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Sterling Silver For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Louis XVI
English Sterling Red Crystal Ribbed Matchstrike, Birmingham, 1919
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
English Sterling Red Crystal Ribbed Matchstrike, Birmingham, 1919
A truly unique match-strike, Colors are not common especially red ones. Of typical form with a hallmarked sterling applied...
Category
1910s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen, Acorn, Ten Teaspoons in Sterling Silver
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, Acorn. Ten teaspoons in sterling silver.
Marked after 1945.
In perfect condition with minimal signs of use.
Marked.
Dimensions: L 12.8 cm.
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen, Acorn, Sauce Spoon in Sterling Silver.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, Acorn, sauce spoon in sterling silver.
Marked after 1945.
In perfect condition with minimal signs of use.
Marked with English import marks.
Dimensions: L 20.0 x D 7...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Acorn, Sauce Spoon in Sterling Silver
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, Acorn, sauce spoon in sterling silver.
Marked after 1945.
In perfect condition with minimal signs of use.
Marked with English import marks.
Dimensions: L 19.7 x D 7...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tetard French Sterling Silver 7-Piece Art Deco Tea Coffee Set with Tray & Kettle
Located in New York, NY
Tetard, French 0.950 (higher purity than sterling) silver 7-piece tea set, beautifully adorned with curvilinear and stylized natural motifs and well-rendered faces, in Art Deco style...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Continental Short Handled Luncheon Knife
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Designed in 1906 by Georg Jensen, the continental cutlery pattern was the first major cutlery range to emerge from the fledgling silversmithy that was established two years earlier i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen, Acorn, Six Bouillon Spoons in Sterling Silver
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, Acorn. Six bouillon spoons in sterling silver.
Marked post-1945.
In perfect condition with minimal signs of use.
Marked. Some with English import marks.
Measurement...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Deco Compotes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These sterling silver compotes have a Jensenesque appearance without the painful price!! Four marble size balls are between the bowl and base. The base is NOT weighted and has an Art...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Design - Sterling Silver Tea Set - Walker & Hall 1947
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1947 by Walker & Hall, this fantastic, Sterling Silver Tea Set, is the height of Art Deco design, with a wooden base, handle and finial to the teapot.
The...
Category
1940s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Robert Wallace & Sons Patriotic 1940 Bullet Salt and Pepper Set in .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Unusual shakers set designed by Robert Wallace & Sons.
A beautiful set of 6 salt & pepper shakers, designed during the WWII period, circa 1940's. They was crafted with patriotic m...
Category
1940s North American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
English Sterling Silver, Boxed Key of the Door, Hallmarked:- Birmingham 1923
Located in York, GB
Solid Sterling Silver - Boxed "KEY OF THE DOOR"
English hallmarks proving that this key was made in Birmingham in 1923.
Lion - Sterling silver guarantee
Lower case y - Date lett...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Photo Frame Black and White Enamel Squared Shape Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco-style geometric design. External dimensions cm. 14.5 x 14.5 internal cm. 9 x 9. Weight gr. 260. Designed b...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Water Pitcher: Timeless Elegance Restored
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Presenting our exquisite Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, a testament to classic craftsmanship and timeless design, now expertly restored to its ori...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Volmer Bahner Salt & Pepper Set in Sterling Silver & Enamel Guilloche, 1960s
By Ovesen and Volmer Bahner
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Beautiful set consisting of salt and pepper shaker in sterling silver and maroon/red and lemon yellow enamel guilloche. This ...
Category
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Red Enamel Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on sunburst guillochè and Louis XVI French Empire style ornaments. External dimensions c...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Very Large Art Deco Period Solid Sterling Silver Serving Platter/Tray by Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Very large, Art Deco Period, solid sterling silver serving platter/tray, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, Ca. 1935. Measures 20 1/2 inches long x 14 1/2 inches...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of 5-Flame Art Deco Silver Candelabras by Wilhelm Binder Germany Ca 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Two five-flame candelabras of simple elegance on an octagonal, stepped foot, raised in the middle and ending in a shaft with an octagonal cross-section, in the lower area of the shaft the wall is slightly wavy, converging and widening again, removable top piece with a central spout and four curved volute arms with struts, attached, bud-shaped spouts with eaves bowls, the eight-pointedness continuing here in every detail.
Made around 1930
crescent + crown - German imperial silver...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
George V sterling silver box. Made by Henry Matthews in Birmingham in 1930. Rectangular with straight sides. Corner posts on ball support. Cover flat and hinged; on top horizontal en...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Deco Vanity Mirror
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are happy to offer you this sterling silver vanity mirror by J. F. Fradley & Company. It’s an uber-sleek table mirror that is contemporary and functional. It has two balls on the ...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wiwen Nilsson 1961 Sweden Art Deco Geometric Pitcher Solid .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An octagonal pitcher designed by Wiwen Nilsson (1897-1974).
Beautiful and elegant Scandinavian geometric pitcher, created in Stockholm Sweden by the artist and silversmith Wiwen N...
Category
1960s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, 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
American Modern Sterling Silver Camel Flask
Located in New York, NY
American Modern sterling silver flask, ca 1920. Rectilinear and curved; cover hinged, threaded, and cork-lined. Front engraved with a camel, a paragon of drought survival, standing o...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hand Candlestick in French Sterling Silver Hallmarked Minerve 19th Century 192g
Located in ARGENTEUIL, FR
Beautiful hand candlestick in solid French silver hallmarked with four hallmarks of Minerva 1st title guarantee (see the arrows in the photos). The...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Deco Salt Cellars
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are delighted to offer you this pair of Art Deco sterling silver salt cellars from the 1920s. Not only is it rare to find a pair of salt cellars but the Ruby red color and oval sh...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cartier Large Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy Cartier sterling silver reeded table box from the mid-century modern era. Rectangular with domed and ribbed top; straight sides; ribbed front and ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pocket Cigarette Case Geometric Design Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped rectangular pocket cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guillochè with Art Deco style geometric de...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver box with red stone cabochon by GAB, Sweden, 1930
Located in Paris, FR
A silver box with with red stone on the lid , cedar wood interior, height approx. 4 cm, length approx. 12.5x8.5cm. Marked "GAB" with several stamps for silver. made in Sweden circa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, 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
Cigarette Box in Hammered Solid Silver with a Decoration of Stylized Flowers
Located in ARGENTEUIL, FR
Superb cigarette box from around the mid-20th century with a beautiful silver lid hammered with a seedling of 800/1000e solid silver flowers. There is an unidentified punch under the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gorham Fairfax Art Deco Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Set on Tray
Located in New York, NY
Fairfax sterling silver coffee and tea set on tray. Made by Durham, which was part of Gorham, in Concord, ca 1926. This set comprises 7 pieces: Hot wa...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Frame for Oval Photo Borders in Louis XVI French Empire Style Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame for oval photo in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamels on guillochè and with various ornamen...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Mint Julep Cup by Alvin
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco period, sterling silver mint julep cup, Alvin Silver Manufacturing. Company, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1930s-1940s. Measures 3 3...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Pair of Sterling Silver Swan Decorative Bowls Signed Gorham Sterling
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful pair of Art Deco Sterling silver swan decorative bowls were executed by the legendary American silver maker, Gorham circa 1920. They feature elegantly streamlined demi...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
7 Antique American Sterling Silver Gilt Art Deco Sherbet Cocktail Wine Goblets
Located in Portland, OR
A good set of antique American sterling silver gilt sherbets/ wine goblets, by Reed & Barton, circa 1928.
Each goblet is made of solid sterling silver with a flared bowl...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
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
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
Art Deco English Sterling Silver Toast Rack, Dated 1924
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique English sterling silver four slice toast rack made by William Comyns & Sons Ltd in London, dated 1924. Hallmarks on reverse. This stunning toast rack has a lovely Ar...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Engine-Turned Footed Table Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco style, engine-turned, footed table box with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1960, Jay Richard Attenborough and Co., Ltd. - makers. Measures 6 1/2 inches...
Category
1960s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
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...
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1910s Portuguese Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Set of 5 Sterling Silver Vintage Martini Cocktail Olive Picks Barware Appetizer
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 5 sterling silver charming Art Deco style cocktail appetizer picks. These picks feature 5 different large bulb finials that have a raised, 3-D l...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Crystal & Sterling Silver Biscuit Barrel or Covered Jar
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique biscuit barrel or covered jar was made by the well known English silversmith James Deakin & Sons in approximately 1920 and done in...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver Creamer, Cream Jug
Located in NEWARK, GB
A very pretty vintage Art Deco era sterling silver Creamer or cream jug.
It is a small squat little jug with a bulbous body and a small scroll handle.
Perfect for afternoon tea...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Two Compartment Sterling Silver Footed Table Box with Hinged Lids
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, Art Deco Period, sterling silver, two-compartment table box on bun feet and having two hinged lids and a handle, The Watrous Division of The International Silver Co., Meride...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wolfers Prestigious Belgian Silver Platter/ Tray in Art Deco Style
Located in New York, NY
Wolfers, Belgian silver platter or tray, from the early 20th century, in Art Deco style with beautiful geometric accents and design. It measures 19 2/3'' in length by 12 1/8'' in wid...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Tiffany American Large and Modern Sterling Silver Oval Serving Tray
Located in New York, NY
Large and Modern sterling silver serving tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1923. Oval with deep well, wide shoulder, and molded rim. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, p...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Tiffany Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigar Smoking Set
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco sterling silver cigar set. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, circa 1920. This set comprises, tray, lighter, and 6 ashtrays. Tray rectangular with rounded corners and flat r...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Sterling Silver, Enamel, Marcasites Desk/Table Clock, DRGM
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful, sterling silver, and guilloche enamel, desk/table clock with marcasites, Marked Germany / DRGM.
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Cactus Napkin Ring 81A
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
Vintage sterling silver napkin ring in the Cactus pattern, design #81A by Gundorph Albertus. There were three sizes napkin ring pr...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jewelry box inward corners miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular tabletop jewelery box with inward corners in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides and finished with fine hand engraving. In the center, a beautiful rectangular miniature cm. 4 x 5.5 hand painted in tempera on vegetable ivory plate by Roberto Masi depicting the portrait of Madame Boucard by Tamara De Lempicka (1931). Size cm. 14 x 19 x 3.2. Weight gr. 1,248. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1998 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens with different subjects and colours, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous glazing firings at high heat 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...
Category
1990s Italian Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Blue Enamel Letter Opener/Paper Knife
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco period, sterling silver-mounted blue enamel letter opener/paper knife, Chester, England, year-hallmarked for 1922, H.E. and F.E. Barker of Barker Brothers, Ltd - makers. Measures almost 3/4 inches deep x 1/2 inch high (at highest point when lying flat) x 8 3/4 inches long. Lovely, etched pattern on sterling silver blade...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Two-Tone Fired Enamel on Guillochè Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver S
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone fired enamel on guillochè and with various ornaments in Louis XVI French Empire style and 4...
Category
1980s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Art Deco Bowl
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful signed streamlined Tiffany & Co. sterling silver Art Deco bowl.
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tetard Freres Perles Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service French 72 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Founded in 1880 by Edmond Tétard (1860-1901) following the purchase of the house of Mr. Hugo. In 1889, he participated in the World Expo and received a Gold Medal. The house speciali...
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Mid-19th Century French Art Deco Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
"Coffee Pot and Sugar Bowl, " Art Deco Pieces by Atelier Borgila, Sterling Silver
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely designed and executed, this Art Deco coffee pot and sugar bowl form an elegant pairing, and were made by Erik Fleming's Atelier Borgila...
Category
1950s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
English Modern Sterling Silver Cigar Box
By W.C. Griffiths
Located in New York, NY
English Modern sterling silver cigar box, 1919. Rectangular with plain straight sides. Cover hinged with tapering tab; top gently curved with...
Category
1910s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigarette Case Statue of Liberty in New York hand painted Sterling Silver Enamel
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular tabletop cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting the Statue of Liberty in New York. Dime...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Sterling Silver Reed & Barton Cocktail Shaker Pitcher, circa 1920-1940
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique American sterling silver reed & barton cocktail shaker pitcher with handle & spout, circa 1920-1940.
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco 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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