Vintage American Old Newbury Crafters Sterling Silver Hand-Hammered Napkin Ring

A fine antique fruit bowl or centerpiece. By Gorham. In sterling silver. Dating to 1896. With a hand-hammered, heavy-gauged wide rim with repou...

A fine vintage American Mid-Century candle snuffer. In the style of Georg Jensen or La Paglia. In hand hammered sterling silver. With an teak wooden handle. Marked to the neck fo...

A fine antique napkin ring. In sterling silver. With ribbed borders and etched ferns, flowers, and foliage. Marked to the interior 214 S. Engraved with a JMS monogram. Simply a...

A fine pair of silver napkin rings. In .970 fine sterling silver. Each with a rounded, convex shape. Marked to the interior of each for Sterling / .970. Simply a wonderful pair o...

Old Newbury Crafters sterling silver 160-piece flatware set in the Moulton pattern, beautifully and subtly hand-hammered, with heavy gage, in a style and quality similar to that of Georg Jensen, from the 20th century, consisting of: 24 dinner knives measuring 9 3/4'' in length 12 flat butter spreaders measuring 5 3/4'' in length 24 teaspoons measuring 6 1/8'' in length 12 tablespoons measuring 9 1/8'' in length 12 demitasse spoons measuring 4 3/4'' in length 24 oval soup spoons measuring 7 1/4'' in length 12 bouillon spoons measuring 6'' in length 12 cream soup spoons measuring 6 5/8'' in length 12 dinner forks measuring 8'' in length 12 salad forks measuring 7'' in length a cream ladle measuring 7 3/8'' in length a tomato server measuring 7'' in length a pair of tongs measuring 4 1/4'' in length a stuffing spoon measuring 9'' in length Each piece bears hallmarks as shown. Total approximate silver weight is 201 troy ounces, including 1 troy ounce per knife. This set is sold with its original flannel and in its storage chest. Old Newbury Crafters is a celebrated American silversmith, known for creating high-quality, entirely handmade flatware. Old Newbury Crafters began business in 1915 as a partnership between "spoonman" Elmer Senior and "polisher" Albert MacBurnie. Both men had worked at the Frank Smith Silver Company in Gardner, Massachusetts. After leaving there, MacBurnie went to work for Towle Silversmiths. When MacBurnie left Towle, he went to work full time at Old Newbury Crafters. In 1921, at the Art Institute of Chicago, at the Applied Arts Exhibition, the prize for original design in silverware was given to Old Newbury Crafters. In 1934, at the New York Society of Craftsmen, their work was exhibited at a show illustrating contemporary trends in American craft work. After many generations, Old Newbury Crafters is still active to this day. Their unique, extremely limited production is characterized by renowned hand-wrought (hand hammered) patterns. The process begins with a single bar of sterling silver. There is no stamping or cutting out of the sterling - the piece is forged with a five pound hammer on the polished surface of an anvil. As it is forged the silver hardens and must be heated by the Silversmith to soften it. It is fired to a glowing red and plunged into cold water. The hammering doesn't end when the piece is forged to shape; it is rehammered with a lighter planishing hammer to smooth out the heavy forging marks, leaving a subtle hammered texture. The hand-forged sterling silver flatware...

Old Newbury Crafters silver is genuinely hand-made and wonderfully heavy, the machine cannot match the quality, durability, look and feel of handmade silver. Superb 62 piece sterli...

Old Newbury Crafters silver is genuinely hand-made and wonderfully heavy, the machine cannot match the quality, durability, look and feel of handmade silver. The subtle hammered fini...

Old Newbury Crafters silver is genuinely handmade and wonderfully heavy, the machine cannot match the quality, durability, look and feel of handmade silver. The subtle hammered finis...