Set of Six Neoclassical 20th Century teaspoons by Holmes & Edwards.

Set of 8 Vintage Teaspoons by Holmes & Edwards in the Pageant Pattern. Light surface wear, soft silver patina.

Silver plate salad forks by Gorham in the Shelburne pattern in excellent antique condition. The pattern is from 1914 and marked EP pat. 1914. ...

Intricately cut crystal wine or water goblets with cut glass stems in excellent condition. Measures: 3.5"W × 3.5"D × 8.25"H.

This flatware set is from one of the oldest & finest silverplate manufacturers in Germany. On separate listings, you will find knives, spoons both large & small & serving pieces as ...

This flatware set is from one of the oldest & finest silverplate manufacturers in Germany. On separate listing, you will find; knives, forks, teapoons & serving pieces as well.

Decorative tablespoons by Rogers, in "Old Colony" pattern; introduced in 1911. The exact age of these spoons is unknown, marked XS Triple plate. The back of the spoon also has an emb...

A set of 8 silverplate Victorian fruit spoons by Holmes & Edwards. This set is engraved with what appears to be the letters CB. Two of the spoons have a slightly different pattern on...

The set includes 12 teaspoons and sugar tongs. The whole is in the original case padded with satin. Presented items are made of silver. The hallmarks and the makers’ marks are stam...

A Fine Early 20th Century 152 Piece Austrian Dinnerware Flatware Set by Berndorfer Metallwaaren-Fabrik, stamped 'Berndorf Alpacca', The Neoclassical Revival style set of Alpacca flatware comprising of: 12 Fish knives 12 Salad forks 12 Salad knives 12 Pasta spoons 12 Dessert spoons 12 Coffee spoons 12 Tea spoons 12 Ice-cream spoons 1 Ice thong 1 Soup ladle 1 Serving spoon 1 Salad spoon 1 Sauce/Gravy ladle 1 Meat carving knife 1 Meat carving fork 1 Salad fork All inside its original lined wooden storage-traveling cabinet. (See all images). Circa: Vienna, 1900-1930. The Alpacca alloy was developed in 1823 by the German chemist Dr. Ernst August Geitner (1783-1852). It was very similar in its appearance to silver, therefore, this new alloy was first called "Argentan". It consisted of 20% nickel, 55% copper and 25% zinc. The new silver-imitating alloy soon became very popular. The Gebrueder Henninger (Henninger Bros.) proposed a similar alloy (5-30% nickel, 45-70% copper and 8-45% zinc with trace amounts of lead, tin and iron) which they called "Neusilber". Later both Argentan and Neusilber were used under the trade name of Alpacca (or Alpakka). The great advantage of the use of Alpacca alloy as the base metal for silver plating is that the appearance of the objects does not change significantly with the wearing away of the silver layer and, unlike sterling silver, it does not require frequent polishing or cleaning due to tarnishing. The earliest known Berndorf Alpacca mark (No.1) was introduced around 1880 and used until 1891. I found it on the bottom of a 30 cl teapot bearing the inscription KRIEAU, which corresponds to the "Wiener Krieau", the famous race course in Vienna. The mark No.1 represents an oval of 3.0 x 3.6 mm size bearing the lettering "BMF ALPACCA" (which means Berndorfer Metallwaaren Fabrik or Berndorf Metalware Factory) with the "M" and "F" letters being fused. Inside the oval there is a profile of a walking bear looking down. This mark is quite rare. BIBLIOGRAPHY - Ingrid Haslinger, Tafelkultur Marke Berndorf, Das Niederoesterreichische Erfolgsunternehmen Arthur Krupps (Ketterl Verlag, Wien, 1998), pp.1-174, (in German). - Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk and Claudia Kanowski, Modern Art of Metallwork (Berlin: Broehan Museum, 2001), 1-598. - Musterbuch ueber Tafelgeraete in Alpacca-Silber I, Alpacca-Silber II und Alpacca, Unversilbert (Berndorfer Haus, Berlin, 1928), pp.1-53, (in German). - Waltraud Neuwirth, Bluehender Jugendstil Oesterreich, Band 2: Firmen und Marken [Art Nouveau in Blossom - Austria, Vol. 2: Companies and Marks]. Vienna: Selbstverlag Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth, 1991, 1-288 (in German). - David N. Nikogosyan, 2008, Marks of Silverplated Hollowware...

Wonderful set of six teaspoons and sugar tongs with ornate decoration in the origional fitted box with blue velvet interior

Elegant set consisting of 6 place cards in baroque style in solid silver in the shape of a shell. The processing is in fusion and the chisel finish.

A set of 6 bronze handled teaspoons. Contemporary in style, the handle has wonderful sculptural pitted detail that resembles a morel mushroom; and the ...