Gorham Sterling Versailles Master Butter Knife

Rare sterling silver ornate floral repousse serving or berry spoon by Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. Founded in 1866 in Wallingford, Connecticut. They were fa...

Georg Jensen sterling silver pair of salt and pepper shakers #1135 designed by Henning Koppel. Henning Koppels (1918-1981) modern designs broke new ground for Georg Jensen. His desig...

Vintage mid 20th century figural teapot sterling silver tea holder infuser with a hinged lid. It comes with its original chain Made by Amcraft Attleboro...

Pierced sterling silver bowl with fluted rim featuring children playing in flower bushes. Light scratches and dings. Marked: Sterling.

Georg Jensen. Sterling silver pyramid vase #676 by Harald Nielsen. Crafted by Georg Jensen in Denmark and designed by Harald Nielsen 1892 - 1977. From ...

Antique Victorian dresser jar featuring a hinged sterling silver lid with a floral garland design mounted a beautiful cut glass bottle. Insid...

These two pieces of Gorham sterling silver flatware are decorated with the Versailles pattern, which was introduced in 1888. The butter knife, or possibly a pickle knife, is 165 mm (...

A set of twelve sterling silver butter or patè spreaders, in the ‘Versailles’ pattern from the Gorham Manufacturing Co. Providence Rhode Island, circa 1888. Designed by Antone Hel...

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...

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

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...

Gorham sterling silver two-handled bowl or open tureen, standing on 4 clawed legs with exquisite, raised natural motifs, adorning the body and handle. It measures 8 1/2'' from handle to handle (inner maximum length is 6'') by 4'' in depth by 3 3/4'' in height, weighs 16 troy ounces, and bears hallmarks as shown. During the heyday of American silver manufacturing–approximately 1850 to 1940–Gorham was one of the most influential. The White House has used Gorham silver services during many administrations. Mary Todd Lincoln...