A Bronze or Brass Plaque from Boris Schatz (1866-1932) of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise. Measures about 6 1/2" by 10". Number 27 on the back. Rare example.
Reply to Y: Available, cab is glass and very good working condition. Please view all images for full details.
Vintage Art Deco ornate cathedral frame mesh bag with blue cab snap closure, chain tassel, mesh handle, and showing maker's marks: Whiting & Davis Co; Soldered Mesh, Pat'd Feb 1, 1921 inside the cathedral frame.
Also marked: STERLING on both engraved slides, this being the only place the word "Sterling" is found. Please view all images for condition details...
This wonderful pair of sterling silver triple candle holder was made in Germany circa 1920. The elegant fluted design decorated candle holders are 10 ¼” high, 11” wide at the widest part and the base is 5 3/8” wide at the widest part. The hallmarks are the crown and half moon, 925 STERLING, and a bear. The candle holders are hollow (not filled with cement) in the bottom there are some weights for stability, but those can be removed by unscrewing the bottom cover...
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
Wonderful tea caddy spoon in the form of a jockey cap hallmarked 1927.
Condition: excellent
A terrific set of 12 Art Deco silverplated knife rests. The design on the ends combines severely linear elements with bas-relief details—the ultimate in Art Deco styling. Each “porte-couteau” is marked with unidentified French hallmarks.
Origin: France, ca. 1920. Condition: excellent. Size: 3-1/8” long.
Beautiful gold-toned picture of a heron forged out of bronze, surrounded by leaves, flowers, and branches, set upon a black painted background, and framed with black lacquered wood. Minor damage. Signed with Cartouche, Early 20th century.
Size: 39.5" tall, 27.25" wide
Fine silver plate painted cigarette case with a later applied pictorial image of a pin-up cowgirl with a frying pan. Size; Measurements are 3 1/4'' x 5", no condition concerns.
A fascinating manipulation of fired on patination to the copper or bronze, shouldered vase. A rich, earthy copper red fired on patina is on the interior and on the exterior serving as background to irregular streams, inlets and pools of dappled verdigris among, and picked out by, (seemingly) flames of speckled gold fading into the background color. We included one picture with filtered sunlight to better pick out the colors...
A fun Arts and Crafts Period round brass and copper covered box. A prominent cherry blossom decoration adorns the top - outlined by the studded brass cover with etched decoration - explosing a hand hammered copper surface. Etched vine decoration also around the side with copper banding and studs. Not sure if this is Western or Japanese production - the Arts and Crafts Period starting and extending later in Japan...
An Art Deco period silver plated 29" long flapper belt with an Egyptian motif circa 1920s. This vintage waist belt has five 1-1/8" chain-linked discs are set in a double chain belt. Strangely the front of the belt hook and eye buckle section on this elegant fashion accessory features a small fleur-de-lys...
Superb and extremely rare silverplated cocktail shaker in the "Ile de France" pattern by Meriden Britannia Plate Co. This is one of the most desirable of the high style Art Deco shakers. The ocean liner "Ile de France" was launched in 1926--not as the largest ship afloat, but intentionally as the most elegant ship in the world. This shaker was intended to celebrate that achievement and took its streamlined design elements from the ship itself...
Sterling silver water pitcher by Tiffany circa 1930. Simple, elegant design with an "AD" monogrammed on the front. It measures approximately 8" tall and from handle to spout measures approximately 7.5". It says on the bottom, it holds 4.25 pints.
The marking on the bottom says: "TIFFANY & Co, 16974 MAKERS 8391, STERLING SILVER, 925-1000, M" It is in good condition, and the overall weight is 2 lbs.
A fine and vintage pair of sterling silver three-footed open salt dishes with cobalt glass liners. These 1-1/8" tall and 2" across salt dips are stamped STERLING /183 and they weigh 47.4 grams (silver only). This pair of table serving pieces is is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs other than a bit of roughness (a couple of fleabites) on the hidden outer edge of one of the hand-ground liners...
Ca 1920 An unmarked hand chased, etched silver cigarette case.The interior has a goldwash; the band is missing. There are a few dark spots and the piece is unpolished. 3" x 4-1/8"~166gr.
A sterling silver holder for a menu, the design somewhere between Art Déco and modernism. Superbly engraved monogram. Today, menu holders might be used also for a photo or a birthday card. From Touron, one of the most well-established Parisian silver manufacturer (from 1824). Stamped Kendall-Touron, French assay mark: boar’s head and maker’s mark L&R. Height "1/ 2,5 cm. Condition: fine.
Sterling Silver tray made in Austria c. 1925. It is perfectly matched with its removable glass bottom. It measures 14.5" in length including the handles, and 9.75" across. The cut to fit glass base is 11.5" long by 8.75" wide. It has four ball shaped feet. The overall weight of the sterling without the glass is about one pound.
Description: Nice and appealing silver dish with exquisite floral design, workmanship is superb and the dish bears silver and maker's mark. Size: This
item has a diameter of 6.5 inches, in perfect condition.