"One step closer and I ring for the servants!" In flawless and unrepaired condition, this fine silver item recalls another era, with afternoon tea a given and dinner clothes in the evening a necessity. It bears the hallmark of The Thomae Company and reflects the quality that company produced. American, 1920's. Approximately 1-1/2 inches to the top of its ivory button and 2-1/8 inches in diameter.

Bearing hallmarks of St Petersburg, 1878, this refined heavyweight, solid silver salver has a lustrous, matted finish of old salt-applied gilt, lending it the tone of green gold. In excellent condition, it is approximately 8-1/2 inches in diameter and half-an-inch deep, and is of 84 zolodniks purity.

In high relief and superb detail in the French Empire style is this Russian tribute to the Bourbon Restoration of 1818 after the downfall of Napoleon I. The piece is struck in two segments: the central medallion and its separately-cast frame, featuring a ring of fleurs-de-lys. In Cyrillic letters the artist's name, Lotadick, is on the underside of the bust. Russian, circa 1818. Main body of the plaque, exclusive of the ring attachment, is approximately 4-3/4 inches in diameter.

Recovered from a burial and meticulously remounted on ancient cotton, this colorful collar from coastal Peru consists of shell and stone appliques in the form of stylized pelicans and other forms. The collar measures about nine inches by 7-1/2 inches and is displayed in an antique ebonized frame. Peru,1000 to 1400 A.D.

In sixty years of collecting and dealing in antique coquille carvings, this is the most elaborate piece I have seen, a whistle in celebration of the newly established liberal laws of King Louis-Philippe, who described himself as “King of the French,” rather than “King of France.” A plaque inscribed “Loi de 1831” is guarded over by a seated lion, symbolizing royal authority...

Beautiful crescent-shaped sterling silver decanter labels are enhanced by bright-cut designs and the content designations, "SHERRY" and "PORT" and retain their fine, hand-wrought chains. They bear the hallmark of Joseph Preedy, who worked in London around 1770. Approximately 1-5/8 inches by 1-5/8 inches.

A lovely sterling silver label with elaborate hand-formed gadroon borders and corner designs, this label has a hand-wrought silver chain. Its one hallmark, “IH” is only lightly visible. Approximately one inch by two inches. Circa 1760.

Bearing hallmarks that indicate it was made in London by Robert Swanson (entered around 1745), this unusually intricate decanter label is crowned with a cut-out and engraved topknot that suggests the three feathers of the Prince of Wales. Finely concave body and well-crafted silver chain and bezel. Finely-wrought hand-made silver chain.

In the form of a miniature gorget, this handsome hand-wrought sterling label is engraved "Brandy" and sports a heavy chain, also hand wrought. Probably English, approximately one inch by 1-1/4 inches. Eighteenth Century.

This elegant octagonal decanter label is fully hallmarked, indicating it was made in London by John Wren(?), 1808-09. Its silver chain is hand wrought. Approximately 5/8 inch by 1-1/2 inches.

Possibly made in the Orient, but more likely in the Western Hemisphere, this label is of paktong, a highly tarnish-resistant alloy introduced from China in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Matthew Boulton and other English silversmiths welcomed its properties, and that it was not subject to taxation. On a fine hand-wrought silver chain, the label boasts a neat feathered border and evidence of careful planching on the reverse...

The elaborate neo-rococo border of this silver label stands out in high relief. Deeply engraved is "CERISES," indicating it was designed to grace a decanter of "eau de cerises" (cherry brandy or kirschwasser.) Unmarked but solid silver. American, ca. 1885. Approximately 1-1/2inches by 1-1/2 inches