Midcentury Modern sterling silver water pitcher. Made by Svend Toxværd in Copenhagen. Baluster body with helmet mouth and grape-bunch mounted scroll handle. Alternating grape bunches and palmettes applied to base. Body has allover hand hammering. Fine Danish craftsmanship with a strong Jensen influence. Fully marked. Very good condition.
Dimensions: H 8 3/4 x W 7 1/2 x D 4 3/4 in. Weight: 19 troy ounces. #BL327
Rare mixed metal pitcher with lots of bugs. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1880. Globular with drum-form neck, small lip spout, and c-scroll handle. Modish insects—dragon fly, grasshopper, and butterfly—creep and dart among fluid and interlaced grass stalks applied to hand-hammered sterling silver ground heightened with floral engraving and copper inlay. A superb integration of Japonesque and Craftsman. Interlaced script monogram engraved to underside. Fully marked including pattern n...
Cosmos sterling silver coffee set on tray. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. This set comprises coffeepot, creamer, and sugar. Gently curved and half-fluted bodies. Coffeepot and creamer have reeded stained-wood high-looping handles with silver bead and tendril split-mount. Coffeepot and sugar have raised cover with lobed bead finial mounted to chased patera. Visible hand hammering. A Danish Modern Classical pattern first produced in 1915. Illustrated in: Drucker, Georg Jensen, 1997, p. 218 an...
Craftsman hand-hammered sterling silver 3-piece coffee set. Made by the Kalo Shop in Chicago, ca 1920. This set comprises coffeepot, creamer, and sugar. Coffeepot: Straight and upward tapering body with s-scroll spout and high-looping stained-wood handle. Cover hinged and domed with stained-wood finial. Creamer: Straight and upward tapering body with elongated v-spout and high-looping handle. Sugar: Drum-form with upward tapering sides and same side handles. All pieces have applied single-letter...