Sterling silver picture frame, J. E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, Ca. 1900. Silver is bevelled and etched with lines, garlands and foliate designs. Cartouche not yet engraved. @6 1/4" x @4 3/4" (will show @4 3/4" x @3" photo, but will hold a 5" x6" photo). Normal wear.
Beautiful Art Nouveau all-over sterling silver overlay on cobalt blue glass vase, American, Ca. 1900. Has etched garlands topped by bows near the top of the vase and etched leaves banding the bottom. @10" high. Lovely condition.
Sterling silver and inlaid wood gallery tray, American, Ca. 1900. Sterling "gallery" is "hitching post" in design. Wood is inlaid in center. Slight "ripple" in veneer that does NOT affect stability of anything placed on tray. @22 1/4" long (handle to handle) x @12 3/4" wide.
Pair of sterling silver mounted-on-velvet picture frames, Birmingham, England, 1904. Silver is pierced (allowing the forest green velvet to show through)and is foliate in design. Although the frames are "square," the portion through which the photo is seen is round. The border is @7" square; the round portion will show a @3 3/4" photo, but will take a 5"x5" photo.Frames have been re-backed in forest green velvet. Normal wear.
Magnificent sterling silver Art Nouveau picture frame, hallmarked for Chester, England, 1904. Decorated with hummingbirds, lily pads (the "stems" of which swirl around the frame) and a lily pond at the bottom. @12 1/2" high x @10 1/4" wide; will hold a 7" x 9" photo. Has been re-backed in forest green velvet. Normal wear.
Fabulous sterling silver footed jewelry box with one drawer that is opened by a "moveable" wreath pull. Top of box has scalloped floral border with a center cartouche depicting a pastoral scene of a man teaching a woman to play a musical instrument. A basket of flowers hangs nearby. A child standing on a fence is "helping." Trees and shrubs dot the background. Legs are foliate. @5 1/2" high x @9 1/4" long x @6" deep. London, England, 1902, Charles and George As ...click for details
Sterling silver picture frame, Dominick & Haff, New York, Ca. 1895. All over pierced, with cherubs surrounding the top cartouche (which is engraved with a script "RE"). There is a cherub on each side of the frame and two on the bottom of the frame on either side of a shell. The frame is also decorated with flowers and scroll work, and will hold a 4" x 6" photo. The frame itself is 8 1/2" high, 7" wide at the bottom and 6" wide at the top. It has been re-bac ...click for details
Pair of iridescent pale green "art glass" bud vases with sterling silver mounts, London, 1927. @6 3/4" high. Slight dent on the rim of one of the silver mounts.
Sterling silver-mounted hinged ebony "Trinkets" box, London, England, 1920. One corner mount is etched; the other is not. The word "Trinkets" is spelled out diagonally in script across the top of the box. Blue velvet lining on inside bottom of box. @6 1/4" (across) x @2" (high) x @3" (deep). Normal wear on wood, with a very, very slight curve to the rear panel.
Stylish sterling silver four-vase (in the "trumpet" style) epergne, Chester, England, 1911. Lovely scroll work "brackets" hold the vases. Three of the vases are removable; the center one is "permanent."
10 1/2" high x @4 1/2" across base; width across vases is @8 1/2". Has some VERY MINOR "dings" on vases.
