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Sterling Silver For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1950s
Buccellati Fruits Wreath Centerpiece Solid Silver Produced Stamped by Lisi 1978
Located in Paris, FR
This large vintage sterling silver centerpiece is very decorative and allows you to adorn your table wonderfully.
It is composed of a central wicked-style basket surrounded by chisel...
Category
1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Mid-Century Hair Comb by Hector Aguilar
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Hair Comb by Hector Aguilar is an exceptional piece of timeless elegance.
Hector Aguilar was a silversmith, jewelry designer, and artist whose work helped popularize Mexican silver...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Photo Frame Blue Enamel and pure Gold "Paillons" Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Picture frame with square exterior and oval ornament interior in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue enamel on guillochè and various pure gold "paillons" sandw...
Category
1990s Italian Louis XVI Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rococo Style Four-Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set, Italy, 1984
Located in Cagliari, IT
Magnificent set of 4 pieces in sterling silver consisting of one teapot, one coffee pot, one milk jug and one sugar box hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari.
Splendid ...
Category
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Inkstans Empyre Style
By Arno Fassi
Located in VALENZA, IT
Empire style 800 silver inkstand
The base of the inkstand, completely handmade, is shaped like a "cathedral". The classic "palmettes" of the Empire style have been chiseled around i...
Category
1990s Empire Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Vintage Sterling Silver Tennis Trophies / Presentation Table Ornaments
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of vintage English cast sterling silver tennis trophies / presentation table ornaments; an addition to our ornam...
Category
1990s British Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Box with wedges Enamel Sterling Silver black and white Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal wedge box in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white colors fire enameled in Art Deco style. Measures 7.8 x 7.8 x 6 cm. Weight gr. 281. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Solid Silver Sculture Depicting a Basset Hound Dog
Located in VALENZA, IT
Basset hound dog sculture in 800 solid silver.
The object was made with the technique of fusion in two halves and subsequently joined by welding.
In th...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Continental by Tuttle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 95 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gleaming in perfect proportion, this design is an elegant execution of form plus function.
Superb Continental by by Tuttle sterling silver Flatware set, 95 pieces. This set include...
Category
Late 20th Century 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
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Snuff box Enamel Double opening Sterling Silver flower bouquet Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with two slightly domed sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of flower bouquet, late 1...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Renaissance Style Four-Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set, Italy, 1985
Located in Cagliari, IT
Magnificent set of 4 pieces in sterling silver consisting of one teapot, one coffee pot, one milk jug and one sugar box hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari.
Splendid ...
Category
1980s Italian Renaissance Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Novelty Italian Silver 'Pineapple' lidded box, circa 1970
By Alessandria
Located in London, GB
Alessandria, Italy
An extremely unusual and decorative silver pineapple-form lidded box, or perhaps can be used as a personal bucket for ice cubes, w...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver
Sterling Silver Candlesticks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These sterling silver candlesticks are sleek and contemporary. Made by Towle Silversmiths they have a tulip shape and a gadroon design around the base. Perfect for any decor and time...
Category
1950s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1974 Sterling Silver Caddy Spoon
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver caddy spoon; an addition to our teaware collection.
This exceptional vintage silver caddy spoon, in sterling standard, has an ovoid shaped bowl.
The squat, rounded handle of this silver spoon has a naturalistic textured finish and retains the original gilding; this ornamentation reflects the iconic style of the renowned London silversmith Stuart Devlin.
Condition
This vintage silver caddy spoon is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. Full hallmarks struck to the reverse surface of the handle are all very clear; the hallmarks are struck deeply due to the exceptional gauge of silver.
Dimensions
Length 7cm/2.8"
Width 4.6cm/1.8"
Height 1.7cm/0.7"
Weight
1.6 troy ounces/49.3g
Maker: Richard...
Category
1970s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Coffee & Tea Set
Located in New York, NY
Silver-plated metal coffee and tea set consisting of four elements (coffee pot, teapot, creamer, sugar pot) and a tray. Varnished caned handles. Engraved “Gall...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Metal, Silver
20th Century Italian Modern Solid Silver Jug Pitcher
Located in VALENZA, IT
Modern style solid silver pitcher.
The shape of the jug is oval and has been completely handmade from an 800 silver plate.
The body of the object is...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Ottaviani Large, Lux Wood Box & 800 Silver, Card, Dice, Poker Game Horse/Stallion
By Ottaviani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful game box, hand made by Ottaviani in Italy Rocanati, this box has R mark and also shows 925 sterling mark on side of the R. All chips and card seem to be in the box and some...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Mid Century Sterling Silver Harp Model or Trophy - Barnards London 1970
By Barnards
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1970 by Barnards, this charming, Sterling Silver Model of a Harp, is well modelled, and presented on a green marble base with a silver plaque for engraving. T...
Category
1970s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Elon Arenhill, Well-Known Swedish Silversmith, Twelve Modernist Cups
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Elon Arenhill (1922-2018). Well-known Swedish silversmith.
Twelve modernist cups in hammered sterling silver.
Dated 1974.
Measures: 5.5 x 3 cm.
In ...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Allan Adler Town and Country Serving Fork
By Allan Adler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Allan Adler Town and Country serving fork. Measures 9.25" tall. Good overall condition, shows fine scratches to sterling. Stamped on backside.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver pair of Caldlesticks
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of sterling silver and sierra wood candlesticks.
The candlestick depicts a silver seal that supports a wooden sphere where the holder is placed, also in 925 silver:
The base of the candlestick is also made of wood.
The seal was made with the casting technique and then chiseled to reshape the figure of the animal very close to reality.
Italian silverware...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff Box White Fire Enamel with Miniature of Bird Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamel on guilloche and hand-painted miniature of stylized blue bird, late 19th-century Viennese Art Nou...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Photo Frame Oval with Two-color Translucent strips Enamel Fired Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-color translucent strips fire-enameled on guillochè and hand-engraving and with French Empire Napoleon III style ornament...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Pair of Engraved Vases
Located in VALENZA, IT
Pair of vases in 800 solid silver.
The shape of the vases is round, pot-bellied and has been made with a smooth and glossy finish.
The vases were embellished with a hand engraving ...
Category
1990s European Chinese Chippendale Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Golden Scroll by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set Place Size Service 38 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gorgeous Golden Scroll by Gorham sterling silver Flatware set, 38 pieces. This set includes:
8 Knives, 9 1/8"
8 Forks, 7 3/8"
8 Salad Forks, 7"
8 T...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Rococo Style Sterling Silver Chocolate/Coffee Pot , Italy, 1989
Located in Cagliari, IT
Extraordinary reproduction of an Italian coffee / chocolate pot of the 18th century hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari.
Splendid chisel work typical of the Milanese ...
Category
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Large Sterling Silver Photo Frame London
Located in London, GB
A truly superb large decorative sterling silver photo frame by Kitney & Co. with hall marks for 1999.
Beautifully two way easel back fra...
Category
1990s English Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hand-Hammered Sterling Covered Tureen by C.C. Hermann Denmark
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1950s, Sterling, by C.C. Hermann, Copenhagen, Denmark. Hand hammered, this fabulous covered tureen is an early example of the CC Hermann silversmithy (1949-1992). Displaying a serene form and generous size, it is both functional and decorative, perfect for an understated table setting. Very good condition, with a monogram on the underside noted. Also noted, the handles are of an unknown material, possibly bone, or Hippo tooth.
SIZE: 12 1/2 inches wide by 8 1/2 inches high
WEIGHT: 72.56 ozt
HALLMARKS: C. C. Hermann, Denmark, 925, Sterling, three tower 46 mark and Johannes Siggaard assay mark
Lid underside inscribed "September 26th 1925-1950, Mary Frances...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Small Sterling Silver Cherub Candlesticks
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1950s sterling silver small cherub candlesticks.3 cherubs holding a rose.
925 marked on the foot of one cherub.
Category
1950s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Italian Centrepiece
Located in VALENZA, IT
Baroque style centerpiece in solid 800 silver, completely handmade and subsequently embossed and chiseled.
The edge of the centerpiece was embossed with fruit motifs and masks, typi...
Category
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Solid 800 Silver 4-Piece Collection Bonsai Miniatures
Located in VALENZA, IT
Collection of 4 Bonsai miniatures in solid silver handmade, gilded, enamelled and burnished
1. Japanese apricot bonsai gr. 220 cm. 6 x 10.5 H. 8.5
wooden base 5 x 9 H.2 cm.
2. J...
Category
1980s Italian Japonisme Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20° Century Solid Silver statuette depicting a Basset Hound dog
Located in VALENZA, IT
Basset hound dog statuette in 800 solid silver.
The object was made with the technique of fusion in two halves and subsequently joined by welding.
In th...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Siver Bull and Bullfighter Sculpture
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid sterling silver bull and bullfighter miniature.
Both the bull and the bullfighter were made with the casting technique and then chiseled to bring out the details.
The precisi...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edgemont Gold by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set For 12 Service 77 pc Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Originally issued in 1987, Edgemont Gold by Gorham has symmetrical flutes that adorn the end of the flatware, flaring in an unmistakable pattern.
Edgemont Gold Accent by Gorham st...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
David Anderson Vintage Sterling Silver Serving Pieces Ringbu Pattern Set of 2
Located in North Miami, FL
This sculptural set of 2 vintage sterling silver stunning serving pieces by the Norwegian artist David Anderson are early works of his and are for serving condiments. One is a pickle...
Category
1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Pie Server
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sterling silver pie server that makes a great wedding or hostess gift. Can also be used for serving quiche or fish. You can never have too...
Category
1950s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stunning Solid Silver Swan Letter Opener by Sarah Jones
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful top quality letter opener by the well renowned modern silversmith, Sarah Jones.
This beautiful example has a handle created from an elegant Swan's head with it's long ...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modernist Italian 800 Silver Small Playing Card Box, C.1950/1960
By Jean Despres
Located in Bath, GB
Hefty Italian silver was used to create this mid-century modern box with a stylish cast silver chain belt and buckle across the top and down the front, beautiful quality and engineer...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Alan Adler Sterling Silver & Walnut Modernist Hand Wrought Serving Coffee Set
Located in New York, NY
This elegant sterling silver and walnut coffee set was realized by the legendary designer Allan Adler in the United States circa 1950. The set features a coffee pot, sugar bowl and spoon, and creamer. Created in sterling silver, this set showcases Allan Adler's signature aesthetic- a kind of traditional modernism applying a pared down minimalist perspective to classical design elements. Here the silhouettes of the pieces look traditional but feature idiosyncratic details that clearly indicate their modernism- as fresh looking today as when it was made. The hand rubbed walnut handles are hewn in an amorphic shape that flares asymmetrically at its end. It is inescapably a modern form. It is pared, however, with historical language (from Art Nouveau for instance) that roots the pieces in a more traditionalist place. They feature stylized vine motifs on the finial of the coffee pot top and leaf motifs that trace the circular bases. The protuberant bodies created in lustrous sterling salver taper at each end. This is an outstanding example of Adler's practice that represents his inimitable aesthetic at its very best. It is sure to delight collectors of his work, as well as those with a penchant for beautifully crafted and special objects. It is signed "Adler Sterling" on the base and is in excellent vintage condition.
Adler began his career as an apprentice in 1938, designing silverware and inspired by the design of the early 1900s specifically Art Nouveau. His name became associated with Hollywood glamour in the early 1940s. he was commissioned to design mini-Oscars for Academy Award winners, crowns for Miss Universe and Miss USA, and silver bowls and candlesticks for celebrities and dignitaries. During John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign, Adler was commissioned to create a silver coffee urn...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Aegean Weave Plain by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service 54 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gorgeous Aegean weave by Wallace sterling silver flatware set, 54 pieces. This set includes:
8 knives, 9 1/2"
8 forks, 7 7/8"
8 salad forks, 6 3/4"
8 teaspoons, 6 5/8"
8 place...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Midcentury Period Sterling Silver and Glass Hors d'oeuvres/Caviar Platter
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern period, sterling silver and glass hors d'oeuvres/caviar platter, the Watson Company, Attleboro, Mass., circa 1950s. Glass dip/caviar holder...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Essence Holder Box
By Vavassori
Located in VALENZA, IT
This Sterling Silver essence holder box was handmade in Milan - Italy by Vavassori silverware.
The body of the box is shaped, having a larger upper part and slopes towards the base ...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Eighteenth Century Reed & Barton 18th Sterling Silver Flatware Set 45 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Emphasizing a graceful design whose classic lines carry the timeless beauty of another age to tabletops today, the 18th Century Pattern from Reed & Barton is reflective of a time ric...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
1950s Sterling Silver English Padlocked Charm Bracelet with Seventeen Charms
Located in Haarlem, NL
This English 1950s heavy sterling silver bracelet has 17 large three-dimensional charms and opens or closes with a heart shaped padlock on a little safety chain.
Some of the charms have moving or opening parts.
The windmill really turns, the lid of the beer mug opens, the ship opens up, the leaves on the orange are separate from the orange, the bellow bellows, the treasury chest opens, the corn has loose leaves and the scissors 'cut'.
Three of them are European solid silver pendants:
the acorn (Italy 925)
the long pendant (sword Dutch 835, used from 1906-1953)
the German beer mug...
Category
1950s British Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Paper Clip
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sterling silver paper holder/clip; does it get any more unique than this? Have you ever seen one before? We haven’t and we’re thrilled to be offering it. A practical and chic way ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modern Arvesolv #17 by Hans Hansen Sterling Silver Flatware Set Danish 55 Pcs
By Hans Hansen
Located in Big Bend, WI
Scarce modern AKA arvesolv No. 17 by Hans Hansen Danish sterling silver flatware set - 55 pieces. This set includes:
6 Knives, 8 7/8"
6 Forks, 7"
6 Salad Forks, 6 3/8"
6 Teas...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Serving Fork
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This sterling silver serving fork is a great mix between sleek and ornate. The handle has a beautiful design of flowers and leaves while t...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Blossom Lid, Model 2A
By Georg Jensen
Located in Riverdale, NY
Lovely Georg Jensen hand raised sterling silver blossom condiment lid #2A from the 1950's. Needs glass jar base. Denmark 1950's.
Category
1950s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver S. Kirk & Son Antique Floral Repousse Oval Platter
By Kirk & Son
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dimensions: 21 x 15.5 in
Weight: 68.8 toz.
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian 20th Century Solid Silver Breakfast Cup with Double Saucer and Spoon
Located in VALENZA, IT
Breakfast cup in 800 solid silver with double saucer.
The cup was made from the double-chamber silver sheet, to make sure that the poured tea or coffee stays at temperature for a long time.
The cup body is completely smooth and shaped.
The handle, also in silver, was made with the fusion technique and subsequently applied to the cup by strong welding.
The saucer is round with a specific space for the cup.
On the same saucer, another shaped saucer has been welded which fits perfectly.
This second saucer is used to hold biscuits, corn flakes...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Baroque Sterling Silver Engraved Tea-Coffeeset with Tray
Located in VALENZA, IT
Important sterling silver tea and coffee service.
The service was entirely handmade in the Baroque style.
The body of the coffee pot, teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl is round and h...
Category
1990s Italian Baroque Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Perfume Bottle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sterling silver perfume bottle with a modernism design. It has swirls around the front and back with a scalloped edge. On top a lapis stone cr...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of 5-Flame Silver Candelabras with Dolphin Arms, Belgium Around 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Two solid five-light candelabras, mounted on a round, fluted stepped base with a delicate palmette frieze on the side, four slender, four-pointed dolphins with their heads resting on...
Category
1950s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Pair of Catalogs of Highly Important English Silver, Property of Fay Plohn, NY
Located in valatie, NY
Pair of catalogs of highly important English Silver, the Property of Mrs. Fay Plohn. Parts One and Two, by Sotheby's & Co. Includes two separate catalogs, parts 1 and 2. 1st Ed hardc...
Category
1970s English Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Paper
Hannah Hull by Tuttle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 78 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
The unadorned Hannah Hull pattern, known for its simple, clean lines, was inspired by old colonial design and was first introduced by Tuttle in 1927.
Hann...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Miley Busiek Frost Bronze Bald Eagle Figurine "Together A New Beginning" '#6972'
Located in Big Bend, WI
Miley Busiek Frost
Spectacular Miley Busiek Frost bronze bald eagle figurine "Together A New Beginning" given out by Ronald Reagan, circa 1980. Th...
Category
1980s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Mid-Century Cocktail Shaker
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are happy to offer you this American mid-century sterling silver cocktail shaker. With its sleek design and uber-modern look this piece will look gorgeous on your bar or liquor-ca...
Category
1950s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage, New and Antique Sterling Silver
Dining and entertaining changed drastically when we began to set our tables with sterling silver for holiday gatherings, wedding receptions, engagement parties and, in some of today’s homes, everyday meals.
Often called the “Queen of metals,” silver has been universally adored for thousands of years. It is easy to see why it has always been sought after: It is durable, strong and beautiful. (Louis XIV had tables made entirely of silver.) Sterling silver is an alloy that is made of 92.5 percent silver — the “925” stamp that identifies sterling-silver jewelry refers to this number. The other 7.5 percent in sterling silver is typically sourced from copper.
Neoclassical-style sterling-silver goods in Europe gained popularity in the late 18th century — a taste for sterling-silver tableware as well as tea sets had taken shape — while in the United States, beginning in the 19th century, preparing the dinner table with sterling-silver flatware had become somewhat of a standard practice. Indeed, owning lots of silver goods during the Victorian era was a big deal. Back then, displaying fine silver at home was a status symbol for middle-class American families. And this domestic silver craze meant great profitability for legendary silversmith manufacturers such as Reed & Barton, Gorham Manufacturing Company and the International Silver Company, which was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898, a major hub of silver manufacturing nicknamed “Silver City.”
Today, special occasions might call for ceremonial silver designed by Tiffany & Co. or the seductive sterling-silver cutlery from remarkable Danish silversmith Georg Jensen, but there really doesn’t have to be an event on the calendar to trot out your finest tableware.
Event- and wedding-planning company maestro Tara Guérard says that some “investment pieces,” such as this widely enamored alloy, should see everyday use, and we’re inclined to agree.
“Sterling-silver flatware is a must-have that you can use every single day, even to eat cereal,” she says. “Personally, I want a sterling-silver goblet set for 12 to 20; I would use them every time I had a dinner party. Ultimately, there are no criteria for buying vintage pieces: Buy what you love, and make it work.”
Whether you’re thinking “ceremonial” or “cereal,” browse a versatile collection of vintage, new and antique sterling-silver wares on 1stDibs today.
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