Kerr Sterling Silver Baby Set Rich in Turn-of-the-Century Assumptions

Art Deco sterling silver 3-piece baby set, comprising mug, bowl, and plate, ca 1920. Mug and bowl have straights sides; plate has plain and deep well. Bobbed and ringleted girls lean...

Edwardian sterling silver porringer. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark, ca 1910. Round and curved with solid shaped handle. Acid-etched menagerie of farmyard animals, including mud-s...

A German silver cream set by Gottlieb Kurz, ca 1910. A German silver cream set, consisting of a milk jug, sugar bowl and a tray. A set with round shapes. Marked with silversmith h...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver communion set; an addition to our diverse religious silverware collection. This exceptional antique Victorian cast sterling silver communion set consists of a chalice, paten and wine phial/flask. The chalice has a circular baluster form onto a knopped pedestal and spreading foot. The surface of the antique chalice is ornamented with impressive embossed quatrefoil cartouches bearing contemporary engraved initials 'IHS'*. The surface of the drinking vessel is further embellished with impressive flat engraved decoration, emanating from the protruding cartouches, in addition to encircling the upper rim below a plain moulded border. The knops to the panelled pedestal are encompassed with bead decoration. The circular foot of this exceptional chalice is encircled with flat engraved arched geometric designs. The paten has a circular-shaped form to a plain circular foot. The raised border of the paten is embellished with impressive flat engraved decoration, reflecting that of the upper portion of the chalice. The shaped rim is encompassed with a plain applied decorated border. The well of the paten is ornamented with a fine and impressive contemporary engraved initials 'IHS' to the centre. This antique communion...