Gorham Sterling Silver Cast Salad Serving Set Daisy Motif Vermeil #723

Superb multi-motif figural Old Masters by Gorham, circa 1885, sterling silver flatware set, 58 pieces. This highly sought after and incredibly sc...

The academic nature in which designer Antione Heller looked to the past for inspiration also stems from the Beaux Arts movement. This multi-motif, figural pattern features French fig...

Designed by renowned sculptor Antoine Heller, pieces portray different artists is exceptionally fine detail. The Old Masters pattern is the rarest of the Antoine Heller patterns! Heller worked as a die chaser - he hand finished the molds used in die stamping silver. Due to the technical difficulty and great detail of the work - and the great expense of making dies for stamping - this was traditionally the highest paying craft position in a silver (or metal) shop. Heller went on to design silver at Gorham and left to work for Tiffany, creating the Olympian pattern. After that he studied at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, where Gorham lured him back to work in Providence, where he created some of the most exquisitely die stamped patterns ever made including: Old Masters, Versailles, Cluny, St. Cloud and Mythologique. (See Gorham Silver by Charles Carpenter and the Gorham Flatware 1888 Catalog Reprint.) Heller served as the Gorham company’s chief designer until his death in 1904, and led the company in adopting the academic style that harkened back to ancient Greek and Roman traditions. He was especially known for the precision with which he executed the steel dies that would be used for the drop presses. This talent was remarked upon with envy by several French critics and journals including La France, who lauded, “M. Heller is at once an inspired artist, having the gift of style, of grace and of elegance; and a workman possessing a skill without a rival—a hand for which no obstacle exists…” Superb multi-motif figural Old Masters by Gorham, circa 1885, sterling silver Flatware set - 122 pieces. This highly sought after and incredibly scarce pattern features busts of the masters of art, in an exquisite finely detailed sculptural high-relief. This set has English hallmarks. It was over stamped (and Gorham marks removed) - the English hallmarks are for Sheffield England by Walker & Hall, with date mark for the year 1934. This service includes: 8 Dinner Knives, 9 3/8" 8 Dinner Forks, 7 3/8" - Correggio 8 Luncheon Knives, 8 3/8" - Karel Dujardin...

Martele by Gorham Superb exceedingly rare set of 12 Martele’ by Gorham .9584 sterling silver Soup Bowls with daisy motif, made July 1907,...

Circa 1880s, Sterling, by Tiffany & Co., American. This large-scale sterling salad set in the rare Tiffany "Daisy" pattern, is an insouciant example...

Set of 4 "King George" pattern sterling silver serving or table spoons by Gorham, dated 1904. Retailer mark "J.E. Caldwell & Co" & "Pat 1894" for Gorham's pattern patent date. Monogr...

A fine large fish serving fork. By Gorham. In the Buttercup pattern. With a four-tine shovel with pierced bowl and thick gauged handle. Fully hallmarked to the reverse. Patente...

Gorham (American, founded 1831), pattern active 1888-1991. A very rare serving piece in the "Versailles" pattern. This potato spoon features a figural and rococo motif to edge. Marke...