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All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1950 item #1456070 (stock #BR827)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,660.00
Listed Price $3,800.00
Large Georgian-style sterling silver serving tray. Made by Frank W. Smith in Gardner, Mass. Round with molded curvilinear ogee-arch piecrust rim. A nice traditional piece in the aptly named Chippendale pattern. This maker active until 1958. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern name, and no. 218. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 7/8 x D 16 in. Weight: 42.5 troy ounces. #BR827

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1455151 (stock #BV427)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,295.00
Listed Price $1,850.00
Pair of Chantilly Duchess sterling silver 3-light candelabra. Made by Gorham in Providence. Each: Central socket mounted with 2-scroll arms, each terminating in single socket. Knopped and baluster shaft on raised foot. Low-relief scroll and flower ornament. Converts to candlestick. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 749. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 8 3/8 x W 11 1/2 x D 4 3/8 in. Weighted. #BV427

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1455137 (stock #BV789)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,100.00
Listed Price $3,000.00
Set of 8 Cactus sterling silver salt & pepper shakers. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Each: Ovoid body on raised round foot. Four shakers have pierced cover with bead finial. The other four have single central spout. The cactus motif is tucked away on the body underside. Functional form and discreet ornament. Fully marked including postwar maker’s stamp and Gundorph Albertus designer’s stamp. Four shakers have no. 629 and 4 have no. 629A. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/4 x D 1...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1454344 (stock #BV513)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$840.00
Listed Price $1,200.00
Delightful Victorian sterling silver rattle. Made by WH Collins & Co. in Birmingham in 1897. Kitty stands stiffly in snug fitting jacket and trousers. Only the tail is free to flick back and forth. A funny depiction of feline ill grace. A bit of a sour puss, but endearing nonetheless. Mother of pearl handle. Fully marked. Good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 4 3/8 x W 1 1/2 x D 7/8 in. #BV513

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1450039 (stock #BV472)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$696.50
Listed Price $995.00
Midcentury Modern sterling silver footed plate. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Round and gently curved with short and flared foot. Fully marked including maker’s (Worden-Munnis) and retailer’s stamps, and no. 32. Worden Munnis was active in Boston from the 1940s to 1960s. Very good condition. Well center reveals minor impression from base.

Dimensions: H 1 3/8 x D 10 in. Weight: 12.5 troy ounces. #BV472

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1449331 (stock #BV446)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,295.00
Listed Price $1,850.00
Georgian-style sterling silver coffeepot. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Lobed baluster body, hinged and domed cover with vasiform finial, high looping stained-wood handle, s-scroll spout, and raised and round foot. Fully marked including no. 80, pattern name Dublin, retailer’s stamp, and maker’s stamp for Worden-Munnis who were active in Boston from the 1940s to 1960s. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 9 1/2 x W 7 x D 4 in. Gross weight: 17.5 troy ounces. #BV446

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1428971 (stock #BS955)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,995.00
Listed Price $2,850.00
Victorian Modern sterling silver and glass decanter. Made by Edgar Finley & Hugh Taylor in Birmingham in 1884. Clear glass cylinder on round and spread base. Flat girdle with applied chevron and stud. Rim collar same with triangular spout. Cover hinged with canted sides and ball finial. Mortis and tenon-style bracket handle. Very good design. Fully marked. Fine condition.

Dimensions: H 9 3/8 x W 6 7/8 x D 4 3/8 in. #BS955

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 : Continental : Pre 1920 item #1476579 (stock #BY169)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,100.00
Listed Price $3,000.00
German 800 silver bowl commemorating Napoleon I and Marie-Louise. Lobed quatrefoil with embossed medallion bust portraits of the couple surmounted an eagle; at bottom a military trophy. Open sides with leaf swag with pendant ribboned medallions (vacant) applied to interior. Beaded rim. Mounted end handles in form of burning torch between gryphons.

The eternal flame such as might have been supposed to burn between Napoleon and his teenage bride, an Austrian archduchess—and grandniece no less ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800 item #1444186 (stock #TRC220411)
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
$3,150.00
Listed Price $3,500.00
Living in Kyoto it is not uncommon to come across beautiful antique tea bowls, however, finding pieces that are in good condition, aesthetically compelling, and with all of the trappings that let you know they were cared for by a devoted cha-jin can be quite challenging. Here we see all three. The shape of this tea bowl is exquisite and something I have not seen before in a Mino piece. The lacquer box, while not the original was undoubtedly custom made for this tea bowl and looks to be 100 - 200...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1920 item #1432305 (stock #BR772)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$192.50
Listed Price $275.00
Unusual Antique Russian 875 silver sugar tongs. Stepped and rectilinear frame; jaws trapezoidal with raised diaper interior. Marked. Condition: Taut and functional.

Dimensions: H 5 1/2 x W 3/4 in. Weight: 2.5 troy ounces. #BR772

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1940 item #1363993 (stock #BN222)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$5,250.00
Listed Price $7,500.00
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

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1900 item #1490933 (stock #BZ551)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,100.00
Listed Price $3,000.00
Pair of Antique Russian Classical Silver Candlesticks, ca 1888. Each: Round socket; flared rim mounted with pierced and scalloped border. Baluster spool socket with floral garland knop and leaf flanges on domed foot mounted to square base. Chased and tooled leaf-and-dart ornament. Marks include assayer’s stamp (Josef Sosnkowski) dated 1888, city stamp (St Petersburg), and 84 alloy stamp (that is, 84/96 or 875 silver). Very good condition.

Dimensions (taller): H 14 x W 4 5/8 x D 4 5/8 in. To...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Pre 1910 item #1411712 (stock #BN700)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$455.00
Listed Price $650.00
Turn-of-the-century European silver bell. Tulip-bowl with twisted gadrooning. Figural handle depicting an old-fashioned countryman holding two live fowl. Here’s dinner—eventually. Substantial and tactile with melodious ting-a-ling. Marked. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: H 4 1/2 x D 1 7/8 in. Weight: 5 troy ounces. #BN700

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Asia Trade : Pre 1910 item #1468016 (stock #BW978)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$906.50
Listed Price $1,295.00
Turn-of-the-century Chinese export silver picture frame. Oval window in shaped surround with scrolls and flower heads at top, and leaves, stars, flowers, and heart cartouche vacant on stippled ground at bottom. With glass, silk lining, velvet back, and hinged easel silver wire support. Marked “Sterling”. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: Frame: H 7 1/4 x W 4 3/4 in. Window: H 4 1/4 x W 2 3/4 in. #BW978

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1940 item #1481839 (stock #BG503)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,450.00
Listed Price $3,500.00
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 : Sterling : Pre 1930 item #1447197 (stock #BV277)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,575.00
Listed Price $2,250.00
Chinese-style bowl, ca 1920. Mottled green hardstone urn on silver gilt fretwork base with 4 splayed supports. A pretty ornament that works as an ashtray with silver gilt leaf cradle mounted to rim. Marked “Edward I Farmer / Sterling”. Very good with nice toning. Rim has a few fleabite irregularities.

Overall dimensions: H 3 1/8 x W 2 7/8 x D 2 in. #BV277

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Asia Trade : Pre 1900 item #1468682 (stock #BX248)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,275.00
Listed Price $3,250.00
Japanese silver box, ca 1890. Rectangular with straight sides and hinged cover. On cover top and box sides are chased and engraved iris flowers and tendrils in eddying water. Stippled ground. Box and cover interior lined with stained wood. Open bottom. Meiji-era Art Nouveau for the cosmopolitan West. Appears to be unmarked. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: H 3 x W 6 3/4 x D 3 5/8 in. Gross weight: 15 troy ounces. #BX248

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1900 item #1482575 (stock #BY490)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$315.00
Listed Price $450.00
Russian 875 silver ladle, ca 1880. Oval bowl and fiddle terminal with engraved initials and year 1881. A nice serving piece from the twilight of tsarist Russia. Marks include maker’s (PA) stamp and Moscow assayer’s (Aleksandr Nicolayevich Krollau) stamp dated 1880. Very good condition with nice patina.

Dimensions: H 11 1/4 x W 3 1/2 x D 3 in. Weight: 5.5 troy ounces. #BY490

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1428261 (stock #BR749)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,575.00
Listed Price $2,250.00
Pair of Japonesque sterling silver open salts. Made by John C. Moore for Tiffany & Co. in New York. Round with open rectangular bracket handles and straight foot. Engraved overlapping seals decorated with modish motifs, including fan, bug, vase, and bamboo. Foot decorated with acid-etched spirals and lunette-form flower heads, and pierced leaves. Union Square mark (1870-5) with pre-1875 pattern no. 3007 and order no. 901. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 1 7/8 x W 4 5/8 x D 3 3/8 in. Total w...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Asia Trade : Pre 1910 item #1447959 (stock #BV330)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$556.50
Listed Price $795.00
Turn-of-the-century Chinese silver mustard pot. Round and bellied bowl with plain concave neck, thin scroll handle, and spread foot. Modish floral ornament in form of chased and applied water lilies and pads heightened with engraving on stippled ground. Chinese marks. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 2 3/8 x W 3 1/4 x D 2 3/8 in. Weight: 2 troy ounces. #BV330

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1800 item #1467258 (stock #BX291)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$696.50
Listed Price $995.00
German Neoclassical silver urn, 18th century. Oval tapering bowl on raised and stepped foot. Cover domed with vasiform finial. Chased imbricated leaf border at bowl bottom; same on cover dome. Visible hammering and handwork. Marked. Good condition.

Dimensions: H 4 3/4 x W 4 1/2 x D 3 in. Weight: 5 troy ounces. #BX291

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1920 item #1443726 (stock #BR777)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$350.00
Listed Price $500.00
Austrian Classical clear glass jar with 800 silver cover, ca 1910. Tubular with cut fluting and star. Cover silver; gently raised with beaded border. Cover marks include Schwarz & Steiner stamp and letters RS and HD. Fine condition.

Dimensions: H 2 1/2 x L 7 7/8 x W 2 1/2 in. Weight (silver only): 4 troy ounces. #BR777

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1920 item #1439871 (stock #BU140)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$346.50
Listed Price $495.00
Austrian Classical 800 silver and glass vanity jar on stand, ca 1910. Jar clear glass with fluting. Cover silver; gently raised with beaded border. Stand oval with tapering sides and beaded rim. Marks include Schwarz & Steiner stamp and letters RS. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 2 1/2 x W 5 7/8 x D 4 3/8 in. Weight (silver only): 7 troy ounces. #BU140

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1383908 (stock #TRC230217)
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
$1,665.00
Listed Price $1,850.00


This tall and lovely Hagi chawan rests firmly on a wari kodai or “split foot” pedestal that is unglazed—displaying the coarse rich clay. The crackled milky glaze covers the curves and contours of the bowl, contrasting dramatically between the foot and the clay body. Hagi-ware such as this is part of a tradition stretching back over 400 years and is a high-fired stoneware type of pottery. Hagi-ware is prized for its subdued colors and classical features, especially the glazing, ...
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 : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1484115 (stock #BY569)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,450.00
Listed Price $3,500.00
Midcentury Modern sterling silver water pitcher. Made by International Silver Co. in Connecticut. Baluster with asymmetrical oval mouth; stepped and round foot ring with flat beading. High-looping handle wrapped with abstract leaves; scroll terminal inset with Jensen-inspired seed-spilling pod on wire stem. The influence of the master applied to a traditional form. Marked “International / Sterling / La Paglia Designed / 208”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 8 3/4 x W 8 x D 5 3/4 in. Hea...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1910 item #1486309 (stock #BY597)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$6,965.00
Listed Price $9,950.00
Belle Epoque Rococo 950 silver jardiniere centerpiece, ca 1900. Bombe oval bowl with wide and tapering rim. Embossed twisted fluting and applied round frames (vacant) with scallop shell crown supported by winged cherubs. Elaborate end handles, each with cast figure of lunging cherub, holding drapery in one hand and flowers in the other, between leaf-wrapped double-scrolls. Four leaf-mounted scroll supports. A sumptuous homage to the 18th century. Detachable brass liner. Fully marked including Mi...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1920 item #1465262 (stock #BX020)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$5,250.00
Listed Price $7,500.00
French Belle Epoque 950 silver tureen, ca 1910. Tapering oval curvilinear bowl on same raised foot with gadrooned rims. Leaf-mounted double c-scroll end handles. Raised cover. Restrained turn-of-the-century Classicism enlivened with a cast still life finial: A couple bird carcasses draped on top of a sweet bunny, with forelegs raised as if to hop away, and hindlegs limp and splayed now that hopping is no longer an option. An unsentimental depiction of the dinner’s ingredients with a bit of gr...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1920 item #1491899 (stock #BZ593)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,100.00
Listed Price $3,000.00
German 800 silver stirrup cup, ca 1910. Plain upward tapering bowl with molded rim; cast mount in form of bull head with thick, matted fur and pointy flexed ears under sharp, oversized alpha horns. Firmly closed mouth and direct stare suggest a hunched-shoulder resolve. Marked. Very good condition with nice patina.

Overall dimensions: H 5 1/2 x D 2 7/8 in. Weight: 7.3 troy ounces. #BZ593

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Asia Trade : Pre 1900 item #1490685 (stock #BZ583)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$665.00
Listed Price $950.00
Pair of Chinese export silver mustard pots, ca 1890. Each: Cylindrical with fixed and entwined ratan-style handle; cover chained with inset and engraved diaper top. Applied wraparound horned and taloned dragon. For piquant condiments. Marks include stamp for Tien Shing, who was active in Hong Kong in the third-quarter of the 19th century. Very good condition. One pot has a detachable clear glass liner.

Dimensions: H 3 1/2 x D 1 in. Total weight (silver only): 2.3 troy ounces. #BZ583

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1386935 (stock #TRC2305117)
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
$1,147.50
Listed Price $1,275.00
This lovely Shino tea bowl fashioned from coarse Mino clay is covered in feldspar glazing, has a classic ferrous abstract painting across the front, and shows nice age—most likely from early to middle Edo.

Shino-ware dates to the Momoyama period when potters were attempting to recreate white porcelain-wares that were being imported from China at the time. Originally they were made in a single-chamber anagama style kilns set into the hillsides. Later, with the advent of large-batc...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800 item #1492207 (stock #BZ791)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,925.00
Listed Price $2,750.00
Pair of George III sterling silver goblets. Made by Henry Chawner in London in 1793. Ovoid bowl on cylindrical stem flowing into raised foot. Bowl underside and foot rim reeded. Bowl interior gilt. Spare Neoclassical form that works on traditional and Modern tables. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 5 7/8 x D 3 1/4 in. Total weight: 14 troy ounces. #BZ791

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1980 item #1197648
Spoils of Time
$18.75
Listed Price $25.00
A Zohiko covered soup bowl. Colorful leaf decoration sparsely applied on black ground with almost iridescent effect with gold and silver maki-e and red details. Zohiko mark in silver lacquer inside the bowl's foot rim. 20th century. Bowl diameter 4 9/16 inches (11.59 cm). Condition is relatively quite good with only a small abrasion to the lacquer on foot rim of the bowl. The lacquer otherwise is in good condition with no distress or wear of note. A quirk in the underlying wood (not an issue wit...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1920 item #1444075 (stock #BT012)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$770.00
Listed Price $1,100.00
German 800 silver and glass decanter, ca 1910. Flat and round bowl with cylindrical neck. Double-sided acid-etched landscapes with picturesque windmills, bridges, and houses. At bottom 800 silver mount with pierced and chased scrollwork, as well as musicians and colonnade. Silver neck collar. Silver ball stopper with figural finial in form of water carrier; clear glass plug. Marks possibly for Wolf & Knell in Hanau. Good condition with deep patina. Plug sanded down on one side.

Dimensions: H 1...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930 item #1486834 (stock #Womrath010)
Era Woodblock Prints
$495.00
Listed Price $550.00
Sale Pending
Andrew Kay Womrath (1869-1939)
In collaboration with Yoshijiro Urushibara (1888-1953)
Venice at Night
Size: Chuban. Approximately 11.625 x 8 inches.
Edition: 3/50 OR 33/50. Numbered in pencil at lower left.
Date: ca 1920s.
Signed "A Kay Womrath" in pencil.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Foxing nearly entirely in margin. Margin blank at lower left.
Note: An example of this night scene is paired with its daytime version in the Smithsonian ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Pre 1930 item #1489569 (stock #BZ325)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$840.00
Listed Price $1,200.00
Set of 6 German 800 silver figural open salts, ca 1920. Each: A swan with erect neck and down-turned bill and pointy tail; body hollow. With fluted and scalloped frosted glass liner. Fully marked including maker’s stamp attributable to Martin Mayer. Numbered 2 (1), 42 (2), and 88 (3). Very good condition. One liner has bottom crack.

Dimensions: H 2 x L 2 1/4 x W 1 1/4 in. Total weight (silver only): 2.5 troy ounces. #BZ325

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800 item #1480643 (stock #BY307)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,925.00
Listed Price $2,750.00
George III sterling silver goblet. Made by Hester Bateman in London in 1785. Ovoid bowl on upward tapering stem flowing into raised foot. Beaded and zigzag borders. Spare Georgian Neoclassicism by a collectible maker. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 6 3/8 x D 3 1/4 in. Weight: 5.7 troy ounces. #BY307

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910 item #1466050 (stock #BX106)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,800.00
Listed Price $4,000.00
Edwardian Classical water pitcher. Made by Redlich in New York, ca 1890. Clear cut-glass with bead-and-reel bands on bowl and brilliant star on underside; Neck faceted and notched with reeded bands. Sterling silver collar with helmet mouth and applied leafing scroll and beaded rim. Silver-mounted horn handle. A beautiful big game-era piece. Silver fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 305. Excellent condition.

Overall dimensions: H 9 3/4 x W 8 1/4 x D 6 1/2 in. #BX106

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1463238 (stock #BW868)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,100.00
Listed Price $3,000.00
Midcentury Modern sterling silver water pitcher. Designed by Alphonse La Paglia (d. 1953) for International Silver Co. in Meriden, Conn. Baluster with helmet mouth. Capped high-looping handle with volute-scroll terminal mounted with Blossom-style seeding pod. Open foot ring inset with stylized flower and bead border. An original American design that pays homage to Danish master Georg Jensen. Marked “International / Sterling / La Paglia Designed / 118”. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 9 ...

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 1800 item #1491987 (stock #BZ711)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$4,900.00
Listed Price $7,000.00
George III sterling silver tea caddy. Made by Hester Bateman in London in 1782. Straight oval bowl; cover domed with cast vasiform finial. Engraved garland and swag and ornamental borders. Beading. Beautiful Neoclassicism for a special blend. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 6 1/4 x W 5 1/4 x D 3 1/2 in. Weight: 12.3 troy ounces. #BZ711

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1473236 (stock #BX675)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$6,650.00
Listed Price $9,500.00
Six Victorian Classical sterling silver goblets. Made by Charles Stuart Harris in London, 1884-9. Medici urn bowl with bellied bottom and flared rim. Spool shaft with flange flowing into raised foot. Chased and engraved garlands and two leaf and cattail wreath frames of which 1 vacant and 1 with applied coat of arms. Super fancy and capacious for ceremony or dining. Very much the special occasion set. Fully marked including date letters 1884 (2), 1886 (1), 1888 (1), and 1889 (2). Excellent cond...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1950 item #1455087 (stock #BR829)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,400.00
Listed Price $2,000.00
Rare sterling silver punch ladle. Made by Spratling in Taxco, Mexico. Round hand-hammered bowl with curved spout. Mount has tooled bands and applied rope band and is inset with tapering stained-wood handle. An early piece by this maker. 1940s marks. Very good condition with beautiful patina.

Dimensions: H 13 x W 3 3/4 x D 1/4 in. Gross weight: 5 troy ounces. #BR829

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1930 item #1450037 (stock #BV545)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$4,550.00
Listed Price $6,500.00
Large Classical sterling silver covered urn. Made by Currier & Roby in New York, ca 1920. Girdled bowl with leaf-capped s-scroll side handles, stepped foot and stepped and domed cover with vasiform finial. Traditional form with extra oomph. Beautiful proportions and plenty of room for engraving. Fully marked. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 13 1/4 x W 12 x D 7 1/2 in. Heavy weight: 71.5 troy ounces. #BV545

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1484295 (stock #BY687)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$1,015.00
Listed Price $1,450.00
Victorian Gothic sterling silver goblet. Made by James Charles Edington in London in 1857. Tall and flared bowl with gilt interior; girdled cylindrical stem on raised foot with studded lobes and scalloped rim. Bowl has four studded and stippled strapwork frames of which two inset with flowers and a third with a medieval horseman galloping through a rocky landscape accompanied by a dog, all in relief. Fourth frame engraved “Hugh Eayrs / Memorial / Trophy”. Eayrs (1894-1940) was president of t...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1837 VR item #1480736 (stock #BY338)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$14,625.00
Listed Price $22,500.00
Pair of George III sterling silver covered vegetable dishes. Made by Paul Storr in London in 1805. Each: Tapering bowl with gadrooned rim. Cover domed with lobed shoulder; cast coronet finial mounted to round disc with beaded border.

Engraved coat of arms of Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816), an early Empire allrounder, whose peripatetic career included stints as the governor of Madras, postmaster general, and chief secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Because he...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Enamel : Plique-a-jour : Pre 1920 item #1478312 (stock #BY196)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$4,200.00
Listed Price $6,000.00
Plique à jour enamel and gilt 930 silver bowl. Made by Marius Hammer in Norway, ca 1910. Round with curved sides. Well green guilloche enamel. Horse bust side handles. Bands of stylized plant and geometric ornament. Fine craftsmanship and rich colors. In form of Viking kjenge (ale bowl). A beautiful piece by Hammer, who contributed to the revival of Norwegian art and history. Fully marked. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 4 1/4 x W 6 1/8 x D 4 in. #BY196

All Items : New Century : Jewelry : Sets : Contemporary item #1469248
Black Dog Antiques
$1,995.00
Listed Price $2,400.00
A unique and heavy sterling turquoise squash blossom necklace and earring set by Navajo artisan Hemerson Brown. The silver has been "antiqued" . The necklace measures 23" while the naja measures 2-1/2" x 2-1/2". The earrings (for pierced ears) are 2-1/4" x 1-1/2. Total weight 5.4ozs.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1468688 (stock #BX361)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,800.00
Listed Price $4,000.00
Pair of Midcentury Modern sterling silver 2-light candelabra. Designed by Alphonse La Paglia (d. 1953) for International Silver Co. in Meriden, Conn. Two arms, each comprising two open quadrilateral scrolls inset at center with volute scroll terminating in buds overhanging sides. Each arm terminates in socket. Sockets tall and tapering with wide flat rim and stylized leaves and beads at bottom. Arms mounted to raised foot with knop comprising alternating rings and beads. Marked “International ...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1490681 (stock #BZ584)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$420.00
Listed Price $600.00
Set of 6 Midcentury Modern sterling silver demitasse spoons. Made by Tostrup in Norway. Each: Straight and narrow stem with round and shallow bowl. Double-sided gilding. Cobalt enamel on stem front in diagonal frames. In original red case with fitted silk lining with gilt retailer’s stamp (“Georg Jensen / Silver”). Fully marked including maker’s stamp. Very good condition with intact enamel.

Dimensions: H 3 3/4 x D 7/8 in. Case dimensions: H 1 1/8 x W 7 1/2 x D 5 in. Total gross weight...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1461244 (stock #BW520)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$3,465.00
Listed Price $4,950.00
Classical sterling silver compote. Made by John Wendt for Ball, Black in New York, ca 1870. Round and curved bowl mounted to open support comprising three leafing oak shoots with acorns inset with cast figure of standing boy holding a ball in each hand with one arm raised. Domed foot. Reeding and beading.

A fashionable centerpiece evocative of youth and growth. The figure suggests the influence of the Dancing Faun, the ancient statue in the Uffizi in Florence that was a grand tour icon. The fr...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800 item #1478937 (stock #BY116)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$13,000.00
Listed Price $20,000.00
Set of 4 George II cast sterling silver candlesticks. Made by James Morison in London in 1756. Each: Spool socket with detachable bobeche and round bowl on knopped and flanged half-fluted shaft; raised foot on curvilinear six-shell base with engraved coat of arms. Stylish midcentury Georgian. Fully marked. Very good condition with nice patina.

Dimensions: H 9 1/4 x W 5 1/8 x D 4 1/8 in. Total weight: 64 troy ounces. #BY116

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1452547 (stock #TRC230905)
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
$1,935.00
Listed Price $2,150.00
Going back over 1,300 years, Seto-ware has the distinction of being Japan’s oldest pottery tradition still active today. Made from the rich clay and silica of the region of production, Seto porcelain in particular has been highly prized throughout the history of Japan. The piece shown here can be described as Seto-guro (Black Seto) and is an excellent example of this type of pottery. The writing on the box describes it as being from Muromachi, so well over 400 years old. The form and compositi...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1492201 (stock #BZ714)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$3,500.00
Listed Price $5,000.00
German silver figural dog stirrup cup, ca 1920. Cast bust of spaniel with long snout, resolutely closed mouth, and direct, concentrated gaze as well as floppy ears and thick fur. Mounted to plain and upward tapering bowl. A loyal hunt companion. Marked with maker’s stamp “Föhr” (probably, Eduard Foehr) and old-fashioned “13” (that is, 13/16 loths or 812 silver). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 6 3/4 x D 3 5/8 in. Weight: 8 troy ounces. #BZ714

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Asia Trade : Pre 1920 item #1477907 (stock #BY170)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$2,800.00
Listed Price $4,000.00
Chinese silver censer, ca 1910. Drum-form agate body set in silver gilt mounts with scrollwork and lunettes. Leaf-capped side bracket handles. Upward tapering support and stepped foot with fretwork brackets. Cover raised with pierced scrollwork borders bud finial with leaf brackets on solid central mount with scrolls and fan. Silver gilt and heightened with blue, green, and red enamel. Marked “Silver”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 8 3/4 x W 7 3/8 x D 4 3/8 in. #BY170

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1475709 (stock #BX663)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$4,550.00
Listed Price $6,500.00
Victorian Classical sterling silver coffee and tea set. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1885. This set comprises 5 pieces: Coffeepot, teapot, creamer, sugar, and waste bowl. Each: Round body with floral repousse between chased and engraved leaf-and-dart and ogee borders; beaded rims. Handles high looping and covers domed with reeded finial. Coffeepot and teapot have s-scroll spout with applied stylized ornament. Coffeepot neck has engraved stippled zigzag border with incised trefoils.

Fully m...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1930 item #1457460 (stock #BW189)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$840.00
Listed Price $1,200.00
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 : Sterling : Pre 1960 item #1485847 (stock #BY595)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$840.00
Listed Price $1,200.00
Pair of Old Country sterling silver candlesticks. Made by Elgin Silversmith Co., Inc. in New York, ca 1950. Each: Bellied socket on baluster shaft; domed foot with three embossed scroll supports. Naif-style pointille ornament. Marked “ESCO / Sterling”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 13 1/8 x D 5 7/8 in. Total weight: 18 troy ounces. #BY595

All Items : Estate Jewelry : Gold : Edwardian : Pre 1920 item #1462108 (stock #1215)
Nelson & Nelson Antiques
$696.50
Listed Price $995.00
Charming Edwardian pendant. Variscite cabochon on 14k yellow gold mount with open and alternating leaves and beads. With bail. United States, ca 1910. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H (without bail) 1 1/8 x W 3/4 x D 5/8 in. #1215