All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800 item #874576 (stock #1110)
A George III Engraved Silver Helmet Form Creamer or Cream Jug, with Reeded Top and Handle. There is a small monogram in the front and floral swags around. On a square pedestal foot, with marks on the underside; for London 1790 and IB (for John Belden). Dimensions; 6.4" to handle; weight 4 Troy ounces. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Pewter : Pre 1800 item #1492540
Finely engraved and dated pewter stein or stob / Germany, made in 1708 (touchmark inside lid).

An early form of Stob without the pronounced stand-ring and with an interesting central engraving of a man hitting a fruit tree with a staff and a female beneath picking up the fruit that falls down into a basket; on either side a floral vase; above the German inscription, ''Wúnscht dein der freude an, seinen kindern erlebt''Later initialized and dated by new owners to 1806, so nearly a 10...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800 item #757320 (stock #1559)
A Rare Matched Set of Six Early George III Scottish Silver Dessert Spoons. By Patrick Robertson and Hallmarked in Edinburgh in 1766. In the Hanoverian Rat-tail Pattern, with Bottom Struck Marks at the Narrow Part of the Stem (making the marks somewhat indistinct). Dimensions; 7.25" in length and 7.6 Troy ounces in total. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Pewter : Pre 1700 item #1492152
A rare pair of very early and beautiful baroque Pewter candlesticks, pricket type, probably germany or England, 17th. century.

The prickets was made in iron and the pair is stamped with clear touchmarks of the crowned Tudor rose and another with angel.

Size 31-32 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice very fine and intact...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1700 item #1473546 (stock #BW398)
German Baroque Classical silver wine beaker, 17th century. Urn bowl with three splayed ball supports. Clusters of fruits and vegetables and pendant ribbon bows. At top engraved presentation on occasion of child born in 1699. Gilt-washed interior. Marks include Nurnberg city stamp and maker’s stamp “I H / M”. Good condition with minor dents.

Overall dimensions: H 3 1/4 x W 2 5/8 x D 2 5/8 in. Weight: 2.2 troy ounces. #BW398

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Iron : Pre 1700 item #1492685
A very rare huge early vault or bankboks key, late 17th. century.

A massive key with a huge bit. Finely made, perhaps by a gunmaker. The hollow stem is long and fluted, and with a very large and elaborately made bit. Such a stem was a new invention for security keys in the period, making it much, much harder to copy. The bow compressed and with Gothic style decoration along the stem.

Size: Near 18 cm...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Iron : Pre 1700 item #1492242
A very beautiful late renaissance to early Baroque door lock plate, probably german or Northern Europe, c. late 16th.-early 17th. century.

Fine openwork style iron wrought and cut and nicely etched with floral decorations.

Size: 24,5 cm. long.

Ex. Danish Collection of keys.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Iron : Pre 1700 item #1492237
A rare type of iron key from box or cabinet very, European c. later 16th. century.

An interesting key with a disc shaped decoration on the bow and complicated stem and bit.

Size: 92 mm. long.

Condition: Nice VF, good metal.

Ex. Danish Collection of keys.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Coin : Pre AD 1000 item #1489916
Matching pair of heavy high quality silver cuff bracelets, Tekke people, Turmenistan, c. late 19th.-early 20th. cent.

Women in the nomadic communities of what is today Turkmenistan often wore heavy, conspicuous jewellery. Girls were provided with such pieces on marriage as part of their dowry and the pieces were added to as the couple grew more affluent...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Pewter : Pre AD 1000 item #1491469
A very attractive tall pewter tankard that was manifactured in the year 1780 in Germany, by Joachim Adam Hecht (see picture with details).

Interesting slender style, that widdes out slightly towards the top. Decorated with a baroque style gift saying in German and and 1797 and a Crowned monogram within a wreath. Probably a Guilds type. l

Large profiled base and the lid with high thumbrest. German touchmarks in the top of the handle showing year of manifacture 1780...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Iron : Pre AD 1000 item #1463593
A lovely working condition cupboard lock, European baroque period, c. 1650-1680.

A very nice condition lock with it's matching key and ready to be installed in an antique cupboard or just for exhibition in a nice collection of early European metal antiques.

Size: c. 15 cm. long with the key being c. 9 cm. long.

Provenance: Danish Private collection of Grethe Pedersen, Ledøje, Denmark, ca. 1950-1997.