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Early Sheffield Plate Entree Dish

Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Plate: Pre 1837 VR   item# 951179

Early Sheffield Plate Entree Dish
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$450 

This elegant Georgian entrée dish of fine Sheffield plate, with cast-silver mounts and overlapped edges, has a cover that can be inverted, without its detachable finial, to serve as another dish. It is in excellent condition, not replated, with the minimal wear normal to a piece of its age. England, circa 1810. Approximately 9-1/4 inches by12-1/4 inches by six inches tall.


Elaborate Sheffield Plate Entree Dish

Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Plate: Pre 1837 VR   item# 950920

Elaborate Sheffield Plate Entree Dish
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$600 

Consisting of five elements -- deep warming base, pewter splash guard, primary dish, cover and detachable finial this impressive covered entree dish converts into two service dishes when required. The mechanically applied silver plate is original and shows the wear common to well-cared-for Sheffield plate. The applied cast sterling details and overlapping rims are in excellent condition. Sterling panels for engraving are inset on either side of the cover. Hallmarked with the hand symbol of J ...click for details


Austrian Silver Individual Coffee Pot

Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Pre 1837 VR   item# 809390

Austrian Silver Individual Coffee Pot
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$275 

A fine, solid silver (.833 purity) Austrian individual coffee pot -- "hottle" -- in classic urn form and with a pineapple finial, this would make an elegant presentation at breakfast. Approximately 6-3'4 inches tall and five inches wide at the handle; weight 8-12 ounces Troy. Circa 1830.


Elaborate Sterling Grape Shears

Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Sterling: Pre 1900   item# 809350

Elaborate Sterling Grape Shears
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$400 

Of solid cast silver the handles of these 7-inch-long shears have impressive heft. Blades are of surgical-quality close-plated steel. American, circa 1900.


Impressive Sterling Grape Basket

Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Sterling: Pre 1910   item# 809080

Impressive Sterling Grape Basket
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$2400 

Deceptively heavy at 23 Troy ounces, this superb object is finely designed and detailed. Manufactured by Towle Silversmiths around 1910, and marketed by Theodore Starr of New York City, it is approximately 9-1/4 inches in diameter and 6-1/2 inches tall to the top of its handsome swing handle. Excellent condition, with no damage or repairs.


Sterling Chicken Tongs

Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Pre 1920   item# 661804

Sterling Chicken Tongs
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$125 

A finely crafted pair of table service tongs, this item brings elegance to the serving of fried chicken and other difficult-to-handle food items. The handles are of sterling silver and the business end is precision-crafted of surgical-quality chromed steel, stamped "Germany." Excellent condition, approximately seven inches in length.


Old Sheffield Plate Decanter Salver

Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Plate: Pre 1837 VR   item# 661224

Old Sheffield Plate Decanter Salver
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$225 

A superb coaster for a large wine decanter, this early Sheffield silver plate item is in excellent condition. It is 7-7/8 inches in diameter and has a finely detailed neorococo sterling border with overlapped edge and a sterling inlay section engraved with the head of a rampart lion. English, circa 1825.


George III Sterling Platter

Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Sterling: Pre 1800   item# 506173

George III Sterling Platter
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$3200 

This 11 by 15-1/4 inch sterling silver is in exceptionally fine condition and of massive weight, a bit over 3-1/2 pounds. It bears the London hallmarks of 1789-90, maker William Simons.


Baronial Shreve Dresser Service

Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Sterling: Pre 1900   item# 493860

Baronial Shreve Dresser Service
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$6600 

Incorporating a fortune in Renaissance and later coins, this magnificent set is composed of two large decanters, a covered powder box and a shoe horn. It is marked "Geo.C. Shreve & Co. San Francisco." Circa 1880, superb condition. The decanters are 8-1/2 inches high and 5-1/2 inches wide, the powder box is 5-3/4 inches high and 4-1/4 inches in diameter and the shoe horn is 10-1/4 inches in length and two inches wide at the base. Of heavy-gauge silver, the set weighs in at approx ...click for details


French Revolution Silver Snuff Box

Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Metals: Silver: Continental: Pre 1800   item# 393462

French Revolution Silver Snuff Box
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$825 

Created at the height of the Terror, this handsome and sturdy saddle-shaped snuff box bears the .950 purity mark and Paris hallmark for 1793, the year of the beheading of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Suggesting the striped silks favored by Revolutionary sympathizers, the interior is gilded, as originally were the broader stripes of the exterior. Incorporating fine integral hinges, it is in lovely condition and measures about 3-1/4 inches by 1-3/4 inches by one inch high. (I have a similar, ...click for details

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