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Sterling Silver For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1920s
Hawkes Sterling & Crystal Art Deco Vase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Based in Corning, NY, T.G. Hawkes & Co. (c.1880-1959) was established by Thomas Gibbons Hawkes (1846-1913). Born in Ireland, Hawkes immigrated to Brooklyn in 1862, then moved to Corn...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Johan Rohde for Georg Jensen, a Pair of Grape Centrepieces in Sterling Silver
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Johan Rohde for Georg Jensen.
A pair of grape centrepieces in hammered sterling silver. Model number 263.
Dated 1925-1932.
In perfect condition.
Early Stamp.
Weight: 625 grams...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Déco Silver 5-Piece Coffee & Tea Set with Tray, Around 1920
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant 5-piece silver centerpiece consisting of a coffee pot, teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl and a tray.
Bulbous, raised vessels, narrowing again towards the opening, with a vertical...
Category
1920s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
1960s Midcentury Georg Jensen Style Sterling Candelabras Candleholders
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Pair. After a Georg Jensen design, but different maker, hallmarks pictured.
Category
1960s Unknown Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Antique Silver Vases with Hand-Pierced Decoration
Located in London, GB
A pair of beautiful antique silver vases with crisply hand-pierced rims and bases. The vases have scroll & flower pattern mounts, top and bottom an...
Category
1920s European Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hermes Desktop Magnifier Paperweight in Silver, 1960s
By Hermès
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Hermes Paris magnifying glass desk accessory with domed lens ensconced in a silver frame with a belt design. We've left the oxidation and patina untouched and simply added a ...
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Indian Filigree Silver Peacock Menu Holders, Dated circa 1920
Located in London, GB
Pair of Indian Filigree silver peacock menu holders, dated circa 1920
Made in 85% silver
One is slightly higher than the other.
Category
1920s Indian Anglo-Indian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Overlay Candle Guard
Located in Riverdale, NY
Sterling Silver overlay candle guard from the early 20th century. Art Nouveau sterling violet floral patterns fused to a curved panel of glass with cen...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Bowl, 1927
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This bowl stands on a pedestal that is not weighted. It has a wide rim encircling it with a classic design. A medallion on each side intercepted by wreaths and leaves. Thanks to the ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wedgewood Candlesticks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lovely pair of wedgewood candlesticks by International Silver.
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
1960s German Sterling Silver Cigar Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive, unusual and large vintage German sterling silver cigar box with maritime interest; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This fine vintage German sterling silver cigar box has a plain rectangular rounded form in the Art Deco manner.
The surface of this large, impressive vintage cigar box...
Category
1960s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Silver-Gilt Dressing-Table Service by Lionel Alfred Crichton, London, 1917
Located in Paris, FR
George V dressing-table service crafted of silver-gilt, comprising an oblong tray, a large jewel box with detachable velvet lining, two hair brushes, two clothes brushes, a comb and a hand mirror, all contained in a fitted red leather covered case.
The border of each piece is chased with strapwork on a matted ground, engraved with an early 18th century style cartouche surrounding a vacant shield. The rich and delicate decoration is composed of naturalistic plants and animal motifs. The jewel box and tray are beautifully embellished with grotesque in Renaissance style, depicting mascaron, animals and foliated scrolls, in a fantastic architectural setting.
Hallmarked "CRICHTON BROS LONDON & NEW YORK", along with several English silver marks as follow:
- Maker's mark "LAC" (for silversmith Lionel Alfred Crichton...
Category
1920s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
Antique 1923 Scottish Sterling Silver Gilt Medallion
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V sterling silver gilt medallion; an addition to our ornamental presentation collection.
This exceptional antique George V cast sterling silver medallion has a circular form.
The anterior surface of this antique silver medallion...
Category
1920s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage Sterling Silver Condiment Set, 1967
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver three-piece condiment set, an addition to our dining silverware collection.
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II sterling silver three-piece condiment set consists of a salt, pepper pot and mustard pot.
The pieces of this fine vintage condiment set have a plain circular rounded form onto three feet, the pepper pot has a plain baluster form.
The surface of each piece is plain and unembellished, with an applied gadroon style border to the shaped upper rim.
The mustard pot is fitted with a C-scroll sterling silver handle with a leaf decorated thumb piece.
The vintage mustard pot...
Category
1960s British Elizabethan Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid Century Enamel & Sterling Silver Dressing Table Set by Albert Carter, 1961
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1961 by Albert Carter, this very attractive, sterling silver dressing table set, is gilt, and features e...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
English Crystal and Silver Barrel Decanter
Located in London, GB
English crystal and silver barrel decanter
English, 1929
Measures: Height 26cm, width 12cm, depth 24cm
This wonderful decanter is modelled as a ba...
Category
1920s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Sterling Silver Football Trophy - Sheffield 1927 - Footballer Model
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1927 by John & William Deakin, this handsome, Sterling Silver Football Trophy, is in the Art Deco taste, and features a cast...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large and Stunning Sculptural Silver Vessel Graziella Laffi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large sterling silver vessel in an asymmetrical hour-glass vase form with a larger upper conical body balanced on a much smaller base. Crafted by Graziella Laffi, Lima, Peru, Circa 1965. Marked on the rim: G. Laffi, PERU. The vessel was designed as a modern rendition of ancient pre-Columbina drinking vessel used in ceremony. The piece projects a regal and substantial aura due to its thick double wall construction with seamless craftmanship. The exterior surface was decorated with high relief roundels with concentric rings, arranged in geometrical pattern in two difference sizes. It is an impressive presence with its unique form and ornamentation that is modern and ancient at the same time.
The vessel weights about 2012 grams.
Graziella Laffi was born in 1923 in Florence, Italy to Gino Laffi, a silversmith and artist. Following her family tradition, Graziella enrolled in master classes after elementary school, focusing on design and painting. She next attended Escuela de Bellas Artes de Puerta Romana for three years, where Gino taught, and then to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, where she concentrated in architecture until the start of World War II. In 1947, Graziella, then twenty-four, immigrated with her parents to Peru. Gino later created a silversmith studio and showroom called Fabrica Laffi on Avenue Mexico, where Graziella initially learned her Craft. The Pre-Columbian culture in her adopted country inspired Graziella to travel and collect, which ultimately influence her design in the silver pieces. Graziella learned the metalworking techniques of the ancient Peruvian civilizations and rejected the current technology. She mostly used hammering, rolling and creating joints as the ancients do. As an ambassador of Peruvian culture, her work promoted the indigenous Peruvian art and rekindled the interest in its ancient heritage throughout South America, the United States and Europe. She exhibited her growing collection of Peruvian artifacts...
Category
1960s Peruvian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
1925 Puiforcat Art Deco Tea and Coffee Set in Sterling Silver and Rosewood
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco tea and coffee set in sterling pure silver and rosewood by Puiforcat created in the 1925s.
Service including:
- a coffee pot
- a teapot
- a milkpot
- a sugar pot
Minerv...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1965 Irish Sterling Silver Vases / Beakers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of vintage Irish sterling silver vases / beakers made by William Egan & Sons; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
These exceptional vintage Irish sterling silver vases/beakers have a tapering cylindrical form with a subtly flared rim.
The surface of each piece is plain and unembellished.
Each vase is supported by a plain domed spreading foot.
These impressive vintage silver vases...
Category
1960s Northern Irish Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique English Sterling Silver and Enamel Hand Mirror
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver and enamel dressing table hand mirror; an addition to our enamel and silverware collection.
This fine antique George V sterling silver hand mirror has a shaped form with rounded corners to a plain tapering handle.
The reverse surface of the mirror is embellished with an impressive hot enamel panel depicting a ship sailing between colorful floral and foliate enveloped rock Formations to the foreground, with a town scene and mountain to the backdrop, signed with the initials 'DMC'.
The rounded sides, anterior surface and handle of this impressive mirror are plain and unembellished.
The mirror retains its original shaped bevelled glass.
Condition
This antique hand mirror...
Category
1920s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Bowl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver bowl by Towle Silversmiths. A rather unusual shape and design, the piece is not like other bowls we’ve had and sold. The entire body and rim has a ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Art Nouveau Glass Carafes with Silver Mounts, Gaston Bardiés Paris, 1900
By Gaston Bardies 1
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of carafes made of clear glass on a square stand, tapering towards the top to a round cross-section, ground in the lower quarter with an arc-shaped facet, in the upper half delicate flower bouquets and festons in matt cut, ground star, silver fitting with hinged lid with thumb rest and profiled, in the upper area angular, J- shaped handle that tapers downwards.
Dimensions:
height: 27.0 cm / 10.62 in
width: 14.5 cm / 5.70 in
depth: 10.0 cm / 3.93 in
Hallmarks:
Minerva Head - 'Minerve casquée, French official hallmark for 950 Silver, 1838-1973
G & B next to heraldic lily in diamond...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Gorham Sterling Silver Pair of 1926 Tazzas Compotes Dishes in Gregorian Pattern
By Gorham
Located in New York, NY
During the heyday of American silver manufacturing, approximately 1850–1940, Gorham was highly influential. The White House has used Gorham silver services during many administration...
Category
1920s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage Danish Silver Necklace with Porcelain Pendant by Royal Copenhagen 1960s
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish silver necklace with porcelain pendant by Royal Copenhagen 1960s.
Scandinavian modern necklace in Sterling silver. Pendant in sil...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Modern Candlesticks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We proudly offer these sterling silver midcentury candlesticks. A spring-like shape substitutes for a conventional base. They’re uber-co...
Category
1960s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Walker & Hall Antique 1926 Sterling Silver Napkin Rings
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique George V English sterling silver napkin rings, boxed; part of our dining silverware collection.
These exceptional antique George ...
Category
1920s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique English Sterling Silver Wax Jack
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique George V English sterling silver wax jack; an addition of our ornamental silverware collection.
This e...
Category
1920s English Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pirouette by Alvin Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 64 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stunning Pirouette by Alvin sterling silver flatware set - 64 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 9 1/4"
12 forks, 7 5/8"
12 salad forks, 6 5/8"
12 teaspoons, 6"
12 place soup spo...
Category
1960s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Children's Cutlery Silver Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstatte circa 1923 Jugendstil
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Silver children’s cutlery set designed by Josef Hoffmann and Eduard J. Wimmer-Wisgrill manufactured by Wiener Werkstatte ca. 1923 marked hammer-strok...
Category
1920s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Blossom Sugar Bowl in Hammered Sterling Silver, Dated 1925-1932
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen Blossom sugar bowl in hammered sterling silver. Model 2D.
Dated 1925-1932.
Measures: 11.5 x 10.2 cm.
In excellent condition. Minimal age-related wear.
Stamped.
Our...
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cast Pair of Sterling Silver Candelabra - R. W. Burbridge for Harrods - 1962
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1962 by Richard Woodman Burbridge, this handsome pair of Sterling Silver Candelabra, are cast and hexagonal in shape, with removable branches. Each candelabru...
Category
1960s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tiffany Dish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are delighted to offer you this sterling silver dish by the world renowned Tiffany & Company. It has a canoe-like oval shape with curled handles on the end. In the center there is...
Category
1960s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Sterling Silver Hand Hammered Beaker/Vase by Hugo Bohm
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco, sterling silver, hand-hammered beaker/vase, Berlin, Germany, circa 1920, Hugo Bohm-Schwabisch Gmund - maker for Gebruder Friedlander (Fr...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Art Déco Wine Bottle Coat in Pure Silver England 1920s, Stamped
Located in Salzburg, AT
Rare wine bottle coat in silver from the Art Déco period, England 1920s.
Extremely dekroatives table decoration object.
The mantle can be opened and ...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Vintage Silver Coffee and Tea Set by Wmf
Located in Roma, IT
Silver coffee and tea set is an original group of decorative objects realized in the between the 1920s and the 1920s.
Original silver metal.
Made in Germany by WMF.
Farir ...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd Antique Sterling Silver Mustard Pot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique George V English sterling silver mustard pot; an addition to our collectable silverware collection.
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver mustard pot has a plain baluster, skittle shaped form.
The surface of this silver mustard pot is plain and unembellished.
This fine mustard pot retains the original hallmarked hinged cover encompassed with a ribbed design to the upper portion, reflecting the formation of an antique bowling pin...
Category
1920s Great Britain (UK) Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Mounted Coconut Bowl
By Artificers Guild
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique English sterling silver mounted coconut cup; an addition to our diverse silverware collection.
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver mounted coconut bowl has a circular rounded form onto a collet foot.
This antique coconut...
Category
1920s British Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Sterling Silver Cafe Au Lait, London 1929 Goldsmiths & Silversmiths
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1929 by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., this stylish, Sterling Silver Cafe Au Lait Set, is in the Art Deco taste, and is octagonal in shape. Each measures 9.75...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Arts & Crafts Design Sterling Silver Centrepiece, A. E. Jones, Birmingham, 1924
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1924 by A. E. Jones, this very stylish sterling silver dish, is in the Arts & Crafts taste, oval in shape, standing on a square pedestal base with rivet d...
Category
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
9-Carat Gold Octagonal Perfume Bottle, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, 1921
Located in London, GB
9-carat gold octagonal perfume bottle, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, 1921
Heavy quality gold scent bottle with glass lining with chatelaine chai...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold
Sterling Hammered Vase
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are happy to offer you this hand hammered sterling silver vase, made in Italy in the 1960’s.
It has a roundish body and a tapered neck. The perfect accent piece for a powder room...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Glass and English Sterling Silver and Enamel Scent Bottles
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive pair of antique George V English sterling silver, glass and enamel scent bottles; an addition to our silver mounted glass collection.
This fine pair of antique George V glass scent bottles has a circular rounded form.
Each bottle is fitted with a plain hallmarked sterling silver mount with a hinged hallmarked cover.
The covers feature fine and impressive hot enamel panels depicting very similar (but not identical) lakeside scenes with a mountain backdrop.
The cover of each opens to reveal the original glass stopper and gilt interior.
The glass bodies of the scent bottles are embellished with fine quality cut glass decoration in a geometric design with a band of egg and tongue style ornamentation to the shoulders.
Each of these heavy glass antique scent bottles...
Category
1920s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Continental Silver Finland Candlesticks by Turku
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Continental silver, Mid-Century Modern candlesticks, Helsinki, Finland, year-hallmarked for 1964, Turku - maker. Each candlestick measures 7 inches high x 3 1/4 inches wide (...
Category
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Heavy Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Sugar Caster, Sheffield 1927
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1927 by Atkin Brothers, this handsome, Sterling Silver Sugar Caster, is a good reproduction of a George III design. The sugar caster measures 8"(20.5cm) ta...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Norwegian Continental Silver '.830' Bud Vase by Magnus Aase
By Magnus Aase
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco, Continental silver (.830) bud vase, Bergen, Norway, circa 1920s, Magnus Aase, maker. Measures 6 1/2 inches high x 2 1/2 inches diameter at widest point x 1 1/4 inches diame...
Category
1920s Norwegian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
A David Andersen Sterling Silver and Enamel Charger
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A very impressive sterling silver and enamel bowl by David Andersen, Norway.
Category
1960s Norwegian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Set of Six Sterling Silver Lobster Picks
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine set of six antique George V sterling silver lobster picks; part of our silver cutlery / flatware collection.
These fine antique George V sterlin...
Category
1920s English Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
English Modern Georgian Monteith-Style Sterling Silver Bowl
Located in New York, NY
George V sterling silver bowl. Made by Mappin & Webb in Sheffield in 1923. Faceted and curved with monteith-style molded curvilinear rim. Foot raised with same. Fully marked includin...
Category
1920s English Georgian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Golf Putter, hallmarked 1922
Located in London, GB
An extraordinary presentation golf putter with hallmarked Sterling silver head made by Walker & Hall in 1922. The club is an exact replica of a standard pu...
Category
1920s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Evald Nielsen Teaspoon in Sterling Silver, 1920s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Evald Nielsen teaspoon in sterling silver. 1920s.
Measure: Length: 11.2 cm.
Stamped.
In excellent condition.
Our skilled Georg Jensen silver / jeweler can polish all silver and g...
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
El Grandee by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 8 Service Luncheon 48 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
El Grandee by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set - 48 Pieces. This set includes:
8 KNIVES, 9",
8 FORKS, 7 1/2",
8 SALAD FORKS, 6 3/4",
8 TEASPOONS, 6"...
Category
1960s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pretty Old-Fashioned English Sterling Silver Serving Tray
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver serving tray. Made by Edward Viner in Sheffield in 1960. Round with well and molded and gently scrolled rim. Pretty and old fashioned. Fully marked. Weig...
Category
1960s English Georgian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Scottish Sterling Silver Hammered Ashtray, William Robb, Edinburgh, 1924
By William Robb
Located in Glasgow, GB
A George V sterling silver ash tray in the form of a small Quaich with a hammered finish. The ash tray is by William Robb of Ballater, with Ed...
Category
1920s British Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
William Henry Creswick, Arts & Crafts Design Sterling Silver Tea Set, 1929
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1929 (the hot water pot hallmarked in 1935) by William Henry Creswick, this wonderful, 4 piece Sterling Silver Tea Set, is a ...
Category
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Elizabeth II Sterling Silver Dish, Adie Brothers, 1961
Located in Glasgow, GB
An Elizabeth II sterling silver dish. The dish is of oval form, with a stylised border and shell motifs, on four leaf capped gnarl feet.
The dish is hallmarked with the makers mar...
Category
1960s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Valencia by International Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12
Located in Big Bend, WI
Valencia by International sterling silver flatware set of 71 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 9".
12 forks, 7 1/2".
12 salad forks, 6 7/8".
12 teaspoons, 6 3/8".
12 place soup ...
Category
1960s American 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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