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Sterling Silver For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Edwardian
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
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
Antique Edwardian Quality Silver Plated Biscuit Barrel
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian quality silver plated biscuit barrel having a quality shaped lift of lid with a shaped finial above a circular barrel ra...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Gorham Edwardian Sterling Silver 3-Piece Coffee Set
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver 3-piece coffee set. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1917-8. This set comprises coffeepot, creamer, and sugar. Coffeepot has tapering ovoid body with flush ...
Category
1910s American Edwardian Vintage 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
Antique Silver Pocket Watch Dated 1913 London Parkinson & Frodsham
By Parkinson & Frodsham
Located in London, GB
Antique Silver Pocket Watch Dated 1913 London Parkinson & Frodsham
Famous prolific watchmakers in 5 Budge Row, Cannon St, London.
Origina...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 8 Gorham Goblets in Engraved Puritan Pattern
Located in New York, NY
Set of 8 Engraved Puritan sterling silver goblets. Made by Gorham in Providence. Each: Spare and elegant form with subtle bell-form bowl on cylindrical stem flowing into raised foot....
Category
Mid-20th Century American Edwardian 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
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
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
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
Tiffany Edwardian Modern Classical Sterling Silver Oval Serving Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Modern Classical sterling silver serving bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Oval and serpentine with tapering sides and reeded rim. Cover raised with taperin...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Period Sterling Silver Ice Tongs by S. Kirk and Son
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Period, sterling silver ice tongs, S. Kirk and Son, Baltimore, Maryland, circa. 1900, Old Maryland - pattern. Measures 6 1/2 inches long x 3 inc...
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
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
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
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
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
Rare Antique Sterling Silver Tobacco Box, Miniature Pipe
Located in NEWARK, GB
A fantastic and rare, novelty, antique sterling silver tobacco tin or box.
It has been designed as an empty tin can, very realistically detailed and similar in size to a regular f...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian 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
Crystal Glass Cologne or Perfume Bottle Sterling Silver Top Art Deco London 1919
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good quality crystal cut glass cologne or perfume bottle with a sterling silver screw top lid, made in London and dating to the early Art Deco period, 1919.
The clear glass bottle or jar has a rectilinear shape, having an oval section, with finely hand cut vertical sides and small panels cut on the shoulder. The sterling silver circular top is threaded for turning onto the neck section.
It is finely engine turned to the top which is very decorative.
It is marked on the side of the neck with sterling silver hall marks for London 1919...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco 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
Pair of Vintage Silver Metal Vases attr. to Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of Silver Vases is an original artwork realized in Germany in the 1930s.
Original silver metal.
Design attributed to Fritz August Breuhau...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
William B. Durgin Co. 1900 Edwardian Neo Classic Center Bowl 925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An impressive center bowl designed by William B. Durgin Co.
Magnificent very rare piece, created in the United States by the silversmiths and silverware makers William B. Durgin Co, back in the turn of the 19th century, circa 1900. This fabulous center vase bowl was crafted with Edwardian neoclassical patterns in solid .925/.999 sterling silver with high polished finish. The vase stand in a rounded pedestal foot and suited with a pair of elaborated handles with multiples garlands and tassels. The upper border is adorned with four groups of organic motifs of flowers chiseled in low and high relief and a fine bright cut decoration along the rim.
The design of this piece is extremely interesting as it brings together various artistic movements such as the Art Nouveau, the Edwardian, the Neoclassical with a hint of neo-Gothic details and the Greek Revival.
Has a total weight of 972 Grams and a measurements of 389 mm by 375 mm by 120 mm (12.16 x 14.75 x 4.75 Inches).
Stamped with the maker's mark cartouche with a D associated to William B. Durgin Co, the model number and signed, "D STERLING 930C".
NutmegGraters.Com ~ American Sterling Nutmeg Grater By Durgin
William B. Durgin Co. (1853 - 1924) was a noted American sterling silver manufacturer based in Concord, New Hampshire, and one of the largest flatware and hollowware manufacturers in the United States. Over the period between the 1905-1924 it was merged into the Gorham Manufacturing Company.
The company was founded by the silversmith William Butler Durgin (July 29, 1833 - May 6, 1905). Durgin was born in Campton, New Hampshire, and from 1849-1853 apprenticed to Boston silversmith Newell Harding. In the 1840s Durgin moved back to Concord, where he opened a small shop making spoons opposite the Free Bridge Road. He incorporated as William B. Durgin Company in 1853, in 1854 added the manufacture of silverware, and in 1866 established a large brick factory on School Street. In 1905, after the death of both Durgin and his son, George F. Durgin, the company was acquired by Gorham through a long process that culminated with an official purchase in 1924. Production was moved to Providence, Rhode Island, in 1931.
The company made the Davis Cup, the silver service for the battleship USS New Hampshire, and medals for St. Paul's School. Its Fairfax flatware...
Category
Late 19th Century North American Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, 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
Antique Boston Edwardian Classical Sterling Silver Water Pitcher
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver water pitcher, circa 1910. Wide ovoid body with helmet mouth and leaf-capped scroll handle with split bottom mount. Bead-and-reel rims. Fully mark...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian 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
Rare Art Deco Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Glass Owl-Form Match Striker
Located in New York, NY
Rare, Art Deco Period, sterling silver-mounted glass owl-form match striker (with original glass eyes), London, England, year-hallmarked for 1925. Excellent detail.
Matches are stru...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Walker & Hall Art Deco Tall Silver Trumpet Shape Vase Sheffield, 1918
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A tall large sized Art Deco silver trumpet shaped vase with a pinched top by Walker & Hall, Sheffield and with date marks for 1918. This elegantly shaped vase stands on a rounded foo...
Category
1910s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique German Silver Floral Garland Picture Frame
Located in New York, NY
German 800 silver picture frame, circa 1920. Oval window in chased and tooled surround comprising flower heads and leaves. Textural with irregular rims. With glass, silk lining, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
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
English Sterling Silver Six Piece Edwardian Style Tea Service by Barker Brothers
Located in Savannah, GA
Six piece tea service consisting of coffee and tea servers with wooden handles, small footed tray, sugar and creamer and waste bowl. From old, well establis...
Category
1950s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany & Co. 1909 Sterling Silver Mirrored Platter in Art Deco Style
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver table mirror in pattern number 17394 from 1909, in Art Deco style with an elegant geometric design, which may also be used as a vanity tray or display platter...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Deco Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, 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
Sterling Silver - Box of 6 TEA KNIVES - ENGLISH - Hallmarked:- Sheffield 1913
Located in York, GB
English Sterling Silver Box of 6 TEA KNIVES
Full set of English hallmarks, applied by the Sheffield Assay Office.:-
Crown - Sheff...
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1910s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling 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
Tiffany Edwardian Modern Classical Sterling Silver Round Serving Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Modern classical sterling silver serving bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Round and serpentine with tapering sides and reeded rim. Cover raised with taperi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Continental Inlaid Gold & Sapphires Silver Cartier Style Compact
By Cartier
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Art Deco very fine quality Continental silver with gold inlaid compact with inset cut sapphire blue gems in the style of Cartier dating from around 1930. This stylish slightly rectan...
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Gold
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
English Solid Sterling Silver Large Sugar Castor Hallmarked:-SHEFFIELD 1926
Located in York, GB
Sterling silver large English sugar castor
A full set of English hallmarks applied by the Sheffield Assay Office:-
Crown - Sheffield Assay office mark.
Lion - Sterling guarantee...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Bread / Fruit Dish
By Haseler Brothers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver bread/fruit dish; an addition to our dining silverware collection
This exce...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Birks, Antique Sterling Silver Serving Tray, Canada 'Montreal', Circa 1919
By Henry Birks
Located in Chatham, ON
Birks - Fine quality antique sterling silver serving tray - heavy weight with classic raised edge - engraved dedication and date i...
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Antique Dutch Silver Cow Creamer
Located in New York, NY
Large Dutch silver cow creamer, 1910. A sweet beast with stocky body on slender legs and delicate hoofs. Head quizzically turned to side with flexed ears, sharp horns, red cabochon g...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
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
Antique Sterling Silver Double Snuff & Patch Box with Engine Turned Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique double compartment snuff box is hallmarked by an unknown maker, and originated from England, dating to approximately 1900 and done in a period Edwardian style. The box i...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian 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
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 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
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
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 Silver Sweetmeat Dish, Centrepiece
Located in NEWARK, GB
An attractive antique early 20th century bread or sweetmeat dish.
It is made from 800 silver and has an elongated shape standing raised on 4 feet with repousse detailing.
The d...
Category
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
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
Antique American Edwardian Neoclassical Sterling Silver and Glass Tray
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Neoclassical glass tray with sterling silver gallery. Made by R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co. in Wallingford, Conn., ca 1910. Glass is clear with cut star. Gallery is straight w...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian 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
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
Edwardian Sterling Silver and Deep Pink Enamel-Mounted Magnifying Glass
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver and deep pink guilloche enamel-mounted magnifying glass, Sheffield, England, year-hallmarked for 1905, James Scholes -maker. Glass...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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
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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