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Sterling Silver For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Victorian
Georg Jensen, Acorn, Ten Teaspoons in Sterling Silver
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Georg Jensen, Acorn. Ten teaspoons in sterling silver. Marked after 1945. In perfect condition with minimal signs of use. Marked. Dimensions: L 12.8 cm.
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20th Century Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Art Deco Compotes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These sterling silver compotes have a Jensenesque appearance without the painful price!! Four marble size balls are between the bowl and base. The base is NOT weighted and has an Art...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

1924 Jean Puiforcat, Set of 6 Bayonne Table Forks Sterling Silver
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Set of 6 table forks "Bayonne" made in solid silver 950/1000th by Jean Elysée Puiforcat in 1924. All the pieces are signed and hallmarked. Perfect condition, like new. The Bay...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Fountain Pen Sterling Silver and 14kt Gold Nib Fire-Enamel Art Deco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Fountain p en in 925/1000 sterling silver and 14 kt gold nib, with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Diameter mm. 11, length cm. 14. Silver weight gr. 53. . Designed by Giorgio Salimbe...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique Sterling Silver Sugar Tongs, Victorian
Located in NEWARK, GB
An attractive pair of antique, Victorian era, sterling silver sugar tongs. Nice decorative fan design shoulders with small rounded bowls, the arms t...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Tetard French Sterling Silver 7-Piece Art Deco Tea Coffee Set with Tray & Kettle
Located in New York, NY
Tetard, French 0.950 (higher purity than sterling) silver 7-piece tea set, beautifully adorned with curvilinear and stylized natural motifs and well-rendered faces, in Art Deco style...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sterling Silver

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique American Sterling Silver & Ruby Glass 105 Condiment Pot & Spoon 152g
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique number 105 sterling silver Repousse lidded jam / mustard / condiment pot with cutwork pierced sides, floral lid monogrammed with the initials EL, ruby glass insert and clear glass spoon...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Old English Pattern Salad Servers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large pair of antique Victorian English sterling silver Old English pattern salad servers; an addition to our silver flatware collection These exceptional and large antique Victorian sterling silver salad servers have been crafted in the Old English pattern. The spoon has a plain rounded bowl and the fork has six tines. The anterior surfaces of these Victorian salad servers...
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1860s British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Antique English Victorian Sterling Silver Christening Mug
Located in New York, NY
Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by George John Richards in London in 1853. Baluster bowl with leaf-capped double-scroll handle and scrolled skirted foot. Embossed vegetation...
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1850s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Very Large Art Deco Period Solid Sterling Silver Serving Platter/Tray by Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Very large, Art Deco Period, solid sterling silver serving platter/tray, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, Ca. 1935. Measures 20 1/2 inches long x 14 1/2 inches...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Table Box in Malachite with Hinged Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table box in malachite with hinged frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated. The malachite is a large single whole slab on the lid and the stone design becomes...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Malachite, Sterling Silver

Antique Tiffany Victorian Classical Repousse Sterling Silver Coffeepot
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Classical sterling silver coffeepot. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Baluster with vertical spout and hinged and domed cover. Stained-wood finial and capped scroll handl...
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Diameter Victorian Antique Sterling SIlver Salver or Tray, London 1899
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1899 by D. and J. Wellby, this handsome, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Salver, stands on 4 hoof feet, and features a 'Chippendale' border. The salver...
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1890s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Cartier Large Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy Cartier sterling silver reeded table box from the mid-century modern era. Rectangular with domed and ribbed top; straight sides; ribbed front and ba...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sterling Silver

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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...
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1910s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Crystal, 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...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Engine-Turned Footed Table Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco style, engine-turned, footed table box with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1960, Jay Richard Attenborough and Co., Ltd. - makers. Measures 6 1/2 inches...
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1960s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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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...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Pair of English Antique Perfume Bottles with Sterling Silver Repousse Angels
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large pair of antique perfume bottles was made by the well known silversmiths William Comyns & Sons Ltd. of England and date to approximat...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Water Pitcher: Timeless Elegance Restored
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Presenting our exquisite Sterling Silver Water Pitcher, a testament to classic craftsmanship and timeless design, now expertly restored to its ori...
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1970s French Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver, 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...
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1960s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver, 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...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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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 ...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Volmer Bahner Salt & Pepper Set in Sterling Silver & Enamel Guilloche, 1960s
By Ovesen and Volmer Bahner
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Beautiful set consisting of salt and pepper shaker in sterling silver and maroon/red and lemon yellow enamel guilloche. This ...
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1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Silver Cutlery Set for 12 People in Showcase Vienna Jarosinski & Vaugoin ca 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant cutlery set made of solid silver for twelve people, consisting of 112 pieces, in showcase. Date of manufacture: circa 1925 Material: Massive silver '800' Style: Discreet thread decoration around a slightly curved bridge with a baroque handle end. Wooden Showcase: This silver cutlery set is kept in a sleek, glazed table showcase. The surface is shellac hand-polished. At the top there is a viewing window, from the front the two drawers, which are perfectly equipped inside, can be opened with the movable drop shaped brass handles. The showcase stands on four low square feet. 112 Pieces: 1st DRAWER: 12 Hors d'oevre knives / 12 Hors d'oevre forks / 12 Hors d'oevre spoons / 12 Dessert forks / 12 Coffee spoons / 12 Mocha spoons 2nd DRAWER: 12 Dinner knives / 12 Dinner forks / 12 Dinner spoons / 1 Meat fork / 1 Soup ladle / 1 Large vegetable server...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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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...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Art Deco Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Antique 1851 George Frederick Pinnell Sterling Silver Etched Cream Pitcher 186g
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian era sterling silver cream pitcher, etched with swirling leaves and flowers. Monogrammed with the initial R. Made in 1851 by Lond...
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1850s Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Vintage Chinese Silver Shot Glass, Lizard and Spider
Located in NEWARK, GB
A fantastic Chinese vintage novelty silver shot glass. This shot glass is a regular size with a plain conical shape and straight rim It features Chin...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

1846 Antique Joseph Albert Savory Sterling Silver Fish Cake Pie Server 150g
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique English Victorian sterling silver fish / cake server featuring a tipped handle, etched leaf motif, and pierced foliate and dolphin / Fish Design; made in 1846 by Joseph II & ...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Antique Victorian Solid Silver Gilt Naturalistic Leaf Spoon Pair, 1842
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this fine and exquisite pair of early Victorian solid silver tea spoons made in London 1842 with the maker's mark of Sebastian Crespell. The pair features a highly ornate and desirable 'naturalistic' design with the entirety of the spoon-shaped as a leaf and branch. Intricate engravings on the leaf bowls and the realistic form of the stem/branch indicate a high level of craftsmanship and artistry by the silversmith. Upon close inspection, the asymmetric and naturally flowing design is further apparent and is a delightful touch. Not only are these spoons practical for a wide variety of uses from tea to desserts, but are a modest yet discerning addition to any collection or interior decor for a sophisticated and nature-inspired look. The pair is gilded with a yellowish/lemon hue that has been worn and patinated in a very attractive colour/tone. A full set of English hallmarks are present on the reverse side of the bowl. SIZE Size (cm) L:10cm W:2cm Size (inches) L:3.93 W:0.78 Weight: 41.8 grams (1.34 Troy oz) the pair CONDITION Good Condition - The spoon is in great antique...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver Art Deco Salt Cellars
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are delighted to offer you this pair of Art Deco sterling silver salt cellars from the 1920s. Not only is it rare to find a pair of salt cellars but the Ruby red color and oval sh...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

4 Antique Sterling Souvenir Spoons Gorham Lunt Mechanics Missouri Columbia
Located in Dayton, OH
"Lot of four antique 19th century sterling silver souvenir spoons of Columbia, Missouri representing the University of Missouri, Read Hall (of the) Uni...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

19th Century - Sterling Silver - Superb Coffee Pot - Hallmarked:- London 1889
Located in York, GB
Sterling silver, large sized, baluster shaped Coffee Pot Made in London in 1889, by Joseph & Horace Savory, trading as the Goldsmiths Alliance, Their showroom in Regent Street, Lo...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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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...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Wine Goblet, Dog Engraved
Located in NEWARK, GB
This antique Victorian sterling silver wine goblet is simply charming. It has a wonderful engraving of a stalking dog to the front, very detailed it appears to be a retriever type...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Gilt Set of 6 Spoons, Francis Higgins 1875
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this unique and magnificent solid silver gilt set of 6 spoons made by specialist spoon maker Francis Higgins in London, 1875. ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Vermeil, Sterling Silver

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Photo Picture Frame 1884 Hunting Horse Fox
Located in London, GB
A rare notably large Antique Victorian Photograph Frame with multiple apertures. This Solid Silver Picture frame has an rectangular shape wi...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

11 Piece Antique Sterling Silver & Blue Guilloche Enamel Ladies Dresser Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique ladies dresser or vanity set is hallmarked by an unknown maker, and presumed to have originated from the United States and da...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver

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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...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Gold, 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 ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Sterling Silver, Large Desk Inkstand by Topazio of Portugal, circa 1920
Located in York, GB
Antique Solid Silver DESK INK STAND Made in Portugal, circa 1920 by TOPAZIO and marked with the sterling silver quality mark - 0,925, also with the Topazio trade mark - a shield wit...
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1910s Portuguese Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

A Very Fine Pair of 19th Century Sterling Silver Sauce Ladles, Hallmarked 1840
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very attractive & heavy pair of Mid-19th century sterling silver sauce ladles. Both cast in the seldom seen ‘Victoria’ pattern, with deep welled oval bowls rising to foliate shoul...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Antique Victorian S Mordan & Co Glass & Sterling Silver Vinaigrette Scent Bottle
By S. Mordan & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Victorian glass & sterling silver perfume bottle with an integral vinaigrette. By Sampson Mordan With a faceted ruby glass bottle mounted in etched gilt silver m...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

7 Antique American Sterling Silver Gilt Art Deco Sherbet Cocktail Wine Goblets
Located in Portland, OR
A good set of antique American sterling silver gilt sherbets/ wine goblets, by Reed & Barton, circa 1928. Each goblet is made of solid sterling silver with a flared bowl...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

Art Deco Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Blue Enamel Letter Opener/Paper Knife
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco period, sterling silver-mounted blue enamel letter opener/paper knife, Chester, England, year-hallmarked for 1922, H.E. and F.E. Barker of Barker Brothers, Ltd - makers. Measures almost 3/4 inches deep x 1/2 inch high (at highest point when lying flat) x 8 3/4 inches long. Lovely, etched pattern on sterling silver blade...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

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...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Art Deco Mayan Sterling Silverware Service for 12
Located in Hellerup, DK
A complete Sterling silver Georg Jensen Mayan Pattern silverware service for twelve persons. The Mayan pattern is design #56 by Johan Rohde from 193...
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1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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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...
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1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Antique Set of 4 Solid Silver Gilt Spoons Highly Embossed, Henry William Curry
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this magnificent set of four solid silver gilt spoons made by silversmith Henry William Curry in London, 1871. All four ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Vermeil, Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Bittersweet Sterling Silverware Set for Twelve
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage Georg Jensen sterling silverware service in the rare Bittersweet pattern, design #79 from 1940 by Gundorph Albertus. This is...
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1950s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Table Box Art Deco Style Inspired by Louis Cartier Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular Table Box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire Enamel Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 9 x 11 x 2.8. Weight gr. 324. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1976 inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with top quality slab thickness and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 800° C. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art Deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "Art Deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Victorian Style Crystal and Silver Toilet Bottle
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our objects. Origin...
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Early 20th Century French Late Victorian Sterling Silver

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Crystal, Silver

Antique Solid Silver Sugar Tongs/Nips/Tea Tongs Naturalistic, Francis Higgings
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this stunning example of Victorian solid silver sugar tongs/nips made by a fine maker; Francis Higgins in London 1859. The tongs are decorated with the na...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

Art Deco box by Cartier, New York in Sterling Silver & 14ct Gold, 1930
Located in London, GB
Cartier, New York A magnificently stylish Sterling silver cigar box of high Art Deco style by Cartier, New York, circa 1930, the rectangular box...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Lapis Lazuli, Gold, Sterling Silver

Victorian Period, Sterling Silver Mustache Cup by Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, sterling silver mustache cup, Gorham manufacturing Corp., Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1895. Measures 3 inches high x 3 inches diamet...
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1890s American Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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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:- ...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver

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Silver

2 Dominick & Haff 720 Reticulated Sterling & Cranberry Glass Nut Dish Pair 86g
Located in Dayton, OH
"Pair of antique Dominick & Haff number 720 cranberry / ruby glass and sterling silver overlay nut / bonbon dishes, featuring a cut corner rectangular shape with pierces sides and ba...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sterling Silver

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Sterling Silver

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...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sterling Silver

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Silver, 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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