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Sterling Silver For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Art Nouveau
Antique circa 1920 Art Deco Asprey & Co London Silver Plated Cocktail Shaker
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning, circa 1920 Art Deco Asprey & Co London cocktail shaker
A good looking and well made piece, these were made for the London elite i...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver Plate
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
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
Loetz Titania Art Nouveau Green Silver Overlay Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau glass vase by historic maker Loetz with engraved silver overlay. Cylindrical with bellied top and bottom, and short inset neck. Overlay in form of ope...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
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
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
54 Pc Georg Jensen Acanthus Sterling Silver Dinner Flatware Cutlery Set Denmark
Located in Dayton, OH
"The superb Scandinavian Moderne ""Acanthus"" or ""Dronning"" pattern of sterling silver flatware was designed by Johan Rohde in 1917 for Georg Jensen.
Johan Rohde is known for his innovative and unique style. While his patterns are elegant and classic, they are a uniqe version of Art Nouveau and still fit in well with today's world. Johan Rohde became one of the first people to work with Georg Jensen after Rohde had Jensen commission some pieces for his personal collection in 1906. Georg Jensen was impressed so much by his style that he invited him to design a collection. In his favorable Acorn pattern, you can see Rohde used decoration...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
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
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
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
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 Box of 6 PRETTY TEASPOONS & TONGS Hallmarked:- Sheffield 1924
Located in York, GB
Solid Sterling Silver - BOX of 6 PRETTY TEASPOONS & TONGS
Complete English hallmarks showing they were made in Sheffield in 1924.
Hallmarks applied by the Sheffield Assay Office:-
...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Deco 925 Sterling Silver Candlesticks by Masorett: Elegance Restored
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the world of Art Deco elegance with our extraordinary pair of 925 Sterling Silver Candlesticks, stamped and authenticated by Masorett. These stunning pieces have been metic...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Metal
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
Sterling Silver, Large Desk Inkstand by Topazio of Portugal, circa 1920
By Topazio
Located in York, GB
Antique Solid Silver DESK INK STAND
Made in Portugal, circa 1920 by TOPAZIO and marked with the sterling silver quality mark - 0,925, also with the Topazio trade mark - a shield wit...
Category
1910s Portuguese Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Frame for 2 Photographs Fired Enamel on Guillochè Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped frame for 2 photographs in sterling Silver 925/1000 gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniatures. Viennese Art Nouveau style seco...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Footed Dish by Crichton Brothers
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Gorgeous hand crafted sterling bowl by Kensington, London silversmith Lionel Alfred Crichton in the 1890s. Beautiful classic art nouveau style with neoclassical touches. Crichton Bro...
Category
Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Basket 235B
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A large sterling silver decorative basket, design #235B by Georg Jensen from circa 1917. A beautiful handled basket raised on a series of limb like branches and a floral base on a ro...
Category
1940s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Bernadotte Danish Dinner Set for 12 with 123 Pieces
Located in New York, NY
Bernadotte sterling silver dinner service for 12. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. This set compromises 123 pcs (dimensions in inches):
Forks: 12 dinner forks (8 1/8), 12 salad...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Acanthus Sterling Silverware For Twelve
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A very large 159 piece set of Georg Jensen sterling silverware in the Acanthus pattern, design by Johan Rohde from 1917. Acanthus is t...
Category
1940s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage 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
Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Mug, Mappin & Webb, 1905
Located in Glasgow, GB
An Edwardian sterling silver mug in the Art Nouveau style. The mug is of planished and double ogee banded beaker form, with a spreading foot, the bisecting pierced handle is of an na...
Category
Early 1900s British Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Passaic by Unger Sterling Silver Asparagus Fork, circa 1900
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Passaic by Unger sterling silver asparagus fork gold washed circa 1900. Good large Serving Fork, partial gold wash. Length: 8.75 inches. Weight: 81 grams. Very minor wear to original...
Category
1890s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
21st Century Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, Italy, 2003
Located in Cagliari, IT
A fine handmade sterling silver Art Deco style water pitcher, ebonized wood handle.
Weight: 965 grams.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
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
1650s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
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
Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Salt Shakers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These lovely sterling silver Art Nouveau salt shakers were made by J.F. Fradley & Company in the early 20th century. They are quintessential Art Nouveau with their floral motif wrapp...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling 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
Wolfers Prestigious Belgian Silver Pair of Plates/ Dishes in Art Deco Style
Located in New York, NY
Wolfers, Belgian pair of octogonal silver dishes or plates, from the early 20th century, in Art Deco style with beautiful geometric accents and design. They Measure 13 1/4'' in diame...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco 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
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
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Liberty Art Nouveau Lost Wax Casting Frame
By Brumal
Located in VALENZA, IT
Silver frame made with the lost wax casting technique.
The frame is in Art Nouveau style and the verifiable weight is all in silver, except for the wooden back.
The decorations are...
Category
1990s Italian Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tall Antique Art Nouveau Green Silver Overlay Vase by Alvin
Located in New York, NY
Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau glass vase with engraved silver overlay. Made by Alvin Corporation in Providence. Tall baluster with flared rim and short foot. Overlay in form twiste...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Akkeleje Silverware Set for 12
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A very early and extensive Georg Jensen silverware service in the Akkeleje pattern, design #77 by Georg Jensen from 1918. Its unusual to find a large...
Category
1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
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
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Deco 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
Sterling Silver Cocktail Shaker Designed by Keith Murray, Hallmarked, 1932
Located in London, GB
Art Deco cocktail shaker, with stepped and lined decoration to the top and body of the shaker, by Keith Murray for Mappin and Webb. Hallmarked Sheffield 1932. The cocktail shaker has...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame Art Deco Style Black and White Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Black with white milk design Rectangular photo frame in 800/1000 silver gold plated with fire enamels. External cm. 13.4 x 17.4 Internal cm. 9 x 13. Weight gr. 199. Created in Art De...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Large Art Deco Sterling Silver Wood-Backed Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
Large, Art Deco, sterling silver wood-backed picture frame, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1927, Sanders and MacKenzie - makers. Measures 13 1/2 inches high x 9 1/2 inches ...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Art Deco Sterling Silver Blue White Guilloche Enamel Brush Dresser Set
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Beautiful blue guilloche enamel and sterling silver three piece brush set featuring a mirror and 2 brushes. This set was made in Birmingham England by D.M. & Co. Davis, Moss & Co. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Art Deco Gorham Large Oval Sterling Silver Serving Tray
By Gorham CO.
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique presentation oval serving tray was made by the Gorham Company of the United States in approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. This heavy and substantia...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Georg Jensen, a set of eleven rare Acorn cocktail picks, Sterling silver
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, a set of eleven rare Acorn cocktail picks.
Sterling silver.
Marked.
Post-1945
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: L 90mm x W 9mm.
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver SUPERIOR VICTORIAN TEAPOT Hallmarked:- Birmingham 1895
Located in York, GB
Sterling Silver SUPERB VICTORIAN TEAPOT
Identified with English Hallmarks, applied by the Birmingham Assay Office.
Hallmarks:- Lion - Sterling ...
Category
1880s English Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Deco Platter with Bramble Motif, Mappin & Webb, 1938
Located in London, GB
With an engraved motif of Bramble twining across one corner of this pleasingly weighted solid Sterling Silver centrepiece platter, offset by falling leaves opposite, this simple and decorative shallow dish perfectly captures the changes in tastes and styles towards the end of the Art Deco era. Made in 1938 at the Sheffield workshop of Mappin & Webb, the form is that of a ‘Tazza’ with its wide, low base...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Sterling Silver Centerpiece Dish, International Silver Co, C.1940
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Art Deco Sterling silver centerpiece dish, International Silver Co, C.1940. The large dish on plain pedestal foot, the body with scalloped undu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Reed&Barton Pair of Sterling Silver 1907 5-Light Hepplewhite Candelabra Art Deco
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Reed & Barton sterling silver 5-light candelabra from 1907 in Hepplewhite pattern and in Art Deco style. Standing on octogonal bases, these candelabra typify the Art Deco style with their elegant proportions. An engraved floral frieze adorns the candelabra. Each measures 20'' in height by 15'' from arm to arm, is weighted, and bears hallmarks as shown. One bobeche is missing.
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 1900s American Art Deco Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, 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
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
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
Antique Gorham Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Bowl with Repouse Floral Decoration
By Gorham
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique and very ornate bowl was made by the renowned Gorham Company of the United States and dates to approximately 1890 and done in the period Art N...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling 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
Art Nouveau Period Solid Silver Pot Pourri Box William Comyns
Located in Uckfield, Sussex
A wonderful Art Nouveau period silver pot pourri box with a detailed pierced and repousse swan lake scene, the two swans sitting within the entwining duck leaves. The hinged lid opens to reveal a interior.
Hallmarks: London 1907 William Comyns
Retailed: Finnigans Ltd Manchester
Weight: 102g
William Comyns were a London based manufacturing silversmiths who traded from around 1858 until the 1930s.
The firm was founded by William Comyns when he bought the business of Robert Tagg (founded in 1730) around 1858 and entered his first mark from the original Robert Tagg premises in Soho, London.
The business expanded rapidly and the firm moved and gradually took up more and more premises on Beak Street, off Regent Street. They became William Comyns & Son in 1885 when his two sons Charles and Richard joined the partnership.
They had a significant impact in the 1880s by producing large numbers of decorative items in silver which were retailed through leading London retailers of the time such as Henry Lewis...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Unusual Art Deco Sterling Silver Table Box With Hinged Lid
By Hassett & Harper Ltd
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, rare, Art Deco Period, footed sterling silver table box with rounded, hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1938, Hassett and Harper Ltd. - makers. Underside ...
Category
1930s American 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.
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