German Baroque Classical Silver Wine Beaker

German Classical silver beaker cup, 18th century. At top leafing scrollwork and scallop shells; at bottom twisted leaf-and dart border. Ornament chased and heightened with engraving....

German sterling silver place card holders. This set comprises 8 holders in 3 designs. One holder features an elegant courtly couple ...

An exceptional, fine and impressive Russian silver gilt and niello enamel beaker, an addition to our Russian silverware collection. This exceptional antique Russian silver gilt beaker has a cylindrical, tapering form. The surface of this antique beaker is embellished with a fine niello enamel scene depicting a structural rooftop skyline behind a towered brick wall, incorporating cloud designs on the matte textured upper portion. The ornamentation to the beaker is flanked with two opposing chevron style borders. The upper rim of the beaker is encircled with an applied moulded border. The hallmarks struck to the beaker include: Maker's mark: ?? (Andrey Shikhin / ?????? ?????, Tver) Assay mark: ??, 1827 (Nikolay Dubrovin/??????? ????????) Silver quality/purity mark: 84 (84 zolotniks) City mark: St George slaying the dragon (Moscow, Russia) The surface and interior of this exceptional example of antique silverware retains the original gilding. 84 zolotniki is equivalent to 875/1000 or .875 standard silver Condition This antique Russian Niello...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique German sterling silver novelty cream/toby jug, an addition to our silver teaware collection. This exceptional antique German sterling silver cream jug has been realistically modeled in the form of a character/toby jug. The heavy-set figure is embellished with chased decoration realistically modeled in the form of 18th century attire, incorporating a waistcoat and long outer-coat. This antique toby jug...