great starter set with lots of wonderful servers! This set includes:
Six knives, ...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
An Israeli Silver Amulet, Rare Judaica Amulet from Israel, 1936
Located in New York, NY
This rare and meaningful silver amulet, crafted in the Land of Israel in 1936, beautifully reflects the spiritual and cultural heritage of the Jewish people during a pivotal moment i...
Category
1930s Israeli Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Cut Glass and Silver Sherry Decanter by Roberts & Belk
Located in London, GB
Cut glass and silver sherry decanter by Roberts & Belk
English, 1981
Measures: Height 25cm, diameter 13cm
This fine decanter features a traditiona...
Category
1980s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Brilliant Cut Glass Perfume Bottle with Sterling Silver Top Cap
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Nicely cut glass perfume bottle with Sterling silver top. Marked sterling and hallmarked. In excellent antique condition with minimal wear.
Category
1930s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
800 Italian Silver Hand-Beaten "Barcaccia"/Jatta, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Barcaccia/Jatta in hand-beaten 800 silver, Italy, 1980s
Purchased by my grandparents in one of the most important silver shops in my city. It weighs almost 3 kg.! Worked and hammered...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Table Box portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
More than a kilo of sterling silver was needed to create this stunning rectangular tabletop box.
Worked with the very complicated guilloche technique, it was then enamelled at high heat with translucent enamel to make the superb workmanship shine through.
The fine rectangular miniature cm. 7.5 x 10.7 on vegetable ivory.
The small masterpiece handmade by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproduces the famous portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo, by the painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter.
The unenamelled sterling silver parts were then gilded with a 24-carat galvanic bath.
In Art Nouveau style, with a “lost” zip, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm. 15 x 18 x 3.5. Weight gr. 1095. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous enamelling firings at around 800°
Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales known as Eugénie de Montijo was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the fall of the Emperor on 4 September 1870. From July 28 to September 4...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
English Silver Water Jug
Located in London, GB
An English sterling silver water jug of unusual design.
This lovely water jug has a wood handle.
Made in London, 1933 by Edward Barnard & Sons.
Category
1930s English Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Candlesticks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a pair of exceptionally tall sterling silver candlesticks. They are sleek — no etching or decorative design, but ha...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Thomas Bradbury & Sons Antique Queen Anne Style Sterling Silver Salver
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George VI English sterling silver salver in the Queen Anne style; an addition to our dining silverware collection.
This exceptional antiq...
Category
1930s English Queen Anne Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of Four Aurum Silver Gilt 'College of Arms' Goblets, Hector Miller, 1984
By Hector Miller
Located in Glasgow, GB
A set of four Parcel-Gilt Sterling Silver Goblets, by Hector Miller for Aurum, London, 1984. The goblets are numbered 33, 34, 36, and 364, from a limited edition of 500. The goblets ...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Deco A. Michelsen Sterling Silver & Enamel 1931 Christmas Spoon & Fork Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Christmas souvenir spoon set.
By Anton Michelsen.
In sterling silver with gilt decoration throughout and enamel decoration to the h...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Asprey art Deco silver gilt compact case, 1939
Located in Braintree, GB
Vintage silver gilt compact case
Made in England
Made by Asprey, London, 1939
Dimensions -
14.5 x 10.5 x 2 cm
Weight : 659 grams
Condition: General w...
Category
1930s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
800 Silver Rice Dish, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Very elegant, with lid. The handles are covered with very fine white porcelain. 36 cm wide, weighs 1130.00 grams.
Produced in the 1980s by the Ricci silverware in Alessandria. Regul...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver pair of Caldlesticks
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of sterling silver and sierra wood candlesticks.
The candlestick depicts a silver seal that supports a wooden sphere where the holder is placed, also in 925 silver:
The base of the candlestick is also made of wood.
The seal was made with the casting technique and then chiseled to reshape the figure of the animal very close to reality.
Italian silverware...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Moser Glass & 800 Silver Liqueur Decanter and Six Shot Glasses
By Carl Moser 1
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning Art Deco liqueur decanter in clear glass with a solid silver (continental 800 silver) stamped 800.
Complete with the six origin...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen grape cluster centrepiece in sterling silver.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen grape cluster centrepiece in sterling silver.
Model number 263B.
Dated 1980s.
In excellent condition.
Hallmarked.
Dimensions: H 19,0 cm. x D 18,0 cm.
Pre-owned goods...
Category
1980s Danish Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen, complete twelve-person ‘Lily of the Valley’ fish cutlery.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, complete twelve-person ‘Lily of the Valley’ fish cutlery.
Sterling silver.
1930s.
Hallmarked.
In perfect condition.
Knife: L 20.5 cm.
Fork: L 17.2 cm.
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Cigar Box two-tone stripes enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This superb Table Cigar Box two-tone stripes enamel is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
it has a rectangular shape with rounded sides Table Cigar Box has hand engraving, with orange and ...
Category
1980s Italian Empire Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
ANTON MICHELSEN 1930 Pair Of Blue Enameled Fluted Vases In Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of enameled vases designed by Anton Michelsen.
This is a gorgeous pair of enameled vases created in Copenhagen Denmark by the Anton Michelsen Co., back in the 1930. The vases h...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Antique Candle Holder Golden Brass and Marble Rococo Decorative Candlesticks
Located in Wembley, GB
An antique golden brass and black stone, of Rococo-style brass candlestick, pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curved feet with hinged. Tested with the scratch test, height approx. ...
Category
1930s Swedish Rococo Revival Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Marble, Griotte Marble, Metal, Gold Plate, Silver, Brass
Sterling Silver Twin-Handled Bowl, Leslie G. Durbin, London, 1982
By Leslie Gordon Durbin
Located in Glasgow, GB
A sterling silver bowl by Leslie G. Durbin, featuring twin scroll handles adorned with figures of children, one depicted with a splint. The bowl is crafted with spot-hammered decorat...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage English Solid Silver Novelty Golf Club Letter Opener, London 1984
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous twentieth century solid sterling silver letter opener, English in origin and made from solid sterling silver fully hallmarked for London 1984.
Cast in the form of a gol...
Category
1980s English Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hand Hammered Art Deco Sterling Silver Tazza for Tessiers of London
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1934 by Parson Brothers for Tessiers, this fine quality, George V, Sterling Silver Tazza, is plain in style, featuring a hand hammered finish to the pedestal ...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table clock blue enamel Swiss mechanical skeletal movement. Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table clock in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamel on guilloché and fine hand engravings. The clock has a base of cm. 4 x 10 and is rectangular cm. 8 x...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Candlelight by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service 80 Pcs Dinner Size
Located in Big Bend, WI
Candlelight by Towle sterling silver dinner size flatware set, 80 pieces. This set includes:
Eight dinner size knives, 9 5/8",
eight dinner size forks, 7 3/4",
eight salad forks,...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Smart English Silver Art Deco Cigarette or Cigar Box, 1937
Located in Bath, GB
A truly iconic Art Deco double-lidded cigarette or cigar box with the most fantastic shaped handle to the top.
The box is entirely engine-turned and stands on four elegant feet. T...
Category
1930s English Art Deco 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.