Antique Kwan Wo Style Chinese Silver and Shell Butterfly Sweetmeat Caviar Dish

A vintage mid 20th Century, circa 1940’s, sterling silver footed bowl or compote dish made by Tiffany & Co. This piece exhibits the quality and design that Tiffany is known for throu...

A vintage, Mid-Century Modern Mexican Sterling Silver three footed dish or bowl by the maker, C. Zurita. With a nod to the eponymous design firm of Georg Jensen, this Modernist style...

A beautiful and bold statement necklace in sterling silver by Napier. The half spheres are nestled together in further organic, playful forms that when presented on the neck create a...

An impressive and Modernist style mid 20th century era set of Kurt Eric Christoffersen designed sterling jewelry consisting of a silver bracelet, pin or...

A vintage, circa 1940s signed sterling silver bracelet by William Spratling. This design is called Feather of Quetzalcoatl. According to "Spratling Silver: A Field Guide", by Phyllis Goddard, this bracelet was designed during William Spratling's first design period, 1931-1946. But first things first, who is Quetzalcoatl? According to this Wikipedia article, "The name Quetzalcoatl comes from the Nahuatl language and means "Precious serpent" or "Quetzal-feathered Serpent". In the 17th century, Ixtlilxóchitl, a descendant of Aztec royalty and historian of the Nahua people, wrote, "Quetzalcoatl, in its literal sense, means 'serpent of precious feathers' but in the allegorical sense, 'wisest of men'."" Ah! So that must be why Spratling called this design 'Feather of Quetzalcoatl! But hang on there, how did Spratling come to learn about Quetzalcoatl? Well according to the website Elisa Rolle, "When lecturing at the National University of Mexico's Summer School in 1926-1928, Spratling quickly integrated himself into the Mexican art scene and became a friend and a strong proponent of the work of muralist Diego Rivera, for whom he organized an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Using money received from commissions he organized for Rivera, Spratling bought a home in Taxco, Mexico in 1928, where he began work on a book, Little Mexico, about this small mountain town. Spratling was gay, but most accounts of his life mention this only indirectly if at all. Spratling amassed a large collection of Pre-Columbian figurines...

A large, vintage, midcentury sterling silver picture frame by Tiffany & Co. Clearly marked in crisp letters, "Tiffany & Co makers sterling silver 23484". Described as a rectangular w...

Antique Chinese silver bowl with two double dragon handles circa 1900 Made by Kwan Wo of Canton and Hong Kong with dragon engraved on one ...

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...

This antique sterling silver ladies belt was made by Luen Wo of Shanghai China in circa 1900 in the period Chinese Export style. The belt is done with indi...

An attractive oval sweetmeat 125 with pierced border and standing on scrolled paw feet. Made by Atkin Brothers of Sheffield in 1908 with retailers mark of Stuart Dawson of Regent Street and Hatton...

Georgian, sterling silver, footed, two-handled "sweetmeats" dish with liner, London, 1784, Thos. Daniell - maker. Measures: 8" wide (from handle to handle; 5 1/2" wide not measuring...

A wonderful pair of Chinese export silver small sugar tongs in a bamboo pattern by Luen Wo, late 19th or early 20th century, Shanghai, China. The small silver tongs wonderfully cr...