A Large Oval Sterling Silver 2 Handled Tray.  The tray with a plain center, surrounded by a hand chased foliate border with an applied gadroon rim, with leaf capped cast handles to match. Marked on rear “STERLING   Hand Chased” Tray measures 32.50″ x 19.75″.  Weighs 5395 grams = 173.45 troy oz = 190.30 regular ounces. Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms etc to the best of our ability. Please ask any questions BEFORE purchasing any item. All weights & measurements are approximate, but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect, and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use Fedex Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote. 

Good quality set of 12, antique American, sterling silver plates by Gorham Manufacturing Co, with cast & applied scrolling foliage borders.  The center of each plate has a hand engraved, italic intertwined monogram – GHB. Very good quality and barely used condition.  9.25″ diameter 12 plates weigh approx 5865 grams = 188.50 troy oz = 206.80 regular ounces  Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms etc to the best of our ability. Please ask any questions BEFORE purchasing any item. All weights & measurements are approximate, but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect, and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use Fedex Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote. 

Stunning Pair Of Antique English, Sterling Silver Epergne Centerpieces Made By Elkington & Co. Birmingham, 1871. Over 20″ high, a rare pair of tall table centerpieces with grape vines supporting cut & etched crystal bowls. The crystal bowls with matching grape & vine decoration. Standing on the rocky bases beneath the crystal bowls are 4 different female figures (perhaps representing the 4 continents?).(One with a telescope, one with a palm branch). The 3 footed rocky base has three set in panels. One panel with the English hallmarks, one with a hand engraved crest above the motto GRATITUDE, and the third panel is blank. Great quality, condition & maker. The centerpieces are solid sterling silver, apart from the crystal bowls, and are not weighted or filled.   Elkington & Co are probably one of the most important names in English silver, holding Royal Warrants for Queen Victoria, King Edward VI, King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI. Elkington invented the original process of electroplating & electroforming, thereby allowing the manufacture of a vast selection of silver plated items in the Victorian period. They continued to manufacture sterling silver items, as well as plated items well into the 20th century.   Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms etc to the best of our ability. Please ask any questions BEFORE purchasing any item. All weights & measurements are approximate, but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect, and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use Fedex Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote. 

Gorham Martele, sterling silver Art Nouveau hand-hammered tea & coffee set complete with original tray and tilting hot water kettle on stand with burner. Round form, with typical pronounced hand-hammered surface and nouveau style flower decoration. Hallmarked on the underside as shown.  Martele silver items were made from the higher standard .9584 silver as opposed to the sterling standard being .925 Set consists of: Tilting how water kettle on stand with burner 14.5″ tall Coffee Pot 9.5″ tall  TeaPot 7.5″ tall Sugar Bowl & Cover 7.25″ tall Waste Bowl 4″ tall Creamer 5.75″ tall Large Two Handled Tray 31.5″ x 21″ Set weighs a total of approx 11,500 grams = 369.40 troy oz = 405.25 regular ounces = 25 1/3 lbs. Great quality, condition, style, maker & size   Provenance: This tea set was made as a special order for Volney & Mabel Williamson, 1910. Volney D.Williamson (1865 – 1920) was one of Spokane’s early millionaires due to gold, silver, coal & precious mineral mining interests across North America, Australia & Africa. While working the Santa Rosa mine, he discovered the first turquoise mine in Mexico. In 1905 he married Mabel C.Cotter of Denver Colorado. According to Gorham’s Martele archives the coffee pot took 86 hours for the skilled silversmith to make and another 74 hours just to do the chasing. The tilting kettle on stand took 135 hours to create & 100 hours to do the chasing.  The net cost just to make all 7 pieces was $1918.00   Martele was an exclusively handcrafted range, whose name was derived from the French ‘marteler’ (to hammer) denoting the production technique used, ie hammered or handwrought. Martele was produced by Gorham from 1897 to 1930 under the guidance of William Codman. Codman being a fine English silversmith brought over in 1891 for this express purpose.  According to Charles Carpenter, author of Gorham Silver, the 9584 standard of silver was used as it was more malleable and easier to work by hand. According to Pristo author of Martel:Gorham’s Nouveau Art Silver, he states that the higher standard of silver was used to meet the French standard of .950 and the English Brittania standard of .9584, so that the silver would be of the highest grade and could not be considered inferior, especially in light of all the awards won. Martele silver was featured at the 1900 Paris Exposition, 1902 Turin Exposition, and the 1904 St. Louis Fair, where Martele won most of the awards. During its entire production only about 4,800 pieces were made, pieces, not sets, and of these only 86 tea sets were crafted, this being one of those, although due to the price of silver jumping up in the 1980s, much Martele silver was shamefully melted down. Due to the fact that all Martele silver was handmade, each set tends to be unique in style.  This tea set is a very good example and is in very good condition, no monograms, inscriptions or removals, also rare to be so complete, original and in such excellent condition.   Most if not all items are antique or used items, and as such nothing is ‘perfect’, but we always will describe any damage, repair, inscriptions, monograms etc to the best of our ability. All weights & measurements are approximate, but as accurate as possible. Please view all the pictures as they form part of the description. All items are available to inspect, and pick up, at our Manhattan gallery. We do not ship to PO Boxes. We use Fedex Ground shipping, and a signature is required for delivery. Don’t forget we offer free ground shipping anywhere on mainland USA. We ship worldwide. Please contact us for a shipping quote.   

An unusual rectangular sterling silver tray with grape & vine decorated corners. This elongated shape tray is often referred to as a bar tray or a sandwich tray, because of its practical shape, but it’s a very serviceable tray in almost any setting, and ideal as a presentation piece. Made in the USA, by Barbour Silver Company, Hartford CT. From the style, quality & maker, I would date this tray circa 1900. Measures approximately 21.65″ x 10.25″. Tray weighs 1515 grams = 48.75 troy oz = 53.50 regular ounces. Just back from the silversmith, the tray has been polished and is ready to use.

Portuguese Silver, Large Tray With Chased Border And 2 Cast Handles. Made In Porto, Mid 20th Century.  Marked With The Eagle & 833 Portuguese Silver Mark For .833 Silver.  The Makers Mark Is Just Beneath The Silver Hallmark. No Inscriptions Or Removals. Tray Measures A Maximum Of 31″ x 18.25″ Weight Is Approx 4682 Grams = 150.52 Troy Oz = 165.15 Regular Ounces A Serviceable, Good Quality & Highly Decorative Tray, Great For A Multitude Of Uses.

English sterling silver hallmarked, round footed tray / salver. Made by George Howson (Harrison Brothers & Howson), 1936 (Edward VIII / George IV). The tray measures 12.125″ / 30.80 cm. Weight of tray is approx. 892 grams = 28.68 troy oz = 31.45 regular ounces. No inscriptions, monograms or removals.  Hallmarked on the underside of the tray. Tray stands on 4 feet.

A handsome Sterling silver pair of George I style three-light English hallmarked candelabra, having plain round baluster bodies, fixed arms with drip pans, and central finial that can be removed to uncover the third candle holder.  Made by Richard Comyns, London in 1954.  Dimensions of this fine hand-made pair of silver candelabra are height 8″, maximum width 9.25″. The pair weigh a total of 850 grams = 27.35 troy oz  = 30 regular ounces. Please note that these candelabra are not weighted or filled, they are just sterling silver, including the original, central, removable finials.

An Exceptional Quality, Sterling Silver English Table Bell. Made In London By Charles & Richard Comyns, Dated 1925. Fully Hallmarked On The Waste, Handle & Clapper. Bell Is 5″ Tall And weighs 155 Grams.  Great Quality, Condition & Ring

Sterling Silver, Large Passover Dish. 15.50″ Diameter.  Marked On The Front ‘Sterling’ ‘925’ & ‘IBB’ In Clover The Pesach Plate Weighs 909 Grams = 29.20 Troy Oz = 32 Regular Ounces

Buccellati, Sterling Silver, Oval, Hand Hammered Two-Handled Tray. 20th Century. Milan Italy. Tray measures 24.50″ x 17″ Weighs 2470 grams = 79.35 troy oz = 87 regular ounces. The tray is in good used condition and has some wear scratches from use. Signed on the underside with the Buccellati Sterling marks.

An extremely good set of four cast silver George II  candlesticks. Marked to the underside for London 1749 by William Gould. Also marked to each capital. The bases are engraved with a crest of a raised fist holding a five-pointed star. The underside of each stick also carries the original scratch weight. These are an extremely unusual set of candlesticks in a very attractive and highly unusual pattern. They are in original unrestored condition with only very minor wear to the high points. The marks are clear although the marks to the capitals are slightly worn. Exceptionally good weight of and very robust gauge silver. William Gould was a specialist candlestick maker and these are a wonderful example of his highly skilled silversmithing. Height: 9.25 inches or 23.5 cm Weight: 2717 grams = 95.84 regular ounces =  87.35 ounces Troy