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Sterling Silver For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Edwardian
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
Antique Japanese Meiji-Era Silver Box with Iris Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Japanese silver box, ca 1890. Rectangular with straight sides and hinged cover. On cover top and box sides are chased and engraved iris flowers and tendril...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique American Edwardian Classical Sterling Silver Water Pitcher
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver water pitcher. Made by Frank W. Smith in Gardner, Mass., ca 1910. Full-bodied globular bowl on domed foot; reeded and capped high-looping handle a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Cut Glass Claret Jug with Silver Top & Handle, 1903 James Dixon & Sons
Located in London, GB
Edwardian Cut Glass Claret jug with silver top & handle, 1903, James Dixon & Sons
Lovely divisions with large and small diamond cut glass
The silver is of a heavy gauge.
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique 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
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Triangular Salver
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver triangular salver; part of our dining silverware collection
This...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Vase, 1906
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver vase by the Whiting Manufacturing Company, hallmarked 1906. Designed and manufactured at the height of the Art Nouveau movement...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Weighted Sterling Silver Compote or Candy Dish
Located in Germantown, MD
English tested .925 Sterling Silver Compote dish candy. Weighted.
Good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique German Silver 800 Sugar and Creamer Set of 2 Pieces
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Art Nouveau Sugar and Creamer set of two pieces. The items are made of silver, 0.800, they will make a nice addition to any table. Their ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pretty Antique Tiffany American Edwardian Sterling Silver Basket
Located in New York, NY
Pretty Edwardian sterling silver basket. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Solid oval well and open weave-style sides with clusters of applied pendant flowers. Ends splayed. Scrolle...
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Tiffany Edwardian Classical 5-Piece Coffee & Tea Set
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver coffee and tea set. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. This set comprises 5 pieces: Coffeepot, teapot, creamer, sugar, and waste bowl. Ta...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Romantic Tiffany Edwardian Art Nouveau Heart-Shaped Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Romantic Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Heart-shaped window in same and curved surround flowing into bracket feet. Acid-etched leafin...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique American Art Nouveau Silver Overlay Flask
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century American Art Nouveau glass flask with engraved silver overlay. Flat front and concave back; sides curved and bottom flat. Short neck in silver collar and hinged a...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Period Sterling Silver Wood-Backed Picture Frame
By H. Matthews
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau Period, sterling silver, wood-backed picture frame, Chester, England, year-hallmarked for 1903, H. Matthews - maker. Frame measures 4 1/2 inches high (at highest point) x...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Original, Signed Massive Silver Candleholder, Koloman Moser Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Signature: Austrian silver-mark, WW-mark. What is unusual for a Wiener Werkstatte silver-object. The signatures are on the bottom side instead...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Silver
Pair of Art Nouveau Glass Decanter with Silver Fittings, Wilhelm Binder, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Two carafes made of clear glass with a conical body, inside six-pointed wave-shaped thickened wall, cut base star, smooth silver fittings with J-shaped, curved handle, covered, beak-...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Elkington & Co Art Nouveau Large Silver Fruit Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual and stunning English Art Nouveau large silver fruit bowl by renowned silversmiths Elkington & Co and made in Sheffield in 1909. The heavily made bowl is of deep round ...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique German Art Nouveau .800 Silver 12 Piece Fish Flatware Serving Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This twelve piece serving set is signed by an unknown maker, but presumed to have originated from Germany and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver 1890s Bowl in Art Nouveau Style
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver bowl in pattern number 9460 from the 1890s, in Art Nouveau style with flowing floral and palmette design adorning the rim. It measures 10'' in diameter ...
Category
1890s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Large Antique American Edwardian Art Nouveau Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Large Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by Lebkuecher in Newark, ca 1910. Rectangular window in curvilinear shaped surround. Corner frames inset and entwined ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver SWEETMEAT BASKET with OVERHANDLE Hallmarked:-BIRMINGHAM 1911
Located in York, GB
Sterling Silver LARGE SWEETMEAT BASKET with OVERHANDLE
Full English hallmark showing that it was made in 1911
Anchor - Assay Office Mark for Birmingham
Lion - Sterling guarantee mark
m - Date letter for Birmingham 1911...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Tiffany & Co. Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Urn Vase
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver trophy cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Urn on tall and spread foot; double-scroll side handles. Chased semi-abstract tendrils terminating in volut...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Gorham Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Vanity Set, 7 Pieces
By Gorham
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century Gorham Art Nouveau sterling silver Vanity set, 7 pieces.
This stunning Art Nouveau sterling silver set is imaginatively created by Gorham. Each piece, as part of the matching set, abounds in glorious Art Nouveau embossed features including putti and foliate scrolls among numerous strewn floral embellishments. The set consists of seven fine pieces, all “sterling” serial numbered pieces are marked with the Gorham hallmarks. This English dresser set is comprised of a large hand mirror...
Category
19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
1922 Puiforcat Art Nouveau Tea and Coffee Service in Sterling Silver & Nephrite
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Tea and coffee service in sterling pure silver and nephrite by Jean E. Puiforcat.
Service including :
- a coffee pot 15.5 cm
- a teapot 11.5 cm
- a milk jug 12,5 cm
- a milk...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20C Etched Crystal Jug with Sterling Silver Base by Arthur A Everts
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A GORGEOUS piece of DALLAS History, namely, an Early 20C European Etched Crystal Jug with Sterling Silver Base by Arthur A Everts of Dallas.
Ci...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Swan Menu / Card Holders
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive set of four antique Edwardian English sterling silver swan menu / card holders; an addition to our diverse dining silverware collection
These exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian sterling silver menu/card holders have circular bases.
Each antique menu holder...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique German Sterling Silver Box with Naif Pastoral Decoration
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Germany sterling silver box. Made by B. Neresheimer & Söhne in Hanau, and imported to England in 1914 by Berthold Hermann Muller in London. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged and raised. Squashed ball corner supports. Engraved naif ornamental borders and, on cover top, Renaissance scene with mounted hunter and hounds...
Category
Early 20th Century German Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Late Edwardian Tazza Dish, Atkin Brothers, Sheffield, 1913
Located in London, GB
This small solid sterling silver late Edwardian Tazza dish is tastefully edged at the rim of the bowl and the base with a raised lip that ribbons between in...
Category
1910s British Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Two Pairs of German Art Nouveau Rococo Silver 2-Light Candelabra
Located in New York, NY
Two pairs of German 800 silver 2-light candelabra. Made by M. H. Wilkens & Söhne in Germany, ca 1890. Each: tapering pillar on raised foot with spread c-scroll supports. Garland-entwined figure mounted to pillar top...
Category
Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique English Edwardian Sterling Silver Covered Urn Trophy
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver covered urn. Made by William Comyns in London in 1908. Bowl has straight sides and curved bottom with leaf-capped and wrapped s-scroll side handles and step...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 1903 Sterling Silver Collar Pinch Decanter for Whiskey Rum Brandy Scotch
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime cut glass crystal decanter with sterling silver 1903 Birmingham made collar.
A good looking and decorative piece, the collar is cle...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Oval Edwardian silver bowl
Located in London, GB
A shallow oval antique silver bowl with scalloped rim and cast openwork foot. This attractive silver piece will make a wonderful centrepiece for a dining table and could be used for a fruit or flower display. The shaped border is cast with leaf and scroll design, a feature that is repeated on the base, and the fluted body has a band of hand-chased flower and leaf design against a textured background. Both sides of this Edwardian silver...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Whiting Sterling Silver King Edward Scalloped Cheese Scoop Monogram
Located in Dayton, OH
"Antique Whiting sterling silver cheese scoop in the King Edward pattern (designed by Charles Osborne, first produced in 1901), monogrammed with the in...
Category
1920s Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Edwardian Comport Bowl, Cooper Brothers & Sons, Sheffield, 1906
Located in London, GB
Made from solid Sterling Silver by Cooper Brothers & Sons of Sheffield in 1906, this Edwardian comport bowl is wonderfully decorated with organic Art Nouveau...
Category
Early 1900s British Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Attractive Edwardian Antique English Silver Bowl or Dish, Sheffield 1905
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1905 by James Dixon & Sons, this attractive, Edwardian, Antique Sterling Silver Dish, stands on 3 paw feet, and...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Asprey, London, Antique Cut Glass & Silver Match Striker
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome English Edwardian match strike made from clear glass, hand cut in an attractive bark-effect topped with a solid sterling silver mount...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Carafe, Green Glass with Opaline & Silver Mount, Porto, Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Carafe made of green glass with cryolite inclusions (opaline) in the shape of feathered leaves, with a conical body that swings out slightly at the bottom on a round, flush stand, be...
Category
Early 1900s Portuguese Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Reed & Barton Old Sterling Silver Salad Set in Love Disarmed Art Nouveau Pattern
Located in New York, NY
Reed & Barton sterling silver salad set in old, original, Love Disarmed pattern and in Art Nouveau style with exquisite, raised, floral and figural motifs. It consists of a salad fork measuring 10 1/2'' in length by 2 7/8'' in width by 1 2/3'' in height, a serving spoon measuring 10 1/2'' in length. It was not recast, never polished, and never had a monogram and weighs 15 troy ounces.
Reed & Barton was founded as Babbitt & Crossman in Taunton, Massachusetts in 1824. The failing company was then purchased by Henry G. Reed and business partner Charles E. Barton–and by 1896, the company was awarded a Medal of Excellence at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Edwardian Large Sterling Silver Wood-Backed Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Large, sterling silver wood-backed picture frame, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1913, Joseph Gloster, Ltd. - makers. Measures 12 inches high (at highest point) x 9 1/4 inc...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Unger Sterling Silver Early 20th Century Bowl in Art Nouveau Style
Located in New York, NY
Unger Brothers, sterling silver bowl in Art Nouveau style with a rim richly adorned with tri-dimensional natural motifs including sculptural roses. It measures 10 1/4'' in diameter by 2 7/8'' in height, weighs 10.3 troy ounces, and bears hallmarks and an engraved monogram at the center as shown.
Unger Bros. or Unger Brothers (1872–1910) was a jewelry company in Newark, New Jersey, best known for their sterling silver Art Nouveau designs. The company was established by five sons from a German immigrant family. The oldest founded a jewelry business between 1870-1872 and began the manufacture of sterling silver items in 1878. Other sons gradually joined the firm, among them a silversmith and an engraver whose brother-in-law became the leading artistic designer. By 1901, the firm had just under 300...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Silver Jardiniere with Swan Busts and Glass Liner, Pietrasanta & C., Italy, 1950
By Gianni Pietrasanta
Located in Vienna, AT
Solid silver vessel in an oval basic form with a wide, bulbous body, offset, domed, round base with hump decoration and palmette decorative strip on the outside of the base ring, hump decoration in the lower half of the vessel body in one step, upper half of the vessel smooth and with a slightly curved edge with raised panels merging in the middle, palmette decorative strip running around the upper edge, in the area of the gradation two raised, widening bundles of branches on the sides, crowned by swan...
Category
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of Art Nouveau Silver Candle Holders, by J.M. Van Kempen, Netherlands, 1900
By Van Kempen
Located in Vienna, AT
Two elegant silver candle holders on a square plan, base plate surrounded by a bead stick, base raised in a groove and forming a small square pedestal, grooved walls decorated with b...
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Unger Sterling Silver Early 20th Century Bowl in Art Nouveau Style
Located in New York, NY
Unger Brothers, sterling silver bowl in Art Nouveau style with a rim richly adorned with tri-dimensional natural motifs including sculptural roses. It measures 10 1/4'' in diameter by 2 7/8'' in height, weighs 10.3 troy ounces, and bears hallmarks and an engraved monogram at the center as shown.
Unger Bros. or Unger Brothers (1872–1910) was a jewelry company in Newark, New Jersey, best known for their sterling silver Art Nouveau designs. The company was established by five sons from a German immigrant family. The oldest founded a jewelry business between 1870-1872 and began the manufacture of sterling silver items in 1878. Other sons gradually joined the firm, among them a silversmith and an engraver whose brother-in-law became the leading artistic designer. By 1901, the firm had just under 300...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Snuff box Enamel Double opening Sterling Silver flower bouquet Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with two slightly domed sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of flower bouquet, late 1...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Edwardian Antique Silver Serving Dishes and Covers
Located in London, GB
A pair of antique silver game serving dishes and covers. These are quite rare and of a useable size for serving not only game, but also chickens, small roasts and any number of veget...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 4 Antique Asprey English Edwardian Fox Hunt Place Card Holders
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 Edwardian sterling silver place card holders. Made by Charles & George Asprey in London, 1906 to 1908. Each: A cast fox head pokes through a horseshoe clip; round and flat b...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Gorham Art Nouveau Sterling Silver & Crystal Whiskey Decanter
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau sterling silver and crystal decanter. Made by Gorham in Providence. Ovoid crystal bowl with cut and engraved ornament: Beaded horse...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
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
Large Vintage Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Sugar Caster
Located in Montreal, QC
Fine and Impressive, Large Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Sugar Caster. Beautifully Hand Embossed Floral and Scroll and Garland Designs. Domed Cover with ornamental piercing and V...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Adie & Lovekin Ltd Sterling Silver Kangaroo Pin Cushion
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Edwardian pin cushion modelled in the form of a kangaroo; an addition to our animal related silverware collection
This fine antique Edwardian, rare sterling silver pin cushion has been realistically modelled in the form of a kangaroo.
The hallmarked sterling silver body of this antique silver pin cushion...
Category
20th Century English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Sterling Silver- Mounted Iridescent Green Art Glass Bud Vase
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau Period, sterling silver-mounted iridescent green Art Glass 2-handled bud vase, London, year-hallmarked for 1901. Measures 7 1/4 inches high x 3 inches diameter (at widest...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Sterling Silver Wood-Backed Picture Frame
By Cooper, Pegler & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver wood-backed picture frame, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1913, Cooper, Pegler and Co. - makers. Frame will stand both horizontally and verticall...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Matzoh Holder Jugendstil Weiner Werkstatte Style Signed
Located in Sharon, CT
Hand wrought in 900 silver in the Wiener Werkstatt style, impressed signature reads: _ _ _RAEMER HANDARBEIT 900 followed by logo/touchmark.
Category
1920s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Edwardian Breadbasket with Geometric Design, Atkin Bros. 1910
Located in London, GB
A beautiful geometric grid of diamonds and triangles are cut out symmetrically from the sides of this solid sterling silver Edwardian breadbasket. Above this, a line of small trefoil...
Category
1910s British Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Edwardian Irish Sterling Silver Ciborium
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian Irish sterling silver ecclesiastical ciborium; an addition to our religious silverware collection
This exceptional antique Edwardian Irish sterling silver ciborium...
Category
Early 1900s Irish Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Brand Chatillon Sterling Silver Handled Basket 5350
By Brand-Chatillon Co. 1
Located in Germantown, MD
A Brand Chatillon Co. sterling silver handled basket.
Monogrammed basket.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gorgeous American Art Nouveau Martelé-Style Silver Basket
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous turn-of-the-century Martelé-style Art Nouveau 950 silver basket. Made by Black, Starr & Frost in New York. Flared and ovoid mouth fand cylindrical body flowing into spread f...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Set of 4 English Sterling Silver Fox & Hound Place Card Holders
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 George V sterling silver place card holders. Made by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths in London in 1911. Each: Round gilt ring inset with cast animal head. Two holders have fox hea...
Category
1910s English Edwardian 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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