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Sterling Silver For Sale
Cigar Box two-tone stripes on the lid fire-enameled on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table cigar box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche and hand engraving, with two-tone stripes on ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
English Silver Fish Server Set by John James Whiting, 1856
Located in Delft, NL
English silver fish server set by John James Whiting, 1856.
English silver fish servers in leather box. The original leather box with satin and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Evening Bag produced for the Maison Cartier in New York in the 1970s Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Ovalized evening bag in 925/1000 sterling silver with stylised floral motif designs enamelled in Art Deco style. Taken from an original drawing by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Picture Frame for a round and a rectangular picture Fabergé style
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped frame for a round and a rectangular photograph in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamel on a radial guilloché and rich friezes in the Russia...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Italian Renaissance Style Silver Chalice
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) silver chalice with cover and floral design.
Category
19th Century Renaissance Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Rare circa 1900 Sterling Silver Diamond
Enamel Powder Compact with Lipstick
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning circa 1900 French or Italian Sterling silver Diamond & Enamel powder compact with lipstick
A very good...
Category
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver " Lilly of the Valley " Bon Bon Dish by Whiting Division
Located in Huntington, NY
Sterling Silver " Lilly of the Valley " Bon Bon Dish by Whiting Division
Whiting had small production but produced exceptional handmade silverware in relatively small quantities.
This Company's most important designer was Charles Osborne...
Category
Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV by Whiting Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 86 Pcs Dinner
Located in Big Bend, WI
Dinner size Louis XV by whiting sterling silver flatware set, 86 pieces (with Strasbourg knives). This set includes:
12 Dinner size knives, 9 1/2" (Strasbourg/Gorham)
12 Dinner size...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
George V Sterling Silver Paw-Footed Salver by Mappin
Webb
By Mappin
Webb
Located in New York, NY
George V, sterling silver paw-footed salver, Sheffield, England, year-hallmarked for 1934, Mappin and Webb - makers. Also bears the mark for George V's coronation year...
Category
1930s English Georgian Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Louis XIV by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 135 pcs Many servers
Located in Big Bend, WI
Celebrate all of your meals in style with this Louis XIV by Towle sterling silver flatware set. Founded in 1690 in Massachusetts, the elite artisans at Towle Silversmiths handcrafted...
Category
1920s Louis XIV Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver 4 Lights Candelabra
Located in VALENZA, IT
21th Century Italian Sterling Silver 4 Lights Candelabra
4 flame sterling silver candelabra.
The base was made with the ella fusion technique and modeled with acanthus leaves. Subs...
Category
2010s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Oak Wood Galleried Tray 1879
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Victorian English sterling silver and wood galleried tray; an addition to our Victorian teaware collecti...
Category
1870s English Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Antique English Georgian Sterling Silver 18-Piece Dessert Service, London 1801
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Georgian sterling silver 18-piece dessert service in case, Hallmarked "London, 1801." 18 Place settings, 36 Total Pieces.
Measurements:
Knives:
.13 inches high ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Modernist Sterling Silver Decorative Dish with Beaded Border
Located in New York, NY
This elegant sterling silver dish was realized in the United States. It features an austere concave form with angled sides and a beaded border. With its clean modernist lines and bea...
Category
20th Century American Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
19C Anglo Indian Silver Perfume Bottle Case
Located in Dallas, TX
19C Anglo Indian solid silver perfume bottle case.
Lovely 19th century Anglo-Indian solid silver perfume bottle case with profuse repousse work.
Not hallmarked because it was m...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pumpkin Decorative Box
Located in Milan, IT
This exquisite decorative object can be used to store small personal objects or small food items. It was crafted entirely in silver by skilled artisans in the shape of a pumpkin, whi...
Category
2010s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$3,225 / item
Art-Nouveau Dutch Silver Small Basket by Cornelis van Baaren, 1899
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Silver small basket by Cornelis van Baaren, 1899
An Art-Nouveau silver basket with a motif of swans with water lilies
Dutch Hall marks,
Lion 2, 835/1000
Master sign of ...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Chantilly by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 90 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Chantilly by Gorham sterling silver flatware set of 90 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 8 3/4",
12 forks, 7",
12 ...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Four-Piece Tea and Coffee Service
By Walker
Hall
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver four piece tea and coffee set; part of our silver teaware collection.
This magnificent antique sterling silver tea and...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 19th Century Dutch 800 Silver Baroque Figural Tankard Stein 835g
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare antique 19th century Dutch lidded and footed 800 silver tankard/stein / pitcher, with ornate designs, faces and finial; gilded interior. Marked on base “JW 800M.”
Provenance: J...
Category
19th Century Dutch Colonial Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$3,290 Sale Price
30% Off
Shell
Thread by Tiffany Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 151 pcs Dinner
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Shell & Thread was first introduced by Tiffany in 1905. Its design is typical of patterns made in England during the long reign of King George III. The raised-border edges, which acc...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique French Art Deco Silver Figural Dog Knife Rest by Louis Mathey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, signed French Art Deco knife rest.
In French second standard silver.
By Louis Mathey, the renowned French Art Deco silversmith.
In the form of a flat cut dog body with sol...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Lady Hilton by Westmorland Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 90 Pieces
By Westmorland
Located in Big Bend, WI
Gorgeous Lady Hilton by Westmorland sterling silver flatware set - 90 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, modern, 9"
12 forks, 7 1/4"
12 salad forks...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hawkes Cut Glass Etched Crystal Sterling Silver Stopper Vanity Perfume Bottle
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a sweet little crystal bottle with a lovely cut floral and swag pattern around the outside, the bottom of the bottle is acid etched Hawkes with the Hawkes symbol. The top of ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dutch Antique Silver Marriage Presentation Spoon
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning antique Dutch silver marriage/engagement presentation spoon with a boat finial dating from around 1900. The finely made spoon has a round shaped bowl with pierced and engr...
Category
Early 1900s Dutch Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
French Provincial by Towle Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 118 Pcs, Huge
Located in Big Bend, WI
A blend of three design motifs gives this pattern a distinctive feeling of richness tempered with informal simplicity. Introduced in 1948, the traditional fiddle-shaped outline has b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Trifoglio Tray by Franco Grigniani for Alessi 1970s
By Alessi
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Alessi tray designed by Franco Grignani in 1974 (signed underneath) with engraved pattern.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique Gorham Sterling Silver Reticulated String or Thread Holder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique string holder.
In sterling silver.
By the Gorham Manufacturing Company.
Retailed by Bailey, Banks, & Biddle.
With a reticulate...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vision by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 53 Pieces Modern
Located in Big Bend, WI
International sterling flatware in the pattern Vision designed by Ronald Hayes Pearson patented in 1961. This discontinued pattern features clean, Modernisn inspired lines and is fea...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Miniature in Sterling Silver of Camera
Located in VALENZA, IT
Camera miniature in sterling silver.
Completely handmade and "bellows lens" in black enamelled silver.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$439 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Silver Perfume Bottle with Little Bo-Peep London 1886
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Sterling silver perfume bottle with chase ddecoration
Date : Hallmarked in XX for Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd
Period : Victoria
Origin : London, England
Decoration ...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Guilloche
Silver Topped Glass Scent or Perfume Bottle, London 1922
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful scent, cologne or perfume glass bottle with a gold coloured Guilloche enamel and sterling silver topped screw top lid, made in Lond...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Richelieu by International Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 77 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stunning Richelieu by International sterling silver flatware set, 77 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 9 1/4"
12 forks, 7 1/4"
12 salad forks, 6 1/2"
12 teaspoons, 6"
12 cream s...
Category
1930s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
17th Century Antique Charles I Sterling Silver Goblet, 1630
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Charles I English sterling silver goblet; an addition to our collectable range of 17th century silverware.
This exceptional antique Charles I sterling silver goblet / wine cup has a tapering cylindrical bell-shaped form onto a circular knopped pedestal and swept circular foot.
The surface of this antique silver goblet...
Category
17th Century English Other Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tray, circa 1880
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are thrilled to offer this sterling silver tray made by Gorham Silversmiths of Providence, Rhode Island circa 1880. This one hundred and forty five year old antique piece has a s...
Category
1880s American Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair, Horton
Allday Sterling Silver
Swirled Glass Perfume Bottles C. 1893
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite pair of perfume bottles by Horton & Allday, crafted in 1893, combines the elegance of Victorian design with exceptional craftsmanship. The swirled glass bodies feature...
Category
Late 19th Century British Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Acanthus by Georg Jensen Wendell Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Service 171 Pcs
Located in Big Bend, WI
Monumental Acanthus by Georg Jensen & Wendel sterling silver flatware set, 171 pieces. This set includes:
12 dinner knives, short handle, 9"
12 dinner forks, 7 1/4"
12 luncheon kniv...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Scent Flask (1889)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive large antique Victorian English sterling silver scent flask; an addition to our collection of Victorian silverware.
This exceptional, fine and im...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Neolcassical Sterling Silver Handled Cake Rake
Located in New York, NY
"This beautifully formed Neoclassical Sterling Silver Handled Cake Rake Originates from the United States, Circa 1950. Features a beautifully composed geometric composition with beau...
Category
1950s Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Antique Sterling Silver Edwardian Serving Tray with Stylized Rope Border
By Henry Atkin
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and substantial antique serving tray was made by the Atkins Bros. silversmiths of England and dates to approximately 1900 and done in the period Edwardian style. The ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Rococo Candlesticks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a pair of sterling silver candlesticks by Frank W. Smith Silver. They are designed in the Rococo style. With their elaborate work and incredible detail, these cand...
Category
1880s American Rococo Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,200 / set
Pair of Sterling Peacock Form Trays
Located in East Hampton, NY
Pair of Gorham sterling silver peacocks with tails forming trays.... lovely and whimsical
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$6,200 / item
Small Picture Frame Rectangular for oval portrait Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular for oval photo frame in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloche, English style, early 1900s. External cm. 6 x 9, internal oval cm....
Category
1950s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Stradivari by Wallace Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 78 Pieces
Located in Big Bend, WI
Stradivari by Wallace sterling silver flatware set - 78 pieces. This set includes:
12 knives, 8 3/4",
12 forks, 7 1/8",
12 salad forks, 6 1/2...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Equestrian Toast Rack (1896)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver toast rack with equestrian influence; an addition to our dining silverware collection.
This exceptional and rare antique silver toast rack has an oval-shaped form.
This desirable and collectable Victorian silver toast rack is comprised of six sterling silver spurs, creating four compartments.
Each arched compartment is conjoined via the button to the lower portion of the heelband with hallmarked chain structured links.
The four vertical and two horizontal stirrups each bears a curvilinear shank and functional rowel.
The central frame supports the horizontal spurs and incorporates an oval shaped carrying handle modelled in form of a stirrup, bearing a contemporary bright cut engraved crest of a demi-lion rampant to the lower portion.
The plain hallmarked base bears the registration number 'Rd 250691' to the underside, in addition to the full hallmarks.
This exceptional toast rack has been bespoke crafted in this unusual form and is the finest of its type you could hope to acquire.
A silver toast holder...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
King Richard by Towle Four Piece Sterling Silver Serving Set
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Four piece sterling silver serving set, King Richard by Towle. A cake server (10.5" x 2 3/16"), sugar shell (5 7/8"), sauce ladle (5 7/8") & relish fork (5"). 4.05 troy oz.
We are a...
Category
1930s American Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tongs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant and functional, these sterling silver Mid-Century Modern serving tongs feature a sleek, minimalist design perfect for both everyday use and special occasions. One side has fo...
Category
1950s Mexican Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
EDWARDIAN 1905 German Enameled Guilloche Perfume Purse Bottle In Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A German enameled perfume bottle in sterling.
This is a beautiful and colorful perfume/scent purse bottle created in the city of Pforzheim Germany, back in the 1900's. The stunning perfume bottle has been masterfully crafted in a cushioned shape with neoclassic Edwardian patterns in solid .925/.999 sterling silver. It is embellished on both sides, with a fabulous engine turned guilloche, which is topped with delicate hot glass enamel and accented with flowers motifs and garlands. The bottle is fitted on top with a screw lid and a pistil to apply the scents.
Country: Pforzheim Germany.
Period: Edwardian 1901-1909
Weight: 21.30 Grams, (13.66 Dwt).
Measurements: 45 mm by 25 mm by 10 mm (1.77 x 0.98 x 0.39 Inches).
Hallmarks: No marks, tested for .925/.999 sterling silver.
Condition: The overall condition of this Edwardian perfume bottle...
Category
Early 1900s German Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Silver
$698 Sale Price
30% Off
Mother-of-Pearl Mexican Silver Box
By Taxco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mexican silver box with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay. Lid opens to a wood lined interior. Very nicely done and a really beautiful object!
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Tiffany
Co. Sterling Silver Mid-Century Tableware/ Barware Serving Dish
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Indulge in the timeless elegance of this Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Mid-Century Tableware/Barware Serving Dish. Crafted to perfection, this dish bears the distinguished maker's ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Silver Vermeil Flatware Dessert Set for Six, 18 Pieces
Located in Madrid, ES
This charming 19th century French 18-piece cased dessert silverware / flatware set, with its unique, slightly grotesque satyr mask motif and warm ve...
Category
19th Century French Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Vermeil, Silver
Antique Edwardian Quality Silver Plated Biscuit Barrel
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian quality silver plated biscuit barrel having a quality shaped lift of lid with a shaped finial above a circular barrel ra...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver Plate
Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver Biscuit Box by Roberts
Belk, 1904
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1904 by Roberts & Belk, this stylish, Edwardian, antique sterling silver biscuit box, is cylindrical in shape, plain in style, standing on ball feet and fe...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Collecting American 19th Century Silver by Katherine Morrison McClinton
Located in valatie, NY
Collecting American 19th century silver by Katherine Morrison McClinton. New York: Bonanza Books, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, 280 pp. A survey of 19th century American silver...
Category
20th Century American Sterling Silver
Materials
Paper
Lansdowne by Gorham Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 72 Pieces Dinner
By Gorham
Located in Big Bend, WI
Each piece of Lansdowne is adorned with a distinctive urn design and Greek-style foliage. These design elements beautifully compliment Colonial and Georgian decor...
Category
20th Century Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Japanese Silver Bowl
Located in London, GB
Japanese Silver Bowl, Meiji period (1868-1912)
A round, double-walled bowl with a wavy rim of beautiful design, the exterior finely embossed and chased in high relief with a three-c...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$10,250
Antique George V Cased 4-Piece Sterling Silver Condiment Set, Viners Sheffield
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George V cased four piece solid sterling silver condiment set stamped by Viners, Sheffield 1934 comprising of a mustard pot with blue glass liner, mustard spoon and pair of p...
Category
Early 20th Century English Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Pepper Grinders (1905)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique Edwardian English sterling silver pepper grinders - boxed; an addition to our collectable silver collection.
These exceptional antique sterling silver pepper grinders have a circular baluster shaped form.
The surface of each pepper is plain and the lower portion is embellished with a contemporary bright cut engraved crest depicting out of a ducal coronet a horse's head*.
These impressive silver peppers retain the original hallmarked circular rounded covers, each surmounted by the functional sterling silver finial; this allows access to permit the grinder to be filled.
The underside of each grinder retains the original serrated grille and horizontal securing bar.
These exceptional Edwardian peppers are fitted to the original presentation box, with a satin and velvet lined interior and securing with a push fit catch; this box is a fine feature of the pair of peppers.
The interior of the box bears the retailer's mark 'Gowland Bros, 48 Cornhill'.
These exceptional antique peppers are the finest of their type you could hope to acquire.
* This heraldic marking pertains to the Partridge family...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Set Of Fishing Fork And Knife
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 19th century English set of sterling silver fish serving fork and knife. Their handles are made of ivory like material and adorned with a collar of beads and acanthus leaves. The sterling silver blade...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$480 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Sterling Silver Soup Tureen or Centerpiece
By James Barber
William Whitwell
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, rare antique George IV English sterling silver soup tureen assayed in York; an addition to our dining silverware collection.
This magnificent antique George IV English sterling silver soup tureen has an oval rounded form.
The lower portion of the body is encompassed with impressive chased fluted decoration in a subtle swirl design.
The decoration to the body incorporates an impressive scrolling leaf bordered cartouche to either side, each displaying an exceptional contemporary bright cut engraved marital coat of arms* depicting on the dexter a chevron between three crosses paty and the sinister a quadrangular castle.
The coat of arms is surmounted with a bright cut engraved crest displaying a tent adorned or lined charged in the interior with a cross paty of the third.
The plain waisted upper portion is encompassed with a Fine and impressive applied gadroon decorated border to the flared rim.
This antique soup tureen...
Category
1820s English George IV 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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