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Mid-century Black Glass Honey Pot with Sterling Silver Overlay

This hand wrought centerpiece bowl is by Alfredo Sciarrotta of Newport, RI, circa 1950. It is made of sterling silver and is oblong in shape; the outline of the bowl’s lip suggests Ying and Yang acanthus leaf scrolls. The bowl is about 11 ½ “ long, 6 ¾ “ wide; and stands about 4” high. The bowl stands on a foot of four butting S shaped wires. It is marked on the bottom Sciarrotta, HAND MADE, STERLING and 5S.

This modern style sterling pitcher with ebony handle is by Corh of Denmark, circa 1950. Approximately 7 ½ “ tall, by 7” long, by 4 ¾ “ wide. It is marked on the bottom Corh in a rectangular reserve and with the Danish silver standard mark 830 between a crown (above) and the letter S (below) in an oval reserve. The pitcher is in excellent vintage condition.

Sterling Silver Footed Cake Plate by Roger Williams Silver Company

Glass Balustrade Form Bud Vase with a Sterling Silver Foot made by Wallace Silversmiths, Inc.

This is a Gorham Mfg. Co. sterling and copper, mixed metals, vase. This vase also carries the mark used by Gorham to identify pieces that were made as experimental. Gorham’s experimental objects are one of a kind prototypes used to evaluate productions concerns. Typical for the aesthetic period, which drew inspiration from antiquity, the vase uses in this case a classic Asian/Oriental shape, that of a saki bottle. It is approximately 6 1/2 inches tall and has two festoons that are handmade and applied silver flowers with copper centers. The entire exterior has a hand applied graining or orange peel motif. The vase also is marked with a Gorham date mark for 1879. This vase has no monogram nor monogram removal and is in very good condition with wear consistent with its age.

Towle Silversmiths of Newburyport, MA, were the creators of this modern style, sterling silver bowl with green enamel. Such bowls were made by Towle in 1960s and were influenced by similar wares coming out of Scandinavia at the time. This bowl is about 2 ¾ “ high and 5 5⁄8” in diameter. The enamel on this bowl has several chips in it around the rim but is perfect otherwise. The bottom of the bowl is marked TOWLE, STERLING, and 56.

Made around 1919, this sterling silver V-Panel bowl was hand crafted by David Carlson in the Arthur Stone workshop. This Arts and Crafts footed bowl has six V-Panels between six petal shaped panels. The bowl stands about 5 ¾” inches high and is about 9 ½” inches in diameter. The bottom of the bowl is marked with Arthur Stone’s maker mark (“Stone” with a smith’s hammer cutting through the word and making the cross bar for the “t”) over “STERLING” and “C” (for David Carlson). A similar bowl to the one we offer can be found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This bowl is in excellent vintage condition and has no monograming.

This Liberty of London sterling silver baby/child's cup was made in Birmingham, England in 1924. This is a handmade cup with the hammer marks from the silversmith left in the cup as part of its design motif. The cup stands on an applied round "foot" and has an applied handmade and decorated handle as well. The cup has bands engraved and chased lines and waves. This cup has no monogramming or monogram removal. The cup is hallmarked on the bottom with an anchor (for Birmingham, England), a lion (indicating it assays sterling silver), the letter "Z" (indicating that it was assayed/made in 1924) and the letter "L&C" the logo for Liberty and Company. The cup is in great vintage condition and has not been buffed. It stands approximately three inches tall.

A glass and silver plate biscuit box with square wire and finial swivel handle made by William Wheatcroft Harrison & Company (circa 1897). The biscuit box lid has a handle that is a full figure of a reclining greyhound that is screw and wingnut mounted. The lid sits on a silver plate rimmed lenticular cut circular glass box. The glass box sits on footed platform that has four alert rabbit sculptures at four quadrants of the platform, their bodies cleverly situated to secure the glass box from shifting about. The biscuit box is about 7 ¾ “ high and about 7 3/8 “ wide. The bottom of the platform is marked “W.W.H&Co” in and oblong reserve and “EP” in an oval reserve.

Master Salt Dish by William Spratling

Woven in metal this silver plated basket authentically reproduces reed baskets. The silver plated bread basket measures approximately 10 ¼” long by 7 5/8” wide by 3 ¼ “ inches high. There are no maker or notification marks on then bread basket. This basket is in excellent vintage condition.

This silver plated nut bowl is probably from the 1890s and is by the Van Bergh Silver Plate Company of Rochester, New York. It stands about 6 7/16” inches high and is about 8” inches in diameter. The eight lobed bowl has a scalloped opening and rests on four floral feet; a cast and applied squirrel eating a nut sits on a naturalistically modeled branch. The nut bowl is marked on the bottom: “MADE AND GARENTEED ― BY ― THE VAN BERGH S.P. CO.; “Rochester, N.Y”; “USA”; “1697”; “V” in a circle; and “L”. The plating on this bowl is in excellent condition, having been re-plated in the past five years

In 1963 Gorham Manufacturing Company, of Providence, Rhode Island, introduced this style candy jar in purple glass. Lindshammer Glassbruk of Sweden made the glass, which was called Amethyst, and Gorham made the sterling silver lid. The Amethyst candy jar was extremely popular when it was introduced, and Gorham followed it with three candy jars of the same design with different colors of glass. The purple glass jar is narrow at the base, flaring up to a curved shoulder that eases into the lip of the sterling lid with almost undetectable transition. The lip of the sterling lid slopes upward, then a graceful dip takes the lid top to a concave surface, that at its middle begins to rise into a trumpet shaped handle, terminated with a clear glass ball. The Amethyst candy jar is about 5 ½” inches high and 5 ¾” inches in diameter. The bottom of the lid is stamped: “GORHAM” over “STERLING” over “893”. This Amethyst candy jar is in excellent vintage condition.

Candy Jar in Emerald glass with a sterling silver and clear glass lid by Gorham Corporation

This pair of cordials is stamped on the bottom “MICHAUD“ “STERLING” and “U.S.A.”; the cordials are made of sterling silver with an ivory stems – the ivory being carved all around in relief with winged stars. The style and decoration suggest that these cordials were made circa 1940. Each cordial is about 3 ½ “ high and 2 5⁄8“ in diameter.

A sterling silver dish, approximately 5 ½” inches in diameter, made by the International Silver Company and designed by Kurt Eric Christoffersen. The dish stands on a round foot or rim that is about 2 ½” inches in diameter. The dish is a simple concave disc of sterling silver, very mid century modern in design. The bottom of the dish is marked: “INTERNATIONAL STERLING” over “Christoffersen Designed” (in script letters); and “CD601”. The condition is excellent, showing almost no age related wear. Circa: late 1950s or early 1960s.

This sterling hand wrought bowl is by an unidentified maker. The bowl is marked on the bottom: “STERLING”; and “B.R.H”. Evidence of the bowl’s hand raising is all over the body in the form of fine hammer marks. The bowl stands about 2 ¼” high and is about 5 5/8” in diameter, and is heavy weight – about 6 troy ounces. The bowl is in excellent vintage condition.

Falick Novick was a master of tray making between 1907 and 1957 and made nearly all of the trays for the major Arts and Crafts silver houses in Chicago, Illinois. This eight lobed tray is made of hand hammered sterling silver and probably dates from the first quarter of the 20th Century. It is marked on the bottom: “STERLING”; “HANDWROUGHT BY F. NOVICK”; and “CHICAGO”. The tray is about 11 7/8” in diameter and stands about 1” high. The Novick lobed tray is in excellent antique condition.

Made in the 20th century, this Hanukkah Menorah is in the Federal Style. The base and the column of the menorah are octagonal, stepped and facetted; the nine candle cups are supported by scrolling “C” and “S” arms. The shamus sits in a bracket and is removable for lighting the other candles. The menorah stands about 18 ½ inches high and the span of the menorah arms is about 12 ¾” inches wide; the base is about 5 9/16” by 5 9/16” inches. The bottom of the menorah is stamped “STERLING”. The menorah is in excellent vintage condition.

Sterling and Formica Tray by Gorham

Sterling Silver1930s Art Deco Bonbon Basket by Webster Company

Bon-Bon Dish in a moderne taste by Reed & Barton

This wonderful hand-hammered and handmade Georg Jensen baby cup was made in the late 1920s. The cup stands approximately three and one quarter inches tall and is approximately three and one quarter inches across the handle. The cup's diameter is approximately two and three-eights inches. The cup is marked with the Georg Jensen markings that were used in the late 1920s, the word "sterling" and the number "127C".
There is no monogram or other engraving on this cup. There appears to be no monogram removal either. The cup is in excellent condition. There is a decorative row of beading work directly under the cup's rim and at the handle attachment there is a rosette of "grapes". The foot of the cup is decorated with a repeating modified leaf design. This cup has not been buffed.

Sterling Silver baby or child's cup made by Georg Jensen of Denmark. The markings indicate post a 1945 date, the number 722 and an "HN" design mark for Harald Nielsen. This cup is approximately two and one half inches tall and has no monogram. This cup has not been buffed.

This sterling silver Mayonnaise Bowl was part of the Gift Line Pattern, circa 1930s, by the Alvin Corporation. The bowl stands about 2” inches high and is about 5” inches in diameter. The border of the bowls is decorated with an Art Deco arch and dart motif that extends half way into the well of the bowl; the arch and dart motif is topped with a repeat band consisting of bars and stacked reclining “U”s alternating with fans and rosettes. The bottom of the mayonnaise bowl is stamped “ALVIN”, over “STERLING”, over “Y1526”. The Gift Line Mayonnaise Bowl is excellent antique condition.

Kiddush Cup in Sterling Silver Produced by the Joint Committee of on Ceremonies U.H.A.C. and C.C.A.R.

Traditional Style Sterling Silver Kiddush Cup by Eastern Silver Company

1960 Midcentury Modern Footed Centerpiece Bowl in Sterling Silver Designed by Donald Colflesh for Gorham Manufacturing Company

Mid-Century Modern Pitcher by Alan Adler of Los Angeles, California

Clean modern lines with no decoration characterize this approximately 8 inch tall pitcher by Reed and Barton of Taunton, MA. The bottom of the pitcher is marked "REED & BARTON STERLING H769 5 H.P." and has the hourglass date mark for 1953. In excellent vintage condition, the pitcher has no monograms or other applied engraving.

This hand raised Quinta Foil tray by Kalo of Chicago, Illinois, was made between 1914 and 1918. The tray measures about 5 7/8” inches in Diameter and about ½” High. This five lobed tray design was classic among Kalo’s output and could be found in a wide range of sizes. The tray is marked on the bottom: “STERLING”, over a bowed “HAND WROUGHT”, over “AT”, over “THE KALO SHOPS”, over “CHICAGO”, over “AND” , over “NEW YORK” over “8”. This tray is in very good antique condition, with no monograms or obvious scratches.

Sterling Silver Scalloped Edge Tray by Wallace Silversmiths of Wallingford, Connecticut

Dating from the mid-1950s this sugar and creamer set, designed by Kurt Eric Christoffersen, was produced by International Silver Company of Meriden, Connecticut. The interesting dynamics of this Christoffersen design contrasts a creamer that tapers upward while the sugar tapers down; the creamer, which sits on a tray-like base, is a narrow conical form with an angular handle (wrapped at its center in black lacquered rattan) and a pouring spout; the sugar bowl, which also sits on a tray-like base, is a broad conical form that opens to wide mouth on which sits a concave lid, in the center of which a concave disk is applied that supports a conical handle with a concaved cap. The creamer measures about 4 ½” inches high by 3 ¾” inches wide. The sugar bowl measures about 2 1/8” inches high by 3 ½” inches in diameter. The bottom of the creamer and the sugar bowl are stamped “INTERNATIONAL STERLING” over “Christoffersen Design”, over “CC100”. The condition of the set is excellent vintage condition, with no dents or major scratches.

This Mid-Century Modern vase is from Sweden. Resembling the narrow to wide Weizen beer glass shape, the body of this vase sits on a rounded inclined shoulder of the foot, terminating in a round squared off step. Both the shoulder and the bottom of the vase body are decorated radially with twelve rased serpentine lines each. The vase stands about 7 ¼” high and is about 4 ¼” in diameter. The shoulder of the foot is stamped: “GRB” (for Hallbergs Guldsmeds), beside three crowns in a trefoil reserve (for Sweden), beside “S” in a six sided reserve (silver standard mark guaranteeing at least a silver quality of .800, beside a tulip in an oval reserve (for Stockholm), beside a “T7” in a rectangular reserve (for the year 1927). The vase is in excellent vintage condition.

Designed in 1955, these egg shaped salt and pepper shakers are made of sterling silver by the Towle Silversmiths, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and porcelain by Lenox China, of Trenton, New Jersey. The shakers are approximately 2 ½” inches tall. One shaker has larger holes in it and the other has smaller holes to help identify the salt from the pepper. The shakers are marked "TOWLE STERLING 461". They are part of a series of sterling and porcelain items that Towle and Lenox collaborated on, that include: a covered sugar bowl and creamer set, a jam jar, a fruit bowl and a pair of candle sticks. The designer for this series was probably Earl Pardon.

Whiting, aesthetic movement sterling silver base fruit bowl decorated with applied mixed metals decoration of fruits and foliage. There are three motifs around this 8 5⁄8” inches diameter bowl. One motif is a cherry branch with some leaves and cherries; another is an olive branch also of leaves and olives; the third motif appears to maybe be that of a thorny, hawthorn branch with a leaf and fruit. Whiting left no confusion or question that this is indeed a fruit bowl: On the foot of the bowl, also in mixed metals, is depicted a fruit knife and a partially pealed fruit. The surface of the silver has an allover "hammered" look that was hand applied. There are no monograms or personalized engravings of any kind on this bowl, nor any monogram removals. The fruit bowl is in great antique condition. This bowl has not been buffed. This bowl is marked with the Whiting logo of a lion in profile with one paw on top of a "W". It also is stamped with the word "STERLING" and the number "782" over another single number that could be a "3" or an "8". An example of this fruit bowl can be seen on exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.