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similar to Whiting Sterling Silver Three Blind Mice Nursery Rhyme Baby Cup

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1483871 (stock #BY714)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,365.00
Listed Price $1,950.00
Art Nouveau sterling silver nursery rhyme baby cup. Made by Whiting in New York, ca 1900. Tall and waisted bowl with wavy rim and c-scroll handle with splayed trefoil mount and baluster tail. Engraved depiction of the Three Blind Mice, sightless rodents with alert ears and long whiskers. Acid-etched text: "Three / Blind / Mice / Did you / ever see / such / a sight in / your life". Gilt interior. Fully marked including maker's stamp and no. 413A. Very good condition with strong definition.

Dime...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #1488106 (stock #BX750)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$455.00
Listed Price $650.00
Edwardian Classical sterling silver baby cup. Made by Whiting in New York, ca 1910. Tapering sides, curved rim, and bellied bowl; c-scroll handle with scrolled tail. Two scrolled bands applied to top and bottom. Gilt-washed interior. Plenty of room for engraving. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 3905. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 7/8 x W 4 1/2 x D 3 1/8 in. Weight: 4.4 troy ounces. #BX750

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1466097 (stock #BX008)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,100.00
Listed Price $3,000.00
Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Straight sides and banded scroll-bracket handle. Low-relief base ornament with stylized flower heads and beading. Acid-etched depiction of Goosey Gander, an English nursery rhyme that has been subject to various religious and moral interpretations. Shown here a sassy New Woman brandishing a crook and a nattily dressed and bespectacled goose. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 4254, and d...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1980 item #1490931 (stock #BZ371)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$385.00
Listed Price $550.00
Modern sterling silver baby cup. Retailed by Tiffany & Co. In New York. Gently curved sides with rows of embossed hearts on stippled ground. Top vacant. High-looping scroll handle. Marked “Tiffany & Co. / Sterling / Italy” with post-1967 Italian maker’s stamp (Pampaloni). Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 3 x W 4 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 3.5 troy ounces. #BZ371

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1492108 (stock #BV979)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$626.50
Listed Price $895.00
Victorian Classical sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1888. Straight sides and lobed bracket handle with reeded bands. Stylized ornament: Scrolled frame surrounded by scrolls, leaves, flowers, and a couple hovering insects. Butler finish. Mouth rim has egg-and-dart border. At bottom cast low-relief rinceaux band between reeded borders. Gilt-washed interior. Interlaced script monogram. Full marked including maker’s stamp, date symbol, and no. 3875. Very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1930 item #1491108 (stock #BY814)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$556.50
Listed Price $795.00
Modern sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1928. Curved bowl with flared mouth rim, high-looping handle, and foot ring; reeded band. Plenty of room for engraving. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 21213 (first produced in 1928), and director’s letter m. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/4 x W 3 5/8 D 2 7/8 in. Weight: 5.5 troy ounces. #BY814

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1490306 (stock #BW475)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$525.00
Listed Price $750.00
Victorian Classical sterling silver baby cup. Made by John Bell and Frederick Brasted in London in 1860. Baluster bowl on raised foot; leaf-capped double-scroll handle. Engraved interlaced strapwork frames of which two inset with flowers and two vacant. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 4 3/4 x W 4 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 3.8 troy ounces. #BW475

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1490181 (stock #BZ391)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$696.50
Listed Price $995.00
Gorgeous Victorian Japonesque sterling silver baby cup. Made by William Hunter in London in 1877. Straight and upward tapering sides; leaf-mounted bamboo-style c-scroll handle. Dense and stylized acid-etched ornament with birds flitting amongst leafing and blossoming branches. Vertical arabesque frame (vacant). Gilt interior. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/4 x W 4 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 5.6 troy ounces. #BZ391

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1489568 (stock #BW400)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$486.50
Listed Price $695.00
Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by John Aldwinckle & Thomas Slater in London in 1887. Straight and gently upward tapering sides and c-scroll handle. Ornamental borders engraved at top and bottom including ribbon-tied garlands. Festive and celebratory with plenty of room for announcing a special event. Interior gilt washed. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 x W 3 3/8 x D 2 3/8 in. Weight: 3.4 troy ounces. #BW400

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1488934 (stock #BZ160)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,450.00
Listed Price $3,500.00
Rare Bird's Nest sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1870. Ovoid bowl on stepped foot. Scroll handle with squiggle tail. Bowl has shaped pointille ornament and wire scrollwork applied with cast fluttering and flapping birds. Beading. Oval frame engraved with 3-letter monogram. Fully marked including Tiffany and Moore stamps, and pattern no. 1063. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/2 x W 4 1/2 x D 3 1/4 in. Weight: 5.7 troy ounces. #BZ160

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #1488555 (stock #BY526)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$490.00
Listed Price $700.00
Edwardian sterling silver baby cup. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark, ca 1915. Upward tapering sides and scroll handle. Acid etched frames with animals, including an elephant, camel, and gazelle. Frame with American eagle has vacant space for engraving the name of the cutest and cuddliest beast. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 1684. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 2 5/8 x W 4 x D 3 in. Weight: 3.5 troy ounces. #BY526

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1486296 (stock #BY965)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,050.00
Listed Price $1,500.00
Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by George W. Shiebler & Co. in New York, ca 1890. Curved bowl with allover frond and flower repousse on stippled ground. Reeded scroll bracket handle wrapped with applied band decorated with stylized flower head. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked including maker’s and retailer’s (JE Caldwell) stamps and no. 1306. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: H 3 3/4 x W 4 1/2 x D 3 1/8 in. Weight: 4.8 troy ounces. #BY965

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1478958 (stock #BX892)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$556.50
Listed Price $795.00
Turn-of-the-century sterling silver baby cup rich in period assumptions. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark. Upward tapering sides and scroll handle.

Acid-etched frieze depicting sailor-suited, flag-holding, all-American boy with exotic coevals in native dress relegated to background. Symbolic imagery enhanced with verse: “Little Indian, Sioux or Crow, little frosty Eskimo, little Turk or Japanese—Oh! Don’t you wish that you were me?”

Ahem.

Fully marked including maker's stamp and ...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1930 item #1456764 (stock #BW120)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$906.50
Listed Price $1,295.00
George V safari flask. Made by James Dixon & Sons in Sheffield in 1927. Clear glass body. Top half encased in leather with cutout tubular windows. Bottom half has detachable sterling silver cup. Short straight sterling silver neck with hinged and cork-lined bayonet cover. Easy-grip size. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 8 x W 4 1/2 x D 2 in. #BW120

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1417414 (stock #BR632)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$3,150.00
Listed Price $4,500.00
Jumbo big game-era safari flask. Made by George Unite in Birmingham in 1888. Glass body. Upper part encased in leather with cut-away vertical windows. At bottom detachable sterling silver cup engraved with armorial. Sterling silver collar with hinged and cork-lined ball cover engraved with same. The alpha model. Holds enough booze for everyone around the campfire. Fully marked. Very good condition with some handling wear from all those big sweaty hands.

Dimensions: H 11 x W 5 x D 2 1/2 in. #B...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1158642 (stock #BJ633)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$4,200.00
Listed Price $6,000.00
Turn-of-the-century Classical sterling silver trophy. Made by Whiting in New York. Baluster body with scrolled rim and scroll-bracket side handles. Foot raised with scrolled rim. Body has vertical slash lines and dense and overlapping chased leaves. Handles leaf-wrapped and mounted. Foot has egg-and-dart border and same slashed lines. Foot rim has tooled garland. A hefty, super-sumptuous winner’s cup. Extra strength required for holding aloft. Fully marked including effaced maker’s stamp an...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #1486690 (stock #BY690)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$385.00
Listed Price $550.00
Edwardian sterling silver porringer. Made by R. Blackinton & Co. in North Attleboro, Mass., ca 1910. Round with solid lozenge-form handle. Acid-etched frames depicting nursery rhymes with both old favorites like Humpty Dumpty and Little Miss Muffet as well as the more recherche Queen of Hearts and I Was a Bachelor. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 8402. Very good condition with strong definition.

Dimensions: H 1 7/8 x W 6 7/8 x D 4 5/8 in. Weight: 4.5 troy ounces. #BY690

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960 item #1451818 (stock #BV590)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,800.00
Listed Price $4,000.00
Midcentury Modern sterling silver decanter set. Retailed by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Sterling silver frame with central pole on shaped base between two round and open wells. Pole has sliding mechanism with hinged hasp and bracket handle to which are mounted two decanter covers. The covers descend on two ovoid bottles with cut diaper ornament, and sterling silver collar. With lock and key.

Stand marked “Tiffany & Co. / Sterling Silver” and numbered S1625. Bottle collars marked “Sterling...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1837 VR item #1490680 (stock #BZ556)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$770.00
Listed Price $1,100.00
George III sterling silver baby cup. Made by Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard in London in 1816. Campana urn bowl with cast palmette and shell border; raised foot with cast leaf-and-dart border. Cast two-headed snake handle. Gilt-washed interior. Gorgeous Georgian for the newborn who deserves a bit of Regency opulence. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 3 3/4 x W 4 1/4 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 6 troy ounces. #BZ556

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1485092 (stock #BY767)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,295.00
Listed Price $1,850.00
English Georgian sterling silver baby cup, 1837. Bowl has curved sides and scrolled foot rim with applied scallop shells and four leaf and shell supports; leaf-capped double-scroll handle. Gilt interior.

Chased and engraved scene of boy riding on the back of a rescue dog, who stands at the entrance to a monastic hostelry in the Swiss Alps. An iconic illustration of the perils of mountain travel that was reproduced in painting and sculpture. A lithograph after British artist TC Wilson depicting...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1837 VR item #1485076 (stock #BY768)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,015.00
Listed Price $1,450.00
George III sterling silver baby cup. Made by William Bennett in London 1811. Flared rim with low-relief fruiting grapevine border; leaf border at bottom. Cast handle in form of two snakes with entwined scaly bodies and bead-eyed heads. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 3 3/8 x W 4 1/4 x D 2 7/8 in. Weight: 5 troy ounces. #BY768

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #1478314 (stock #BY030)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$665.00
Listed Price $950.00
Edwardian sterling silver porringer. Made by McChesney in Newark, ca 1910. Round with straight sides, flat rim, and curved bottom; Tapering handle; center open and inset with curvilinear ornament. Sides exterior have engraved and acid-etched Mother Goose scenes including Old King Cole, Simple Simon, and Little Tom Tucker, cherished characters in olden days pre-industrial fashion, with the men wearing breeches, their woolen-stockinged calves dangling out of the rectangular frames. A goose balance...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1474566 (stock #BV954)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$696.50
Listed Price $995.00
Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by George John Richards in London in 1853. Baluster bowl with leaf-capped double-scroll handle and scrolled skirted foot. Embossed vegetation clusters in engraved leafing scroll frames; a third frame vacant. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 4 3/8 x W 4 3/8 x D 3 in. Weight: 4.8 troy ounces. #BV954

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1474540 (stock #BX893)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$696.50
Listed Price $995.00
Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1890. Straight and gently upward tapering sides and scroll-bracket handle. Applied cast oval medallions that depict not austere Roman patricians and their virtuous helpmates but sailor-suited boys and kitty-clutching girls. A sweet rejuvenation of the influential Medallion pattern. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. A7822. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 2 5/8 x W 4 1/8 x D 2 3/4 in. Heav...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1461735 (stock #BW369)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,925.00
Listed Price $2,750.00
Turn-of-the-century Edwardian sterling silver baby set. Made by Gorham in Providence. This set comprises cup, bowl, and plate. Cup has scroll bracket handle, raised and stepped foot, and gilt interior. Bowl has same foot. Plate has deep well. Acid-etched scenes depicting scenes from Mother Goose, including Old King Cole being presented with his Bowl, Little Bo Peep with Sheep, and Old Mother Hubbard with Bare Cupboard and Poor Dog. Cup and bowl have goose balancing a ball (vacant) between two de...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960 item #1240002 (stock #BI102)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$486.50
Listed Price $695.00
Nursery rhyme-themed sterling silver porringer. Made by Tiffany in New York. Round and curved. Handle solid and curvilinear with goose neck mounts. On handle is low-relief depiction of Old King Cole, who has "called for his pipe and called for his bowl." A dense olden-days scene with no room for the "fiddlers three." There's plenty of room for engraving, though. Fully marked including postwar pattern no. 25352. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 1 1/2 x W 5 5/8 x D 4 3/8 in. Weight: 6.5 troy...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1463532 (stock #BW448)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,400.00
Listed Price $2,000.00
Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau sterling silver 3-piece baby set. Made by Kerr in Newark. This set comprises cup, bowl, and plate. Acid-etched tree-framed fairytale scenes depicting beguiling maidens, stooped crones, and credulous children. Two monogram frames (vacant) on cup and bowl. Fully marked including maker’s and retailer’s (Spaulding & Co.) stamps and no. 4568. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Cup: H 2 3/4 x W 4 x D 3 in. Bowl: H 2 x D 4 3/8 in. Plate: H 1/2 x D 6 1/2 in. Total we...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1423386 (stock #BT261)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,750.00
Listed Price $2,500.00
Classical sterling silver trophy cup. Traditional amphora urn with high-looping side handles and stepped and raised foot. Cover domed with engraved bands and acorn finial. A nice cup with lots of room for engraving. Marked “Sterling / By / Fina”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 12 x W 8 x D 5 1/8 in. Weight: 28.5 troy ounces #BT261

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1980 item #1486316 (stock #BY651)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$556.50
Listed Price $795.00
American Modern sterling silver tumbler. Sides comprise three concave rings with flared mouth rim. Marked “Tiffany & Co / Sterling / 549”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 5/8 x D 3 in. Weight: 4.6 troy ounces. #BY651

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1465285 (stock #BX016)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$8,125.00
Listed Price $12,500.00
Fin-de-siecle Classical sterling silver loving cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Urn-form with bellied bottom. Three leaf-capped and mounted scroll handles. In relief are men and women, nude with legs merging into leafing scrolls, their embraces abetted by cherubic cup bearers. Subdued eroticism on stippled ground with fruiting grapevines. Reeded foot with stylized egg-and-dart rim and three leaf-and-scroll mounted paw supports. Gilt-washed interior.

At top engraved presentation: “Samu...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1464812 (stock #BW365)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,540.00
Listed Price $2,200.00
Turn-of-the-century sterling silver baby set rich in period assumptions. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark. This set comprises cup, bowl, and plate.

Cup has acid-etched frieze depicting sailor-suited, flag-holding, all-American boy with exotic coevals in native dress relegated to background. Imagery enhanced with verse: “Little Indian, Sioux or Crow, little frosty Eskimo, little Turk or Japanese—Oh! Don’t you wish that you were me?”

Ahem.

Bowl sides feature modes of transportation...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #1486401 (stock #BY950)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,625.00
Listed Price $3,750.00
American Edwardian Classical sterling silver loving cup, ca 1910. Tapering bowl with flared rim and curved bottom on reeded domed foot; three leaf-wrapped and scroll-mounted handles. Elegant form with plenty of room for engraving. Fully marked including stamp for Theodore B. Starr, a New York maker and retailer, and no. 5490. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 10 1/4 x W 8 1/2 x D 6 1/4 in. Weight: 29 troy ounces. #BY950

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Coin : Pre 1900 item #1488922 (stock #BY966)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$770.00
Listed Price $1,100.00
Victorian silver baby cup. Made by S. Kirk & Son in Baltimore. Straight sides with allover floral repousse on stippled ground. Cast and capped leaf scroll handle and pointille foot border. Fully marked including maker’s stamp (1846-61) and alloy “11 OZ.” (that is 11/12 or 916 silver). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/8 x W 4 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 4.8 troy ounces. #BY966

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #1440579 (stock #BU250)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,155.00
Listed Price $1,650.00
Edwardian sterling silver baby bowl on plate. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1911. Bowl has curved and tapering sides. Plate has well and wide shoulder. Both have whiplash-scrolled rim and applied figures—an eclectic frieze that includes dog-petting hobos, stickball playing boys, tool-bearing workmen, and pipe-smoking grannies. Fully marked including no. A4479 (bowl) and A4480 (plate). Plate also has date symbol and retailer’s stamp (JE Caldwell). Very good condition.

Dimensions: Bowl: H...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Coin : Pre 1900 item #1487980 (stock #BX744)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$626.50
Listed Price $895.00
Victorian Classical coin silver baby cup, ca 1860. Baluster bowl with cast leaf-capped double-scroll handle and raised foot. Chased leaf and tendrils forming frame (vacant). Beaded and Greek key rims. Unidentified marks associated with Philadelphia and phrase “Pure Coin”. Very good condition with deep patina.

Overall dimensions: H 4 7/8 x W 4 1/2 x D 3 in. Weight: 6 troy ounces. #BX744

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Coin : Pre 1837 VR item #1477904 (stock #BY022)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$665.00
Listed Price $950.00
Classical coin silver baby cup. Made by Eoff & Connor, a partnership active in New York from 1833 to 1835. Bellied bowl with drum-form neck, flared rim, and capped s-scroll handle; raised and stepped foot. Shaped frame (vacant) with chased scrolling leaf surround, and leaf and flower bands. Foot has cast egg-and-dart border. Handwork visible on interior. Lovely with strong regional association. Marks include “J.H. Connor” and “G. Eoff” stamps. Very good condition with nice patina.

Over...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Coin : Pre 1900 item #1472007 (stock #BX724)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$626.50
Listed Price $895.00
Victorian Classical coin silver baby cup. Made by Wood & Hughes in New York, ca 1860. Curved and tapering bowl. Flared rim and spread foot with leaf-and-dart border on lined ground. Scroll bracket handle with quatrefoil mounts. Heart-shaped leafing scroll frame (vacant) surrounded by tendrils and flowers. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 4. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/4 x W 4 3/8 x D 3 1/8 in. Weight: 4.4 troy ounces. #BX724

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1900 item #1434743 (stock #BT449)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$350.00
Listed Price $500.00
Aesthetic coin silver baby cup. Made by Juergens & Andersen in Chicago. Tapering and inset sides engraved with stylized ornament, including swags and scrolls, centered on oval frame (vacant) bordered by beading and dentil interspersed with trefoils. Top and bottom have ornamental borders on ribbed ground. Thick scroll bracket handle. Marked “Coin” and “Chicago” with maker’s stamp (1857-71). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/8 x W 4 1/8 x D 3 in. Weight: 3 troy ounces. #BT449 ...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #1453211 (stock #BV858)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,925.00
Listed Price $2,750.00
Zodiac sterling silver 3-piece baby set. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1915. This set comprises mug, bowl, and plate. Cup: Straight sides, short inset foot, and leaf-capped and mounted handle; interior gilt washed. Bowl: Gently tapering sides, curved bottom, and short inset foot; interior gilt washed. Plate: Round deep well and wide shoulder. Low relief borders depicting the astrological signs in scrolled frames alternating with flowers, including turn-of-the-century favorites, such as water l...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1481847 (stock #BY397)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,400.00
Listed Price $2,000.00
Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by Robert Harper in London in 1871. Baluster bowl on raised foot; wrapped and bracketed double-scroll handle with graduated beading. Chased and engraved scene from Robinson Crusoe: In the foreground stands the hero in the baggy garb of a marooned islander. He holds a long gun with more survival tools—including a hatchet—slipped under his belt. He points to a group of people in the distance. The beneficiary of his observation is Friday, the captive ind...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #1491141 (stock #BZ327)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,625.00
Listed Price $3,750.00
Set of 10 Art Deco sterling silver cocktail cups. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1915. Each: Cone on baluster mounted to round foot. Spare and functional. Nice balance for swishing the booze around. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 18885 (first produced in 1915) and director’s letter m. Seven have order no. 547 and three no. 9. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 4 1/8 x D 2 1/2 in. Total weight: 29 troy ounces. #BZ327

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1485850 (stock #BY826)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$3,850.00
Listed Price $5,500.00
Victorian Classical sterling silver loving cup, ca 1890. Baluster bowl with flared rim and raised foot. High-looping capped double-scroll handles. Exuberant embossed and cast ornament with scrolling leaves and scallop shells contained by fluted frames. Fully marked including maker’s (Frank W. Smith) and retailer’s (Theodore B. Starr) stamps, no. 1334B, and volume (6 1/2 pts). Very good condition with deep patina.

Overall dimensions: H 10 1/2 x W 10 x D 6 in. Heavy weight: 46.8 troy ounce...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1930 item #1484114 (stock #BY557)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$3,500.00
Listed Price $5,000.00
George V sterling silver trophy cup. Made by Charles & Richard Comyns in London in 1922. Urn with ovoid bottom on raised and stepped foot; leaf-capped high-looping double-scroll side handles. Cover stepped and domed with cast flame finial. Traditional form with lots of room for engraving. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 13 3/4 x W 11 1/4 x D 6 1/4 in. Weight: 37.7 troy ounces. #BY557

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1458915 (stock #BW447)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,800.00
Listed Price $4,000.00
Turn-of-the-century Edwardian sterling silver trophy cup. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton, Mass. Faceted baluster with scalloped and beaded rim. Reeded and leaf-capped, -wrapped, and -mounted side handles. Four leaf-mounted open scroll supports. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 80. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 9 x W 11 x D 7 in. Weight: 49 troy ounces. #BW447

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1456554 (stock #BW216)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,800.00
Listed Price $4,000.00
Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau sterling silver loving cup. Made by Frank W. Smith in Gardner, Mass. Curved body with 3 high-looping handles and domed foot. Flower heads clustered at rim under handles. Foot same with openwork. Fresh and voluptuous with plenty of room for engraving. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 1884. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 10 1/4 x W 8 1/4 x D 6 1/4 in. Weight: 31 troy ounces. #BW216

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1364007 (stock #BP562)
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$3,850.00
Listed Price $5,500.00
Turn-of-the-century Classical sterling silver trophy cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Ovoid body, flared mouth, and c-scroll handles with realistic leaf and bud mounts. Spread foot has same applied to four supports. Interior has gilt wash. A fine design with lots of room for engraving. Fully marked including pattern no. 14417 (first produced in 1900) and director’s letter T (1892-1902). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 10 x W 10 1/2 x D 6 1/2 in. Heavy weight: 54.4 troy ounces. #...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1489571 (stock #BY971)
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$5,250.00
Listed Price $7,500.00
Set of 12 Midcentury Modern sterling silver cocktail cups. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Each: Curved conical bowl on tapering columnar stem with incised bands. Foot round and raised with applied cutout snowflake. A snowflake motif but not for snowflakes. These ones are for the grownups. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and postwar pattern no. 23411. One cup has director’s letter M (1947-56) and 11 have director’s letter L (1956-ca 1965). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/4...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1483889 (stock #BY558)
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$2,450.00
Listed Price $3,500.00
Elizabeth II sterling silver trophy cup. Made by Edward Viner in Sheffield in 1963. Wide shallow bowl with canted and elongated bracket side handles; cover raised with vasiform finial. Knopped baluster on stepped and domed foot. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 11 1/2 x W 13 1/4 x D 7 in. Weight: 27 troy ounces. #BY558

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1930 item #1488108 (stock #BZ250)
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$1,750.00
Listed Price $2,500.00
Set of 4 Federal-style sterling silver mint julep cups. Made by Spaulding & Co. (part of Gorham) in Chicago, ca 1920. Each: Straight and gently tapering sides and molded rims. A wonderful way to relax and reflect on the founding years of the Republic. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, no. 351, and phrase “Antique Reproduction / Originals of this Cup Were Made / About 1820 by C. Guiteau / for the Fairfax Family / of Virginia”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/2 x D 3 in. Total ...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1940 item #1484644 (stock #BY715)
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$350.00
Listed Price $500.00
Small American sterling silver mint julep cup, ca 1930. Retailed by JE Caldwell in Philadelphia. Straight sides with molded rim and stepped foot. Fully marked including retailer’s stamp, no. 587, and phrase “Washington / Reproduction”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/8 x D 2 1/2 in. Weight: 3.3 troy ounces. #BY715

All Items : New Century : Metalwork : Pre 1990 item #1482187 (stock #BY316)
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$1,400.00
Listed Price $2,000.00
Reagan-era sterling silver mint julep cup. Made by Scearce in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Straight and tapering sides, and beaded and molded rim and foot. Ronald Reagan was president from 1981 to 1989. Marks include maker’s stamp and presidential date code “RWR II”. The Roman numeral stands for the boomtime second term. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/4 x D 3 1/8 in. Weight: 4.5 troy ounces. #BY316

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1920 item #1483405 (stock #BY003)
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$626.50
Listed Price $895.00
Edwardian Classical sterling silver creamer. Made by Whiting Manufacturing Co. in New York, ca 1910. Ovoid with helmet mouth and scroll bracket handle. Half gadrooning. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 5014, letters SML, and volume (2 pts). Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 6 3/8 x W 6 3/4 x D 3 3/8 in. Weight: 12.8 troy ounces. #BY003

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1454357 (stock #BV659)
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$1,365.00
Listed Price $1,950.00
Chippendale sterling silver tray. Made by Frank W. Whiting in Gardner, Mass. Round with flat and scrolled Georgian piecrust rim. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern name, and no. 1864. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 1/4 x W 14 1/8 x D 13 5/8 in. Weight: 21.5 troy ounces. #BV659

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1980 item #1453991 (stock #SW2)
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$5,600.00
Listed Price $8,000.00
Pair of Neoclassical-style gilt sterling silver tea urns. Each: Ovoid bowl on raised foot mounted to round base. Cover domed with knopped top terminating in bud finial. Swags and acanthus leaves as well as beading and leaf and dart. Fluted spout with carved leaf twist tap (one in black and one in white). Traditional vessels revved up with scaly and entwined snake handles. One marked “Sterling Silver” and the other marked “Sterling”. Very good condition with rich color.

Dimensions: H ...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1456067 (stock #SW20)
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$3,850.00
Listed Price $5,500.00
American sterling silver 5-basket garniture, ca 1890. Retailed by Bailey, Banks & Biddle in Philadelphia. There are 4 small baskets and 1 large basket. Each: Oval bowl with fixed c-scroll handle and raised oval foot. Open flowering scrollwork on rim and foot. Handle same. Bowl exterior engraved with flowers and scrolls. All baskets have silver-plated frog and 4 baskets have detachable silver-plated liner with loose-mounted rings. Perfect for floral arrangements or passing around treats. Fully ma...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1486294 (stock #BY782)
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$2,800.00
Listed Price $4,000.00
Victorian safari flask. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1896. Ovoid glass body. Top encased in leather with cutout tubular windows. Bottom has detachable sterling silver cup. Cover hinged and cork-lined. Holds 4 pints of chest-hair growing spirits—enough for everyone around the campfire. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, date symbol, no. S829, and volume. Good condition with some leather wear from rough handling.

Jumbo dimensions: H 10 3/4 x W 6 x D 3 1/2 in. #BY782

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1930 item #1485094 (stock #BY763)
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$1,015.00
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George V sterling silver trophy cup. Made by Garrard & Co. Ltd in London in 1923. Girdled urn with leaf-capped double-scroll flying side handles and knopped support; stepped and domed foot. Cover domed with vasiform finial. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 8 1/4 x W 6 7/8 x D 3 1/2 in. Weight: 14.6 troy ounces. #BY763

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1468017 (stock #BX353)
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$2,450.00
Listed Price $3,500.00
Art Nouveau sterling silver trophy cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Urn on tall and spread foot; double-scroll side handles. Chased semi-abstract tendrils terminating in volute scrolls, garlands, and pendant flowers. A fluid, slightly hallucinatory take on traditional ornament. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 8637, director’s letter T (1892-1902), and volume (3 pints). Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 7 7/8 x W 10 1/2 x D 6 3/8 in. Weight: 2...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1930 item #1463928 (stock #BV876)
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$1,295.00
Listed Price $1,850.00
Pair of American Edwardian glass and sterling silver candlesticks, ca 1920. Each: Faceted glass socket with flat rim mounted to same tapering shaft with relief diaper and faceted base. Raised and sterling silver foot. Marked “S819 / Sterling / 58 PWTS.” Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 13 3/8 x D 4 1/2 in. #BV876

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1980 item #1482632 (stock #BY523)
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$5,250.00
Listed Price $7,500.00
Sixteen American sterling silver mint julep cups. Each: Straight and tapering sides and molded rim. Double linear bands engraved at top and bottom. A big set for one of those parties when the guests keep arriving. Marked “Sterling”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 5/8 x D 3 in. Total weight: 56.5 troy ounces. #BY523