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Sterling Silver For Sale
Picture Frame Silver Enameled on guilloche with feet for oval photo Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table frame with feet for oval photo cm. 5.5 x 8.5 in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, with borders and ornaments in the ...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
A silver letter opener with onyx detail by Bulgari, 20th century
By Bulgari
Located in View Park, CA
A stunning silver letter opener by Bulgari, featuring an onyx ball within a cage, Italy 20th century. It measures approx 6 inches long, the cage design is about 1” across. Stamped w...
Category
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Onyx, Silver
A German Silver Hannukah Menorah by Gayer and Krauss, circa 1920
By Gayer
Krauss
Located in New York, NY
A resplendent Hanukkah Menorah made by Gayer and Krauss in the early 20th Century.
Resting on a large multifaceted stepped dome base, bell-bottomed with a spool center and weighted....
Category
Early 20th Century German Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Gorham Aesthetic Sterling Silver
Mixed Metals Fisherman
Fish Cocktail Fork
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Aesthetic Period figural cocktail fork.
By Gorham.
In sterling silver and other metals with gilt tines.
In the Japanese style with a copper male fisherman sitting on a log...
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Copper
King Richard by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 87 Pcs Dinner Size
Located in Big Bend, WI
Named for King Richard I of England. Described as truly a royal pattern with regal dignity drawn from the romantic background of the pomp and pageantry of Richard the Lion-hearted an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiny Antique English Sterling Silver Swan Pin Cushion, 1908
By Boots Pure Drug Co. 1
Located in Bath, GB
For collectors of all shapes and sizes of these highly prized figural pin cushions, this is the small sized swan measuring just 1 1/2" x 3/4" x 1 1/8" tall.
Made from English sterling silver, beautifully executed creating this elegant bird. It is fully hallmarked (it was hard to photograph) for Birmingham 1908 together with the makers mark for the Boots Pure Drug Company...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
800 Silver Champagne Bucket, Italy, 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
800 silver champagne bucket, Italy, 1980s.
Belonged to my grandparents and never used. Small signs of wear, overall in more than good condition. Regularly stamped with state marks. ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
J. L. Schlingloff, German Silver Basket with Glass Liner, Early 20th Century
By Jean L. Schlingloff
Located in Chatham, ON
J. L. Schlingloff - Antique twin handled chased and reticulated silver basket - highest quality workmanship by a master Continental silversmi...
Category
Early 20th Century German Belle Époque Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Sterling Silver Salt and Pepper Shakers by Hans Hansen for Cohr
By Hans Hansen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rare travel set consisting of salt and pepper shakers in sterling silver. Designed prior to 1920 by Hans Hansen and manufac...
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Russian Tsarist Silver Cigarette Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Russian Tsarist silver cigarette case.
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
A monumental Italian part gilded sterling silver aquarium.
By Mazzucato
Located in London, GB
Unlike any piece that we have ever offered before, this monumental & heavy quality sterling silver aquarium is formed with an oval base mounted with two silver half-shells mounted with fish sea-foliage and crustaceans and fish, the central column and tank surround formed as a massive coral and foliate reef similarly adorned with part-gilded silver fish, crabs, lobsters, sea-snails, seahorses, octopus etc. With removable cuboid glass tank & two specimen-hard-stone and silver aquatic sculptures...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Porringer
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Charles II English sterling silver porringer; part of our collectable silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Charles II sterling silver porringer has a circular rounded form onto a collet base.
The surface of the porringer is embellished with an impressive chased hunting hound to one side and a stag to the other, all amidst large foliate designs and incorporating pinstruck swirl designs.
This English silver porringer is fitted with two impressive cast, leaf decorated S-scroll handles with elevated figural shaped thumbpieces.
Note: After surviving the Great Fire of London the records at the London Assay office were destroyed by fire in 1681; their catalogues and documentation began again in 1697. Due to this unfortunate event we are unable to associate a maker to this porringer.
Condition
This antique silver porringer...
Category
1670s English Charles II Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Asprey London silver watch fob bracelet
Located in York, GB
An Asprey London small watch fob style bracelet engraved to toggle clasp 'Asprey London
approx length 18cm, approx total weight 1.70 ozt marked 925 indicating sterling silver qualit...
Category
Late 20th Century English Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
French Provincial by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 60 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
12 knives, 8 7/8"
12 forks, 7 1/8"
12 salad forks, 6 1/4"
12 teaspoons, 5 7/8"
12 cream soup spoons, 6 1/4"
Includes bonus brand new storage chest - styles vary.
Excellent conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Sterling Silver Miniature Motorcycle Harley Davidson, Made in Italy
Located in VALENZA, IT
Vintage Harley Davidson FXSTD in sterling silver with very accurate detail reproduction.
At the end of 2007 they stopped producing it
The wheels are with spokes and rubber tires
Com...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Mint Julep Cup by Alvin
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco period, sterling silver mint julep cup, Alvin Silver Manufacturing. Company, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1930s-1940s. Measures 3 3...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver "Acorn" Flatware
By Georg Jensen
Located in Bronx, NY
This stylish sterling silver flatware service for ten is designed in the Acorn pattern. It was produced by Georg Jensen & is circa 1917.
The flatware set of ninety three pieces weigh...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
12 Art Deco Dutch Silver Ice Spoons by Gerritsen and Van Kempen, 1930s
Located in Delft, NL
12 Art Deco Dutch silver ice spoons by Gerritsen and Van Kempen (1926-1961).
These 12 Art Deco Dutch silver ice spoons have a hammered handle with a round finish and has a round, po...
Category
20th Century Dutch Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique German Art Nouveau .800 Silver 12 Piece Fish Flatware Serving Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This twelve piece serving set is signed by an unknown maker, but presumed to have originated from Germany and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Colorful Handmade Eva Hidström Sterling Silver Enameled Bowl Set, Finland 1970s
Located in Helsinki, FI
A beautiful set of Eva Hidström highly collectable sterling silver handmade and hammered bowls with colourful enamel on the inside. Rarely on offer as a s...
Category
1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Set of 8 Gorham Buttercup Individual Sterling Silver Salt Spoons with Gilt Bowls
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of 8 individual silver salt spoons.
By Gorham.
In sterling silver with gold-washed bowls.
Each marked to the reverse.
Simply a wonderful set of Buttercup salt dips!
D...
Category
20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Hip Flask
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Silver Hip Flask.
A beautiful gentleman's curved body pocket silver spirit hip flask. This exceptional hip flask with plain domed hinged lid with screw bayonet fitting and retaining ...
Category
1820s British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$804
Sterling Silver Hanukkah Menorah by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert, New York Circa 1970
Located in New York, NY
This striking Hanukkah menorah, designed by Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert, epitomizes his signature modernist aesthetic and geometric ingenuity. Crafted in sterling silver, the menorah featu...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tapio Wirkkala Finnish Silver Leaf Shape Handled Bon Bon Dish
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning mid-century Finnish silver leaf shaped handled bon bon dish designed by Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) dated 1965. The dish is of a simple leaf shaped design formed like a hea...
Category
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Princess by Stieff Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 8 Service Repousse
Located in Big Bend, WI
Scarce Princess by Stieff hand chased high-relief repousse sterling silver Flatware set, 55 pieces (plus 8 Rose by Stieff Teaspoons). This set includes:
8 Knives, 8 3/4"
8 Forks, 7"...
Category
20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Shiebler Sterling Silver 925 Meat Serving Fork Daisy 2885 Floral 123g 11
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare antique Shiebler sterling silver 925 meat serving fork featuring the Daisy floral medallion design with swirling leaves.
Measures: 11.25” x 1.5” / 123.2 g (length x width).
Category
Early 20th Century Late Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$245 Sale Price
30% Off
Victorian French Tiffany
Co. Sterling Silver Fish Slice
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
Victorian, French, sterling silver fish slice/knife, Tiffany & Company, Paris, circa 1870.
Blade is pierced and is designed with an etched fish. Hand...
Category
1870s French Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Signed 19th Century Figural Russian 84 Silver Pear Shaped Tea Strainer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine mid-19th century Russian tea strainer.
In 84 Zolotnik silver.
By Carl Gustav Ekqvist of St. Petersburg.
The figural bowl in the form of a pear supported by an intertwined '...
Category
Mid-19th Century Russian Empire Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Onslow by Tuttle Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Set 77 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Onslow is finely crafted of heavier weight sterling silver. Impressive in the hand with dramatic pistol handles it is perfect for traditional to transitional table-scapes. This versatile design will transform all of your meals into a special dining experience.
Fabulous Onslow by Tuttle...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique German Sterling Silver Goat Sugar Box 1901
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large and rare antique cast German sterling silver goat sugar box/ table ornament; part of our continental ornamental silverware collection.
Thi...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Tiffany Aesthetic Oval Sterling Silver Picture Frame
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
Aesthetic sterling silver picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1909. Oval window in flat surround with acid-etched stylized ornament: Quatrefoils alternating with lea...
Category
Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique D&H England Victorian Silver Plated Scalloped Serving Platter Bar Tray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique D&H England Victorian Silver Plated Scalloped Serving Platter Bar Tray with Monogram. Item is raised on ball form bun feet with central monogram (cant make out letters). Circ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Christofle Siver and Crystal Salt and Pepper Shaker
By Christofle
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A stylish duo of Christofle Art Deco style salt and pepper shakers, with fluted crystal barrels and silver sterling screw-on lids. Dating from around th...
Category
20th Century French Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Silver Box with Guilloche, Industria Argentina
Located in Delft, NL
A silver box with Guilloche, Industria Argentina
A silver box with wooden interior. The box is decorated with guilloche pattern. Silver 925 (purity 925/1000) and marked with Indus...
Category
Early 20th Century Argentine Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
English Sterling Silver and Crocodile Skin Hip Flask, 1929
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome English sterling silver hip or liquor flask made from sterling silver and the upper half wrapped in Crocodile skin with a lovely cognac color with a good patina.
The co...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Wilkens German 800 Silver Flatware Set Service 57 pieces Ornate Rococo
Located in Big Bend, WI
Wilkens German 800 Silver Flatware set with ornate rococo design - 57 pieces. This set includes:
8 Knives, 8 3/8"
8 Forks, 6 7/8"
8 Salad/Fish Forks, bright-cut, 7 1/4"
8 Small Tea...
Category
19th Century Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany
Co. Sterling Silver Floral Nut Dish/ Bowl
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver nut dish or bowl in pattern number 22954 from 1941 with a floral, multilobed design. It measures 5'' in diameter by 1 1/8'' in height, weighs 4.8 troy o...
Category
20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Table Box
By Pampaloni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Rectangular/octagonal table box in 925 silver.
The box was completely handmade in Florence at the end of the last century.
Engraved with floral and abstract motifs, it has been fin...
Category
1990s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$4,599 Sale Price
20% Off
An Art Deco Silver Hanukkah Menorah, Austria Circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
Splendid Austrian hammered silver Hanukkah Menorah made in the Art Deco style of that period when the style was transitioning.
Menorah is set on a hexagonal flat form mounted with a...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
German Silver Gilt Tea and Coffee Service, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Of antique form and decoration, the neck of the kettle with chased masks with fruit and foliage, the lip of the spout with a stylized mask terminating below with another mask. The li...
Category
1870s Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique Silver Clutch Bag, Sterling Silver Chain Mesh Ladies Purse Evening Bag
Located in Wembley, GB
Art Deco 1924 Sterling Silver Chain Mesh Ladies Evening Bag Purse
This is an exquisite chain mesh ladies' bag made of sterling silver from the Art Deco era.
Its classic feminine d...
Category
1910s British Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$787 Sale Price
51% Off
ALLAN ADLER 1950 Modernist Salt
Pepper Shakers In .925 Sterling Silver
By Allan Adler
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of salt & Pepper shakers designed by Allan Adler (1916-2002).
This is a pair of minimalist salt and pepper shakers designed by the American silversmith Allan Adler, back in 194...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,038 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique American Sterling Silver Pitcher with Fruiting Grapevine
Located in New York, NY
Victorian sterling silver pitcher. Made by Dominick & Haff in New York in 1894. Ovoid body with chased fruiting grapevines forming 2 irregular frames (vacant). Helmet mouth and raise...
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a beautiful sterling silver tray with an elegant reticulated design going around the border. It’s an oval piece with handles on each side and stands on a pedestal. ...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,300
Fine Antique 19th Century Russian Silver Caviar Spoon
Located in New York, NY
Classic Russian silver caviar spoon with an elegant twist handle
19th Century
Beautifully made, heavy solid construction, with a generous c...
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
French LXVI Silver Serving Set Oil Vinegar Old Man’s Silver Hallmark
Located in Miami, FL
Exquisite set of oil and Vinegar LXVI Silver and cristal.
Neo classic design animal and winged children figure chiseled in a very delicate way.
The central part with draperies arou...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver Tennis Ball Holder
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver tennis ball holder smooth 925 sterling silver ball holder tube, featuring an engraved oval with 2 rackets and balls. The lid is smooth with a lowered central part. Th...
Category
2010s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$843 Sale Price
20% Off
Twenty-Two Piece Set of Sterling Silver and Ebony "Contrast" Flatware by Lunt
By Lunt Silver
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous twenty-two piece set of sterling silver and ebony nylon "Contrast" flatware by Lunt Silver Co.., circa 1950s. The set is in very good vintage condition and is stamped on the...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
French 950 Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 175 Pieces in Large Fitted Chest
Located in Big Bend, WI
Outstanding monumental French 950 silver dinner size high quality Louis XV style Flatware set - 175 pieces. This set includes:
12 Dinner Size Knives, pointed, 9 7/8"
12 Large Dinner Size Forks, 8 1/4"
12 Luncheon Knives, pointed, 8 1/4"
12 Luncheon Forks, 7"
12 Teaspoons, 5"
11 Place Soup Spoons, 7 1/8"
12 Demitasse Spoons, 4 3/8"
12 Fish Forks, 3-tine, 7 1/8"
11 Fish Knives, flat handle all-sterling, 8 1/4"
11 Dinner Spoons, 8 1/4"
11 Pastry Forks, 3-tine, 5 5/8"
11 Ice Cream Spoons, gold-washed, 5 1/4"
12 Oyster Forks, 5 1/8"
1 Large Vegetable Spoon, 10"
1 Berry Spoon, 8 1/4"
1 Fish Serving Fork, 3-tine, 9 1/2"
1 Fish Servers, flat handle all-sterling, 10 3/4"
1 Oyster Ladle, 9 1/2"
1 Gravy Ladle, 6 7/8"
1 Large Cold Meat Fork, 10"
1 Flat Handle Master Butter, 6 5/8"
1 Hollow Handle Master Butter, all-sterling, 8"
1 Salad Set, gold-washed, all-sterling, 9 1/2"
1 Pie Server, flat handle all-sterling, 10 1/2"
1 Soup Ladle, 12"
1 Roast Carving Set, 2-pc, 12 1/2"
1 Lamb Shank holder w/stainless implement, 8 1/2"
1 Sugar Tong, 5 1/4"
1 Cheese Knife w/stainless blade, 8"
1 Sugar Sifter Ladle, gold-washed, 6 1/2"
1 Tea Caddy Spoon, 5 5/8"
1 Sardine Fork, 5 3/4"
1 Petit Four Server...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Deco Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Neoclassical Antique Sterling Silver Goblet - London 1799 - P. A.
W. Bateman
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1799 by Peter, Anne & William Bateman, this very attractive, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Goblet, features brighcut engraved decoration, a gilt interio...
Category
1790s English Neoclassical Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Silver Hanukkah Lamp Menorah, Nuremberg, Germany, 1799 - 1803
Located in New York, NY
Incredible Chanukiyah, exceptionally rare! Handcrafted silver with a brass plate engraved with the hadlakah blessings. Stamped silver, Nuremberg 1799/1803, Maker: Johann Friedrich Wi...
Category
1790s Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Brass
Sterling Silver Table Clock Square Box Fire Enameled Guilloché Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table clock shaped opening square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamels on guilloche. Swiss mechanical skeleton movement with 8 days charge with a...
Category
1970s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Marie Antoinette by D
enfert French Silverplate Flatware Silverware Service Set
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stunning monumental Marie Antoinette by Revinet D'Enfert French vintage Silverplated Flatware set - 275 pieces. This set features a c...
Category
Late 20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau - Art
Craft Sterling Silver Enamel Photograph Frame, Cymric 1903
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Nouveau - Art & craft sterling silver enamel photograph frame - William Hutton & Sons 1903.
William Hutton & Sons silver and enamel square photo frame...
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Christmas Ornament
By Reed
Barton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver Christmas ornament by Reed and Barton dated 1982. It’s a fancy designed cross with an ornate scalloped pattern around it. Just in time for the ho...
Category
1980s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pocket Cigarette Case Geometric Design Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped rectangular pocket cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guillochè with Art Deco style geometric de...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Spanish Silver Pill Snuff Box Circa 1900
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful heavy set antique Spanish sterling silver pill / snuff box, bearing the Spanish 5 pointed star for sterling silver with makers mark ERA, Circa 1900 in date.
It ...
Category
Early 1900s Spanish Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Brilliant Cut Glass Perfume Bottle with Sterling Silver Top Cap
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous heavy brilliant cut glass perfume bottle with sterling silver top. Has a glass stopper as well. In excellent antique condition with ...
Category
1930s English Edwardian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art deco sterling silver and blue enamel dressing table set made in 1930
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1930 by Henry Matthews, this stylish, George V period, Sterling Silver & Enamel Dressing Table Set, is in the art deco taste, and comprises a hand mirror,...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
William Holmes Sterling Silver 1785 Georgian Platter with Crest of JPMorgan
By William Holmes
Located in New York, NY
William Holmes sterling silver Georgian meat platter or tray from 1785, with a gadrooned rim, adorned with the crest of the Morgan family. It measures 15'' in depth by 11 1/4'' in width by 1 1/8'' in height, weighs 31.1 troy ounces, and bears hallmarks as shown.
Acquired from the estate of John and Caroline Morgan Macomber
John D. Macomber was a prominent corporate executive and board member of leading financial companies and nonprofit organizations. Macomber joined McKinsey & Company after graduating from Harvard Business School, rose to partner, and led the firm’s expansion into Europe while he was based in London, Geneva and Paris in the 1960s. He left McKinsey to helm the Celanese Corporation in New York, a global fiber and chemical company. He oversaw its expansion and dramatically increased share value, partly through stock buybacks — a concept he was one of the first to implement. Celanese was acquired by Hoechst AG of Germany in 1987 making it the world’s largest chemical company at the time. Macomber was then recruited by President George H.W. Bush to head the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Caroline Macomber was a descendant of J.P. Morgan and an alumna of Miss Porter’s School...
Category
1780s English Georgian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage, New and Antique Sterling Silver
Dining and entertaining changed drastically when we began to set our tables with sterling silver for holiday gatherings, wedding receptions, engagement parties and, in some of today’s homes, everyday meals.
Often called the “Queen of metals,” silver has been universally adored for thousands of years. It is easy to see why it has always been sought after: It is durable, strong and beautiful. (Louis XIV had tables made entirely of silver.) Sterling silver is an alloy that is made of 92.5 percent silver — the “925” stamp that identifies sterling-silver jewelry refers to this number. The other 7.5 percent in sterling silver is typically sourced from copper.
Neoclassical-style sterling-silver goods in Europe gained popularity in the late 18th century — a taste for sterling-silver tableware as well as tea sets had taken shape — while in the United States, beginning in the 19th century, preparing the dinner table with sterling-silver flatware had become somewhat of a standard practice. Indeed, owning lots of silver goods during the Victorian era was a big deal. Back then, displaying fine silver at home was a status symbol for middle-class American families. And this domestic silver craze meant great profitability for legendary silversmith manufacturers such as Reed Barton, Gorham Manufacturing Company and the International Silver Company, which was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898, a major hub of silver manufacturing nicknamed “Silver City.”
Today, special occasions might call for ceremonial silver designed by Tiffany Co. or the seductive sterling-silver cutlery from remarkable Danish silversmith Georg Jensen, but there really doesn’t have to be an event on the calendar to trot out your finest tableware.
Event- and wedding-planning company maestro Tara Guérard says that some “investment pieces,” such as this widely enamored alloy, should see everyday use, and we’re inclined to agree.
“Sterling-silver flatware is a must-have that you can use every single day, even to eat cereal,” she says. “Personally, I want a sterling-silver goblet set for 12 to 20; I would use them every time I had a dinner party. Ultimately, there are no criteria for buying vintage pieces: Buy what you love, and make it work.”
Whether you’re thinking “ceremonial” or “cereal,” browse a versatile collection of vintage, new and antique sterling-silver wares on 1stDibs today.
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