Silver Jardiniere with Swan Busts and Glass Liner, Pietrasanta & C., Italy, 1950

Elegant, festive silver vessel in an oval shape on a stepped base with projecting, pierced rocaille elements, pierced decoration also on the upper rim of the wall with irregular edges, front and back panels surrounded by volutes and rocailles, the narrow sides with towering and intertwined volutes forming two handles, gilded interior. Matching glass insert with upper edge adapted to the silver vessel, cut stone and fan decoration, lens cut, star base. - Crescent + Crown - German official hallmark from 1888 - 800 - fineness - Screw press - Manufacture brand for M. H. Wilkens & Sons, Bremen-Hemelingen, Germany Founded in Bremen in 1810 by goldsmith Martin Heinrich Wilkens, handicraft production and repairs, after the eldest sons Diedrich and Carl joined the company from about 1830 mint company, sales of semi-finished goods and silverware beyond Bremen, production of medals and coins on behalf of the Bremen state, from 1851, supply to world exhibitions, from 1857, steam engine to drive the presses and spinning benches, from 1859, enlargement and expansion of the company to become one of the three most important German silverware manufacturers, still a well-known supplier of high-quality silver and stainless steel tableware today - WILKENS sticker - 96921 - Order number, Year 1894 (order numbers 94541-99839) Made 1894 - Historicism 'Second Rococo...

Elegant silver vessel in an oval base shape with a protruding base, four curved profiled straps tapering like pilasters to volute feet, the intervening panels framed with fine thread...

From Milan a 19th century Italian silver and crystal compote bowl in good condition from a private collection. This antique Neoclassical covered compote bowl has a very fine hand-chased vegetal decoration and engraving, a lovely cast engraved silver 800/000 finial and shows silver-maker’s mark for Cristoforo Corbella active in the first half of 19th century in Milan, contrada degli Orefici 3194. This antique silver compote of supreme craftsmanship stands on a three-lobed pedestal base with B L monogram engraved in the central part, features tripod legs decorated with neoclassical motifs, scrolls, flowers, rosettes supporting a circular upper ring adorned with elegant acanthus leafed piercing. Engraved crystal cup and a cover finely engraved with geometrical and vegetal pattern, surmounted by a cast gem finial. The following marks can be seen on the bottom of the foot and the upper edge of the compote, (the original descriptions are reported, as they appear on the documents of the State Archive of Milan): 1) “Forma eptagona. Globo col Zodiaco ed i setti (sic) Trioni” Heptagon form. Globe with the Zodiac and the seven Trioni (seven stars of the Ursa Major) Mark of the Guarantee Office in use in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy from 1812 for works with a title of 800 thousandths. 2) "Aratro" Plow Mark of the Guarantee Office in use in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy from 1812. 3) "insegna della Luna Piena...

An large antique Victorian sterling silver jardiniere with blue glass liner. The shaped dish is pierced all-over; has a beaded border...