All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1900 item #1482016
A very good 19th century French silver tastevin (wine taster)...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1940 item #1481839 (stock #BG503)
Pair of super stylish Art Deco Classical 950 silver 2-light candelabra, ca 1930. Each: Broad and faceted. Two scrolled arms with volute terminals and single socket on reeded wax pan bracketed to baluster with beading draped over top; raised foot. Marked “950M”, which is associated with Belgian production. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 9 3/4 x W 14 x D 6 3/8 in. Total weight: 69.5 troy ounces. #BG503

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1970 item #1469707 (stock #D279)
A model of the tall ship "AMERIGO VESPUCCI" made of sterling silver mounted on a hardwood plinth with a brass plaque engraved with the ship's name.

This magnificent model is entirely handcrafted of sterling silver. It consists of many elements, each made with great attention to detail. The model features three tall masts with sails, flags, and rigging, five lifeboats, two motorboats, two anchors, and other equipment...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1466718 (stock #BX081)
Italian silver gilt grand-tour bell, ca 1920. Figural handle in form of piping faun with puffed out cheeks and hoofed and hirsute hindquarters. Based on Greek statuette excavated in Pompeii and today in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. Marked. Very good condition with nice toning.

Dimensions: H 4 3/4 x W 2 3/8 x D 1 3/4 in. Weight: 3.6 troy ounces. #BX081

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1970 item #1466195 (stock #BW633)
Italian Midcentury Modern 800 silver box. Rectangular with straight sides and thumb rest. Cover flat and hinged with tab. Allover engine-turned curvilinear ornament in plain borders on sides and cover top. Box underside plain. Marked “800” and stamp (1944-68) for Florentine maker Bartolini Bartolozzi. Condition: Minor bung to upper left corner. Otherwise very good.

Dimensions: H 1 1/2 x W 7 1/8 x D 3 3/4 in. Weight: 9 troy ounces. #BW633

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1457460 (stock #BW189)
European silver ornament, ca 1920. Single plain hollow stem sprouting 3 flowers with ripe, splayed petals and prominent stamen surrounding 3 tight and tall buds. Pretty and hopeful. Appears to be unmarked. Silver tests 800. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 19 3/4 x W 6 X D 6 in. Weight: 4 troy ounces. #BW189

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1454336 (stock #BV824)
Austrian Classical 800 silver tray, ca 1920. Rectangular well with curved corners. Tapering sides with bold egg-and-dart rim. Fully marked including letters HZ and Budapest retailer’s stamp “Bachruch A. Succ.” Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 1 3/4 x W 12 3/4 x D 9 1/2 in. Weight: 18.5 troy ounces. #BV824

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1980 item #1454053 (stock #BV870)
La Rochelle silver dinner set for 12. Made by Tetard Frères in France...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1453988 (stock #BV461)
European silver and enamel cigarette case, ca 1920. Rectangular, curved, and hinged. On cover, a horse’s head appears in an entryway, with two protective borzoi dogs standing guard. Stable drama against a semi-abstract background of brick and stone, and bluish ground. Gilt interior. Engraved monogram on back. Marked “900”. Very good condition with strong color.

Dimensions: H 3 3/8 x W 3 1/8 x D 3/8 in. Gross weight: 4.6 troy ounces. #BV461

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1447939 (stock #BV140)
Austrian 800 silver 4-piece coffee and tea set on tray, ca 1920. This set comprises coffeepot, teapot, creamer, and sugar on tray.

Each: Tapering hexagonal body on raised foot. Handles high-looping stained-wood. Covers stepped with stained-wood finial (pot covers side-hinged). Spouts v-form. Tray has oval well with tapering sides and flat shoulder. Fashionable geometric forms from postwar Mitteleuropa.

Pre-1922 marks. Excellent condition...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1442960 (stock #T714)
Art Nouveau inkwell. Made by Emile Langlois in Paris, ca 1920. Hemispheric clear glass bowl with garland acid-etched to sides and diaper cut to underside. Neck collar 950 silver as is hinged domed cover, which has guilloche enamel concentric rings in nuanced green-brown. Detachable clear glass liner. Maker’s stamp. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 3 x D 2 3/4 in. #T714

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1960 item #1437156 (stock #BU120)
Sensitive and endearing 800 silver animal figure. Made by Buccellati in Italy. A chimp with raised arm, big funny ears, and expressive face sits on amethyst crystal base with joined feet. A playful primate with tensile hands and feet, and shaggy wire fur. Marked “Buccellati Italy 800”. Excellent condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: H (with base) 13 x W 8 1/2 x D 8 in. #BU120

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1435244 (stock #BT902)
European silver and enamel cigarette case, ca 1920. Rectangular, chamfered, and hinged. On cover a horse’s head appears in an entryway, with two protective borzoi dogs standing guard. Stable drama against a semi-abstract background of brick and stone, and purpling ground. Marks worn. Very good condition with strong color.

Dimensions: H 3 5/8 x W 3 1/4 x D 1/2 in. Gross weight: 4.6 troy ounces. #BT902

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1420973
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$100.00
Hammered silver sugar tongs from Martin Mayer in Mainz, Germany, c 1920-30. Martin Mayer’s firm, founded 1888, was a well-known manufacturer of silver cutlery and jewelry until it was confiscated by the Nazis in 1938. Peter Behrens, Hans Christiansen and Patriz Huber are known to have worked for Martin Mayer. Of these, Behrens - one of the founders of the Deutscher Werkbund – is the most likely to have designed these sugar nips. German silver standard mark (crown and 835) and makers mark MM...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1419133 (stock #BR579)
German 800 silver wine trolly nef, ca 1920. A 3-mast galleon with billowing sales and complicated rigging. Gun ports open and cannons ready to fire. Lots of deck action, too with fighting swordsman and fallen sailors. Holds a special cargo because wood-style hull is a wine trolly. Figurehead spigot with threaded plug, and dolphin side mounts with rotating wheels for cruising across the table. Gives new meaning to the expression “getting sloshed”...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1940 item #1396624
A bulbous, filigree trinket box or casket that is unmarked,probably 800 silver and European. The lid snaps shut tightly.It measures 2" (h) x 2-1/2"(w). An older piece.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1364214 (stock #9627)
A Dutch silver figural sugar sifter spoon from the 1920s. This 5-1/2" nicely detailed table serving spoon features a woman carrying two pails as the finial and the bowl is nicely pierced. It has an obscured maker's mark and a difficult to see sword mark on the join of the handle and bowl and it could date anywhere from the 1900s to the 1950s. It weighs 26.3 grams and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, damage or repairs...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1940 item #1363993 (stock #BN222)
Art Deco 950 silver ice bucket. Made by Tetard Freres in Paris, ca 1930. Trapezoidal with applied rim and two rectangular supports mounted to stained-wood. Sides gently convex with fashionable skyscraper motif. Fully marked with Minerva head and maker’s mark. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 5 1/4 x W 6 5/8 x D 5 3/4 in. Gross weight: 24 troy ounces. #BN222