Jean Despres, a Rare Silvered Centrepiece, circa 1950

Jean Despres Silver-Plated Centerpiece This centerpiece is a work by French goldsmith Jean Després, characterized by an Art Deco and Modernist design. The piece is made of silver-pla...

Jean Despres important French designer, known for original jewelry designs, champagne buckets, cocktail shakers, and many fine objects of art. This spectacular bowl may be one-off, w...

Modernist Art Deco Tray made in hammered silver plated metal and chains by Jean Desprès. in 1940s. Engraved signature and stamped. Great condition. Exceptional model. dimensions :...

Modernist bowl by Jean Despres, circa 1930, silvered metal.

Pair of silver-plated bronze candlesticks made by Jean Després (1889 - 1990). This model has a beautiful design in which we can distinguish its smooth bobbacha, grooved spout and hea...

1950 Brutalist wood ashtray / centrepiece, in the style of Noll, or Nakashima.

A magnificent Elizabeth II sterling silver covered bowl by Gerald Benney. This Centrepiece features an elegant lightly hammered bowl with a deep open work cover cast with swirl designs culminating in two hearts, one open and the other with a deep green enamel base. The Bowl functions with or without the cover and is both a function object and a sculptural piece in its own right. It is of excellent quality and notably heavy weight. The Covered Bowl is presented in a Gerald Benney tooled leather bound case with cream silk interior Made in London, England in 1971 by Gerald Benney. Approx. Weight - 3688g / 118.58oz Approx. Diameter - 25.8cm Approx. Height - 10.2cm Provenance - John, 7th Baron Braboure (1924-2005); By whom gifted to his wife The Countess Mountbatten of Burma on the occasion of their 25th Wedding Anniversary...

A magnificent, fine and impressive, large pair of antique George V English sterling silver bowls / centrepieces in the Art Nouveau style, an addition to our presentation silverware collection. These magnificent and large antique George V English sterling silver bowls/centrepieces have a compressed circular form onto a knopped pedestal and domed circular foot. The plain body of each piece is encircled with an impressive band of applied and chased olive leaf festoon decoration consisting of overlapping leaf designs with a bead motif to subdivision. Both sides of each piece is further ornamented with exceptional and large applied vacant cartouche bordered with a ribbon tied oak and olive branch, in addition to a scrolling and leaf motif to the upper portion. The upper portions of these concaved cartouches are subtly elevated and joined to the moulded decoration to the shaped rim. These antique silver bowls are fitted with impressive and large Art Nouveau style scrolling handles with plain plateaued upper portions and subtle thumbpieces. The knop to the pedestal is encircled with an impressive chased band of oak leaf and acorn decoration accented with a tied ribbon design. These fine examples of Art Nouveau silverware...

A fabulous early piece of antique Christofle dating to circa 1900. The hefty piece is made from silvered bronze fully marked on the side. The cut...

1940s Art Déco silver-plated metal cylindrical container with twisted rope ornamentation by Jean Després, France By: Jean Després Material: metal, silver, silver plate Technique: ca...