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Item Ships From: Massachusetts
Vintage Georges Briard Forbidden Fruit Double Old Fashioned Glasses
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern, set of six double old fashioned glasses designed by Georges Briard in the forbidden fruit pattern with white frosted int...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Modern Chrome and Glass Triangular Bar Cart
By My Home Furniture 1
Located in East Freetown, MA
Unique triangular rolling glass and chrome bar cart. Sleek modern barware perfect for the next dinner party.
Category
1990s Southeast Asian Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Silver Plate Cocktail Shaker Marked Cardinal Plate
By Elkington & Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Silver plate Art Deco cocktail shaker of tapered form with a side pour spout. Marked Cardinal Plate, Cardinal Plate was a trademark of Elkington & Co.
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Sterling Silver Mounted Opaline Glass Sauce Tureen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Continental, early 20th century.
An antique sauce tureen made of opaline glass with a frosted finish. The bowl has a ribbed gourd shape, well fitted top mounted with a sterling silv...
Category
20th Century Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Silverplated Serving Fork
Located in Sheffield, MA
The 19th century silver plated serving fork is English, stamped G. Ibberson & Co. Also stamped EPNS for electroplated nickel silver. The handle has a classic 18th century design.
Category
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Sterling Overlaid Stag Horn Corkscrew by Theiry & Crosselmire
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th century silver overlaid stag horn corkscrew of "T"-form. The handle made from a 4" section of stag horn overlaid with sterling to conform to the irregular surface of the antler ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver, Steel
French Baquette Bread Basket
Located in Sheffield, MA
Vintage basket is lined with canvas sewn to woven wicker wonderful for that long baguette.
Category
20th Century French Country Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Linen, Wicker
Art Deco Chrome Duck and Snail Cocktail Pick Stand and Picks by Benjamin Rabier
By Benjamin Rabier
Located in Nantucket, MA
Chromed Art Deco sculpture signed Benjamin Rabier, on a wood base and fitted with a fanned trellis form holder with 12 red ball topped picks with forked tips.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Chrome
Rare Form - George III Mahogany Butler's Tray W/ Beveled Handles C. 1790
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, late 18th to early 19th century.
This fine quality mahogany tray is a very unusual form. The edges with a scalloped border and cut out handles to each.
Provenance: From a...
Category
18th Century British George III Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Sterling Overlaid Stag Horn Corkscrew by Theiry & Crosselmire
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th century silver overlaid stag horn corkscrew of "T"-form. The handle made from a 4" section of stag horn overlaid with sterling to conform to the irregular surface of the antler ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver, Steel
Vintage Green, Yellow & Blue Geometric Highball Glasses Designed by Pasinski
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Six Mid-Century highball glasses in a yellow, blue and green raised, textured geometric design with a non-slip surface, designed by Irene Pasinski for the Washington Glass Company.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
10 Antique Neoclassical Silver Plated Lunch Knives
Located in Sheffield, MA
The 10 lunch-size knives with neoclassical motifs have antique silver plated handles and new stainless steel blades. The handles are continental silver plate. The blades have these e...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate, Stainless Steel
Four - RARE - Vintage Fred Press "Lotus" Pattern Old Fashioned Glasses
By Fred Press
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of four hard-to-find Fred Press "Lotus" pattern old fashioned having raised and textured translucent pink petal design with gold diamonds.
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Leacock Linen Cocktail Napkins with Horseless Carriages
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 8 printed linen cocktail napkins in their original folder, by Leacock and copywritten 1952. Each napkin is decorated with the image of a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Linen
Vintage Macbeth-Evans Pebbled and Silver Band Cocktail Set
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco cocktail set made by Macbeth-Evans consisting of a cocktail shaker, ice bowl, pitcher and six cocktail glasses. Each piece with the lower portion having a pebbled surface wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Glass Floral Bowl
Located in Duxbury, MA
Vintage glass bowl with floral design.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Ruby Glass 16 Recipe Cocktail Shaker with Domed Chrome Lid
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco ruby glass cocktail shaker of tapered shouldered form with 2-part chrome domed lid with integral strainer. The exterior of the shaker with white graphics having vertical sta...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Chrome
Early 20th Century Bell Metal and Brass Monkey Cigar Cutter w/Match Box Holder
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early twentieth century cigar cutter in the form of a monkey holding a lamp post which holds a match box, on a circular ashtray base. The body of the monkey is bell metal (brass with high copper content, giving it a pinker color)), the rest is brass. The monkeys tail moves up and down to operate the cutter. Included is a box of Vintage...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass, Copper
19th Century Ironstone Lined Oak and Silver Plate Double Handles Ice Bucket
By John Grinsell & Sons
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th Century oak and silver plate ice bucket of staved construction with silver plate bands, handles and shield, having a hinged lid enclosing an ironstone lined interior. Makers mar...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Four Vintage Cera Parade Drum Rocks Glasses with Eagle and Shield Design
Located in Nantucket, MA
Four vintage rocks glasses by Cera, decorated as a teal and red parade drum with a spread-wing eagle holding a stars and stripes shield on the front and with a shield on the back.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Urn-Form Chrome Cocktail Shaker with Molded Columns & Red Lucite Handle
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco chrome cocktail shaker with a translucent red Lucite handle. The urn-form body embellished with stylized molded classical columns from just below the shoulder to the top of ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Chrome
Cheese Shaker by Cini & Nils
By Cini & Nils
Located in Sheffield, MA
A masterfully designed modernist cheese Shaker of impeccable quality made of Lucite and stainless by Cini & Nils, Italy, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Modern Cera Glass "Mourning After" Satirical Highball Glasses
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of eight Cera Glass highball glasses in a circular gold-tone caddy. Each of the glasses is decorated in 22 karat gold and black enamel with 3 rows of four scenes depicting people...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Pair of Silver Plated Tri-form Griffin Lamps
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of mid-19th century nickel electroplated candle holders which had previously been converted to electric lamps during the first half of the 20th century (probably the early 1930...
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Nickel
Vintage Pairpoint Handblown Clear Glass Pitcher
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Sheffield, MA
The small creamer pitcher is made of handblown clear glass and is stamped "Pairpoint" an American glass company. The bottom has the center circle of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Set of 4 MCM Fred Press Rocks Glasses w/Red & Green Apples and Gold Highlights
By Fred Press
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Four Fred Press designed mid-century modern rocks glasses with red and green apples having 22k gold details
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
German Porcelain Fish Form Box
Located in Essex, MA
Well painted with numbers and letters on base and an blue mark with cancellation mark through it.
Firing crack on underside of top which may account for cancellation. Beautifully pa...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Lighted Vanity Tray in Cristallo Scalpellato and Carved Brass
By Fontana Arte
Located in Hanover, MA
This one-of-a-kind presentation or dressing table tray was created exclusively for BG Galleries by one of our own artisans, embellishing the style of Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte. ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal, Brass
8 Vintage Georges Briard Snack Sets in the Fancy Free Hot Air Balloon Pattern
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 20th century Georges Briard snack sets, service for 8. In the Fancy Free hot air balloon pattern - each plate has an image of a hot air balloon on a whit...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Four Vintage Culver Rocks Glasses in the Gin & Tonic Pattern
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Four mid-century rocks glasses by Culver, LTD in the Gin & Tonic pattern having horizontal bands in green, white and yellow with the drink names "ICED TEA" - "GIN & TONIC" - "ICED CO...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Modernist Brass Bar Pitcher w/Hinged Lid and Curved Butterscotch Bakelite Handle
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Italian modernist brass bar pitcher with hinged lid and tapering S-curved butterscotch Bakelite handle. Marked on bottom "Made in Italy"
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
"Il gatto" - Unique Murano Glass Vase by Angelo Rinaldi
By Angelo Rinaldi
Located in Hanover, MA
Extraordinary signed art glass vase by the Maestro Angelo Rinaldi.
Angelo Rinaldi said that the work is part of the series of works he d...
Angelo Rinaldi said that the work is part of the series of works he d...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Vintage Libbey Glass Co., Cane Pattern, Tom Collins Glasses
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight mid-century Libbey Glass Co., Tom Collins glasses, the lower half with raised enamel "cane" in natural color, the top edge of the glass is al...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Alfredo Barbini Biomorphic Glass Bowl, Signed
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Hanover, MA
Strikingly graphic large Murano glass asymmetric and biomorphic bowl in royal blue and white by the Maestro Alfredo Barbini, signed "Barbini Murano"
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Art Deco Silver Plate Cocktail Shaker, Marked Lancelott, Silver Plated
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco silver plate cobbler type shaker of stepped tapered form with incised lines on the body and cap.
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Brass Sieve with Steel Handle, English, Circa 1820
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 19th century English brass sieve with concentric piercings in bowl and steel handle, circa 1820.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass, Steel
Vintage Linen Cocktail Napkins by Georges Briard in Nectar of the Gods Pattern
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Boxed (cellophane window on box lid is gone) set of 8 Georges Briard linen cocktail napkins printed in black and 22k gold on pink ground with a variant of the Ambrosia pattern with t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Linen
Pair of European Porcelain Roosters
Located in Essex, MA
Each colorfully painted figures with underglaze blue mark. Newport RI estate.
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Cera Patriotic Drum Rocks Glasses in Teal & Red Enamel with 22k Gold
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern rocks or double old fashioned glasses by Cera Glass decorated as a patriotic drum in teal and red enamel with a 22 karat gold eagle w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Silver Overlay Pinch Decanter w 2 Dimpled Sides & /Concentric Circles
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco silver overlay ruby glass pinch decanter and six roly poly glasses. The decanter with two dimpled sides and mirror finished silver overlay concentric circles on the third. T...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Performing Seal Cocktail Pick Set, Seal Balancing a Ball w/ Six Picks
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco cocktail pick set, carved and painted wood seal with glass eyes balancing a red painted wood ball on its nose with six Bakelite topped metal cocktai...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
George III Mahogany and Brass Inlaid Cellarette
Located in Essex, MA
Hexagonal hinged lid with brass gallery over a conforming case, the interior fitted for bottles, sides with brass strapping and carry handles, raised on square tapered legs with span...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Mahogany
Art Deco Golf Theme Sterling Mounted Etched Glass Locking Decanter by Hawkes
By T. G. Hawkes & Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco etched decanter of bottle form engraved with golf course scenes including a clubhouse topped by a flag with the number "19". The top of the decanter with a sterling collar a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of French Pink Floral Dessert Set with 12 Plates and Two Footed Compotes
By Old Paris
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This gorgeous 19th century French dessert set features botanical central decoration, each uniquely hand-painted with a different bouquet of mixed flowers. The composition is detailed...
Category
19th Century French Antique Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
15 Piece Hand Painted Art Deco Cocktail Shaker Set with Red and White Bands
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Fifteen piece hand painted Art Deco cocktail shaker and glasses. A large ring-molded tapered shaker with aluminum top along with e...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Aluminum
Art Deco Farberware Handless "Bubble" Cocktail Shaker with Black and Red Handle
By Farberware
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco chrome "Bubble" cocktail shaker designed by Omer A. Menard in 1935 for Farberware, Brooklyn, NY. Unusual handless cobbler-type model, three graduated spheres on a ring foot ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Fred Press Highball Glasses in Black with Gold Atomic Fish
By Fred Press
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of 8 Fred Press highball glasses of clear glass with black frosted interiors and 22 karat gold stylized vertical fish in the atomic style on th...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Highball Glasses Designed by Irene Pasinski w/"Woven" Non-Slip Surface
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Eight vintage glasses designed by Irene Pasinski for Washington Glass with a "woven" star pattern in a cane color with non-slip surface.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
6 Vintage Old Fashioned Glasses by Georges Briard in the Forbidden Fruit Pattern
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Set of six Mid-Century Modern old fashioned glasses by Georges Briard in the Forbidden Fruit pattern. Each of clear glass decorated in translucent...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Bar / Water Pitcher with Narrow gold Bands on Optical Ribbed Glass
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco water or bar pitcher of optically ribbed clear glass with narrow gold bands from the foot to the shoulder and an applied reeded glass handle, the mouth of the pitcher is mo...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Georges Briard 9 Piece Cocktail Set in the Ambrosia Pattern
By Georges Briard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern 9 piece pitcher and double old fashioned cocktail set in the Ambrosia pattern, also called Nectar of the Gods by Georges Briard. Clear glass with white spattered e...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Pair of Mid-Twentieth Century Silver Plate Rococo Style Wine Coasters
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pair of large Size wine bottle / decanter coasters in the Rococo taste with shaped and pierced silver plate galleries and turned wood bases with central silver plate disks, the botto...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Rococo Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Silver Plate Skyscraper by The Sheffield Silver Co.
By Sheffield Silver Co.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco skyscraper style silver plate cocktail made by The Sheffield Silver Co. The tall sleek cylindrical body raised on a stepped foot.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of Six Italian Enameled Copper Pin Dishes
By Paolo di Poli
Located in Hanover, MA
Lovely set of six Italian Mid-Century enameled copper pin dishes or ashtrays. Each bowl is enameled blue on the underside with a round copper foot.
Measures: 3-1/2 inches diameter and 1-1/2 inches high.
In the style of Paolo di Poli.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Mid-Century Modern Rocks Glasses by Culver, LTD. with Leaves in Gold and Silver
By Culver Ltd.
Located in Nantucket, MA
Sic Mid-Century Modern rocks glasses by Culver, LTD. decorated with 22k gold and silver clusters of leaves.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Federal Glass Tom Collins / Zombie Glasses with Gold & Black Stallions
By Federal Glass
Located in Nantucket, MA
Eight vintage Tom Collins glasses with a pair of rearing stallions shadowing each other one in 22k gold the other in black enamel with gold...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
9 Piece Calypso Themed Cocktail Pitcher Set, Pitcher & 8 Old Fashioned Glasses
By Federal Glass
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nine-piece cocktail pitcher set, clear glass with white frosted interiors having Calypso performers in 22 karat gold on the exterior. Set consists...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Vintage Glass Cocktail Shaker w/ Swirl Pattern Etched Lines and Silver Plate Top
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early Twentieth Century cocktail shaker of clear glass with etched lines in a swirl pattern and a silver plate collar with silver plate cover.
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Massachusetts - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver Plate
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