tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72219675818906330412024-03-14T08:21:30.576-07:00Britannia Fine Antique SilverImportant facts for collectors of Antique Sterling SilverUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-57647940066024204622017-04-14T18:52:00.002-07:002017-04-14T18:52:11.346-07:00Antique silver shoes by Neresheimer of Hanau<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dated 1898 and 1902 this pair of antique silver shoes were made by a well known silversmith in Hanau, Germany. They are quite large and heavy and have romantic figures and scenes in considerable detail.<br />
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The hallmarks tell us that they were imported into Britain by a retailer Bethold Mueller who had them assayed and had the import hallmarks put on.<br />
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Tiffany Antique Sterling Pitcher in the Indian Style</h2>
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A most unusual Tiffany pitcher came into our possession in the most wonderful condition. The most interesting thing about the engraving was that the fully engraved handle matched the body. The angular band of engraving is repeated on the handle which looked a bit like an elephant's trunk. The pattern looks a lot like paisley and the engraving is so deep that my first reaction upon seeing it for the first time was that I would give anything to meet the engraver and to watch the engraving process. The sad thing is that it would not be possible to pay someone to do this engraving today. Looking at the base one can see the superb monogram embellished with leaves engraved to last 150 years.</div>
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I have to say that to is a great pleasure to be a custodian for such a masterpiece and to think it was probably used on some posh table by some important family in the gilded age.</div>
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The little flags are all hallmarked sterling and the celluloid inserts slide right into the flags. Some have no words printed so that one could write their own. There are six little flags and lots of extras in the bottom row. Imagine marking the sandwiches with these miniature flags.</div>
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Even automobiles has sterling silver posy holders. On a visit to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn I once saw J P Morgan's Rolls on display and remember thinking that if you filled the engine with oil and started it it would probably purr like a cat. Quality is something that can never be overlooked but people need to be aware of what is quality.</div>
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This two piece English antique silver fish serving set has the date of 1851. The maker was Hilliard and Thomason. The handle and silver blades have engraved and chased water lilies.<br />
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1851 was the year of the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace, the first of the great expositions that became the place for the world to meet and exchange ideas. It was the brainchild of the Prince Consort, Albert husband of Queen Victoria.<br />
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One of the great showpieces of the first exposition was the display of exotic flora and I think these inspired designs like this. It has become an iconic piece of Victoriana and quite often comes in the original fitted case of a retailer. Thus particular set is in pristine condition.<br />
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The crystal palace was all glass and steel and it had a problem. Birds got in and could not get out. The story goes that Queen Victoria and Albert were troubled and in a conversation brought up the subject with Arthur the Duke of Wellington because they could not shoot the birds for fear of breaking the glass. The Iron Duke responded by telling the Prince Consort to put some birds of prey in that could be recalled after killing the birds. Success!<br />
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Whiting Fantasy Pattern</h2>
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This amazing antique sterling fish set would probably date about 1890 and has what is known as pearling which is a chasing of small dots or bubbles from inside creating a sort of nautical or marine effect. Under the direction of Charles Osborne Whiting used acid etching and applied sea horses to create unique pieces in the Fantasy pattern. This particular set was either special ordered or purchased as a presentation for a yacht owner and most likely used on board the vessel. The gilded age was a period of extreme opulence.</div>
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Another piece of the Fantasy pattern by Whiting. Notice the acid etched seaweed on the plate at the center.</div>
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This rare and important inkwell has the same pearling as Whiting pieces. Probably the result of Charles Osborne moving back and forth between the two companies.</div>
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One has to remember that Samuel Kirk was chasing away in his workshop long before Gorham and Tiffany were making silver. Consequently we should show Kirk respect for the fact that they were a well organized American silver manufacturer in Baltimore and because they consistently produced some of the best silver hollowware in the United States.</div>
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What really gets people excited in the Kirk landscape series and if you examine the landscape pieces you will notice that some of the best chasing was done later rather than earlier. In fact the chasing of the 1900s to 1920s is really fantastic down to the detail of birds flying in the background to the rod in a fisherman's hand.</div>
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The teapot is massive and has the 11 ounce mark, a rams head handle and floral finial. Most of this type will have a Chinese influenced scene chased on the pot unless the focus is on castles and architecture<br />
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Here is a Kirk 11 ounce landscape covered sugar with a stag finial on the lid. Both the lid and the urn have a French touch mark indicating that it had been either sold in France or imported into France.</div>
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Here is a Kirk teapot with a cast lion finial and large floral finial. The shape is somewhat traditional and the landscape features large important looking buildings. Most of these pieces are well made with considerable weights.<br />
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Dominick & Haff Pond Series Loving Cup<br />Circa 1881</h2>
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This Dominick & Haff antique sterling hand hammered square two handle loving cup was found in remarkably good condition and has a spot hammered surface chased with Japanese pond life including dragon flies and water plants. Dominick & Haff was known for this series and it stands alone out there different to anything else made in the 1800s. The quality can only generate the respect of collectors and silver experts. We found this article complete with the original documents from 1881 when presented to the doctor mentioned in the inscription on the base.<br />
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One of Edward Moore's two big passions at Tiffany & Company was the Saracenic designs which incorporated Islamic influence into the objects. One of the plants that he liked to use was the Sumak plant. Here are some of the pieces we have found recently. The first item is a cylindrical spot hammered pitcher with Sumak plants highlighted with acid etched leaves to give extra dimension against the hammering. You could have found this exact form of pitcher decorated with Japanese influenced designs or Saracenic designs.</div>
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In the late 1800s Edward Moore at Tiffany & Company produced a line of Japanese influenced hollow ware and flatware at the same time as Tiffany's Saracenic line of wares. The attention to detail and the quality was so remarkable that it left a legacy that sets it apart from other American manufacturers. </div>
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I once asked a collector why he was so fascinated with these pieces of Japanese influenced silver that were executed according to strictly controlled guidelines in drawings with numbers that dictated the very size of the faceting of the spot hammering and he answered that he liked the idea of an American who might well have been chewing tobacco in the studio making these pieces that frightened the Japanese with the level of sophistication and purity.</div>
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Thirty five years ago I opened my first catalog from Christies as newcomer and could not believe my luck that I had found my passion. Nowhere is the world can one find this quality and uniqueness.</div>
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The pitcher photographed here as applied brass and copper oak leaves joined by engraved tendrils. The surface retains a textured satin finish applied at the factory in the 1880s and has not been polished. This is seldom the case. Tiffany made two different sizes of these pitchers, the larger size is 8" tall and the smaller 7 1/4".</div>
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How many times have you tuned over an interesting piece of Dominick and Haff silver and found the date 1881 in the mark. This was obviously the year that the company really could do nothing wrong. Dominick & Haff, a silver manufacturing company in New York had some of the best silversmiths in the country working on the most innovative designs and techniques of this period.<br />
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Recently this large hand hammered arts and crafts candle holder popped up on the market and we could not believe the scale of it. It is over 12 inches tall and is hand hammered in the arts and crafts style. The bizarre head that forms the terminal looks very much like an Eastern man in the moon face with a pony tail. The feet are all hand hammered and curl up at the ends.<br />
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An unusual English silver hexagonal tray came up in the United Kingdom with hundreds of applied three pence silver coins from the Victorian era. Some of the coins have a young head of Queen Victoria, and others have a older Jubilee head of the Queen with her small diamond crown that she had made for herself later in life.<div>
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The use of coins in silver can be found all over the work from the Shreve hand hammered silver of San Francisco to the early French silver wine tasters.</div>
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This tray however makes quite a splash and is big enough to put a tea set on.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-35512705054282225812017-04-08T19:18:00.001-07:002017-04-08T19:56:43.024-07:00American sterling nutmeg grater Tiffany & Company<h2>
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Take a look at this superb antique sterling silver pitcher. At first glance it looks very much as if it could be a Tiffany pitcher but the marks are Whiting. This is probably the work of Charles Osborne, one of Tiffany & Company's most talented designers who worked for the Whiting Company as well. He used acid etching, spot hammering and chasing to achieve this fabulous design. There is also some inlaid copper in the design around the neck.</div>
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This rare sterling spot hammered antique tea caddy was made by the Gorham Company in about 1880 but was never marked. It has a monogram on the base. The detail is quite amazing with applied silver and copper the highlight of which is a large applied spider with copper body. Surprisingly manufacturers omitted their marking quite often for different reasons. One reason was that the retailers liked to put their marks on the pieces and claim credit for the items. </div>
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From a silver collector's point of view I find it interesting that the order for this presentation was given to Philadelphia silversmith Peter Krider, who manufactured fine quality silver hollow ware early on together with George Sharp. Nice to know they kept the business in their State of Pennsylvania.<br />
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Since Mr Carnegie was not a large individual one can try to imagine him lifting the piece while it was filled with ice water. Every last detail in the manufacture was carefully implemented from the hollow cavity beneath the jug for insulating the cold to a hinged hanging flap to seal the spout from the interior.<br />
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The incorporation of cast and applied thistles needs no explanation since he was a Scot and I think that the figure applied to the side is that of Liberty.<br />
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The pitcher has been very well looked after and has a wonderful color and patina. The engraving is also quite crisp and clean.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-36556016800045197472017-03-20T15:30:00.000-07:002017-03-20T15:30:11.482-07:00We are back after a long absence and ready to talk about our special items of American antique sterling silver that we have acquired. We hope you will find the articles informative and useful.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-22999381130153473182010-03-28T18:00:00.000-07:002010-03-28T18:16:14.742-07:00A Royal Silver Tea Caddy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlTf_v1X8UMzRqwJx_FE5OLmkoySdgg2g0kL8fOqAD5JBWEmTi8LwOnZs8plrziRmv2D_NJoYoHMPsJZEb95COJWYxvbpVxsDkQT2iuuGAtwxQxaulXbMK5QKfk4vOuurypXnDvTdu5c/s1600/hanovertcad1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453855488875721058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlTf_v1X8UMzRqwJx_FE5OLmkoySdgg2g0kL8fOqAD5JBWEmTi8LwOnZs8plrziRmv2D_NJoYoHMPsJZEb95COJWYxvbpVxsDkQT2iuuGAtwxQxaulXbMK5QKfk4vOuurypXnDvTdu5c/s320/hanovertcad1.jpg" /></a> On a recent buying trip we found a tea caddy in the shape of a picnic basket with two sides that flap open. The royal coat of arms on the lids is that of the King of Hanover, Ernst Augustus who also <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">happened</span> to be the 5<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> son of King George 3rd. He was the Duke of Cumberland. Remember that the Kings of England came from Hanover. They were selected after Queen Anne died without heirs. The throne passed to the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">descendants</span> of James VI of Scotland in Hanover. Queen Victoria would have become Queen of Hanover when she ascended the throne but a law prohibited a woman from taking that position and so it was passed to the Duke of Cumberland.<br /><br />After viewing a recent television program on the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">young</span> restless royals of Europe the focus fell on the Hanover heirs and they declared that because of their need to raise funds they put up the family silver in London and that is how this came to be on the market.<br /><br />If you would <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">like</span> to see more detailed pictures of the tea caddy take look at:<br /><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/Inventory/tea%20items/hanovertcaddetail.html">http://www.silverperfect.com/Inventory/tea%20items/hanovertcaddetail.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-787327759750082622009-06-15T20:01:00.000-07:002009-06-15T21:06:20.816-07:00Why all the French Touchmarks on Tiffany 1880 SilverI have noticed that on so many of the better Tiffany pieces from the 1880 period that have come up on the market a large percentage bear French <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">touch marks</span>. They were obviously sold in France and most probably at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Tiffany</span> store in Paris.<br /><br />I am aware that the Tiffany Paris store was very important in the last quarter of the 19<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> century. In fact I was told by a reliable source that the Tiffany store in Paris was treated on a par with the New York <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">store by</span> Tiffany and Co.<br /><br />Chatting to a very knowledgeable collector who was showing me a museum piece of Tiffany from the 1880s the other day, I drew his attention to the French control mark. He shrugged and calmly said that France was where all the money was at that time and where the real collectors were.<br /><br />Putting it all together, I would guess that many of the important pieces were sold in France and that was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">mainly</span> because the economy was not so <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">strong</span> in America at the time. Most people do not know that Wall street went through a terrible period in the last quarter of the 19t<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">h</span> century.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/">www.silverperfect.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-43859520571875817132009-06-13T13:37:00.000-07:002009-06-13T13:54:32.173-07:00A surprise in a box<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveNHjPJl0MEm6Nqhe1pZybMtMU9W-DxyyuAfrzSgkHyyWU5lLRKdTz3Q-DeeA6kD1I5vEC5aj8Nfk_DdGF39UVC6CqnxwRSkmrfmOkto1DnLxziDeYd_4AvZhIdJCeVw3gYq_HXS78Ts/s1600-h/engaesthcup1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346918263541994098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveNHjPJl0MEm6Nqhe1pZybMtMU9W-DxyyuAfrzSgkHyyWU5lLRKdTz3Q-DeeA6kD1I5vEC5aj8Nfk_DdGF39UVC6CqnxwRSkmrfmOkto1DnLxziDeYd_4AvZhIdJCeVw3gYq_HXS78Ts/s320/engaesthcup1.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Almost 25 years ago when I was in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Portobello</span> Road in London one Saturday morning I noticed an amazing child's cup in the most amazing condition and in the original box. The combination of the satin finished silver areas combined with the green gold parcel gilt and engraving was a lesson in the finest engraving and the finest example of the Aesthetic Movement.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I purchased the mug and went off on my way. I knew the dealer and I was surprised when a few <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">minutes</span> later they asked me if I would let them have the mug back because they did not really want to sell it. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This happens quite often in the antique trade and it could be a case of remorse on the part of the seller or anything else that would pass through the mind of the seller after too little sleep on a Friday night before the market.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I stood my ground and sounding a bit like Basil <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fawlty</span> in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fawlty</span> Towers I said: "What is the bloody point of me looking on your stand in the first place if you want it back within a few minutes". They backed off and all was forgotten. It was not mentioned again.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The cup was sold in Kansas City at a show in that same year.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>A few days ago I spotted the cup on the east coast and purchased it back. I recognized the inscription and the fantastic condition.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Twenty Five years later I was holding something that I had owned before and it was quite an odd feeling. One realized that these trinkets will outlive us all and we have to treat them as if we are just caretakers.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Take a look at the mug and details by clicking on the link below</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/Inventory/novelty%20items/engaesthcupdetail.html">http://www.silverperfect.com/Inventory/novelty%20items/engaesthcupdetail.html</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7221967581890633041"></a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/">http://www.silverperfect.com/</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-59404156789991795722009-05-29T08:05:00.001-07:002009-05-30T20:40:20.782-07:00Schultz and Fischer and George Shiebler<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXVaxpPptIUY-7Yj38YukvWCS_6C7qcIBFpFBUqBBMv9DfKjakv9Ff3zFsk9euF4xsAWocyVwE8jFG-QP_NhlIR66cpaVuAwWNNsekoFxuTuST7TQl78qyg7WA-G8EBGOwSyIoRNsDbc/s1600-h/sfbowlbug3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 260px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341362207117899458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXVaxpPptIUY-7Yj38YukvWCS_6C7qcIBFpFBUqBBMv9DfKjakv9Ff3zFsk9euF4xsAWocyVwE8jFG-QP_NhlIR66cpaVuAwWNNsekoFxuTuST7TQl78qyg7WA-G8EBGOwSyIoRNsDbc/s320/sfbowlbug3.jpg" /></a> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341361265949160130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknfVKe4ec1fxtSSpaaxJ4FlfroYHhyphenhyphenR11Yz6ZcUjXbA54zBYI3uoAo01v_Zr7t_pbloRdY9IbB7KO18wawcgO5TqmNkIejTRW_QUwyy-V3-RHDlBrYZcinaDlvuPBvw_yp4pZzeameJ0/s320/sfbowlbug6.jpg" /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Schultz and Fischer leaf form bowl with handle and bug</strong> </div><br /><div align="center"><br />I had no idea that Californian silversmiths were making silver in 1880 that looked exactly like the work of George Shiebler in New York. Shiebler used leaves and bugs held together with silver pins and usually lightly gold washed the pieces.<br /><br />We recently found a most unusual version of this type of work by Schultz and Fischer. I had to scratch my head to work out the maker because the mark was not that clear but we managed to put it together and it all made sense.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/">http://www.silverperfect.com/</a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-50081520126344168892009-04-13T21:38:00.000-07:002010-02-03T19:30:19.491-08:00Tiffany Vine Shown at the Columbian Expo<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKpGBu5JZUWa04_2sbq1Z0xEcolo05QdH7VpzRyCGbloF68liNJbtyH6CxmsNG6EUDssNwCypQDmB9G-DDGiWrZ0zMS6p-lswlrmq55U0Mw2ZvCv8w2St1HHamVwa6aXlaw9WxjCAakI/s1600-h/tfnydaisycolfks2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324404351844525410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKpGBu5JZUWa04_2sbq1Z0xEcolo05QdH7VpzRyCGbloF68liNJbtyH6CxmsNG6EUDssNwCypQDmB9G-DDGiWrZ0zMS6p-lswlrmq55U0Mw2ZvCv8w2St1HHamVwa6aXlaw9WxjCAakI/s320/tfnydaisycolfks2.jpg" /></a> Tiffany <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Columbian</span> Expo Mark<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99LpbYzL9ynjOa4InlfZ6f3lxVAY70Fyx8uSPR-FiQSY6m27UZwWxT1fqSX9O4-m0FVlT3IkJAj3OMiZzZWAmfvJ08lB2dErIDJpx5aVQoruOPF6cD-_WyvYy_dd1XNylJt2bcJ5vKbg/s1600-h/tfnydaisycolfks1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324404225146910818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99LpbYzL9ynjOa4InlfZ6f3lxVAY70Fyx8uSPR-FiQSY6m27UZwWxT1fqSX9O4-m0FVlT3IkJAj3OMiZzZWAmfvJ08lB2dErIDJpx5aVQoruOPF6cD-_WyvYy_dd1XNylJt2bcJ5vKbg/s320/tfnydaisycolfks1.jpg" /></a>Tiffany Vine Forks Displayed at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Columbian</span> Expo 1983<br /><br /><strong>A</strong>bout 20 years ago I acquired a lightly gold washed dessert set in the <a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/Inventory/tiffanyvineflatware.html">Tiffany Vine </a>pattern. After I got it home I examined it closely and noticed that five of the individual place pieces had a strange mark added to the reverse of the bowls. It turned out to be the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Columbian</span> Expo mark from 1893 indicating that these pieces were on display in Chicago in the Tiffany <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">pavilion</span>.<br /><br />A few weeks ago the same thing happened. I purchased 11 forks in the Tiffany Vine pattern with that same gold wash. 5 of the forks are struck with that special mark. These pieces were all part of the same set.<br /><br />About 3 years ago the <a href="http://www.flaglermuseum.us/"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Flagler</span> museum </a>in Florida held an exhibit of Tiffany silver exhibited at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Columbian</span> Expo and I went to see the exhibit. I bought a book about the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Columbian</span> Expo pieces made by Tiffany and read at the back that Tiffany made sent 118 pieces of Vine to the exhibit.<br /></div><div align="center">To see the detailed pictures of the forks click on the link below:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/Inventory/recentacquisitions/tfnydaisycolfksdetail.html">http://www.silverperfect.com/Inventory/recentacquisitions/tfnydaisycolfksdetail.html</a> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-42320479483010201612009-03-29T14:59:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:03:19.021-07:00The Gorham Narragansett Pattern<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnR_zOlTAl6v-4KKHYSQco1xXXphEZ9d78246ErBLxJ9jViRw5Op-xZI8oxYvigTf1rdVv1NDfeqv2tW8xMhAefCAqKbS2uumA7ajgE4nKNI6STmzjwxRs-Us41j327U-iDiulJNF-Vjo/s1600-h/grmnarraganspres1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318737310069720802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 315px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnR_zOlTAl6v-4KKHYSQco1xXXphEZ9d78246ErBLxJ9jViRw5Op-xZI8oxYvigTf1rdVv1NDfeqv2tW8xMhAefCAqKbS2uumA7ajgE4nKNI6STmzjwxRs-Us41j327U-iDiulJNF-Vjo/s320/grmnarraganspres1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Rare <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gorham</span></span> Narragansett Preserve Spoon 8 3/4"</div><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">O</span></strong><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ver</span></span> the past 30 years we have had the good fortune of finding many rare flatware items but the pattern that remains in our minds as the most exotic and rare is the Narragansett pattern by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Gorham</span></span>.<br /><br />We recently found a rare preserve spoon which measures 8 3/4" long. There are numerous fish included is the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">applications</span> to the central shaft among the other nautical creatures <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">such</span> as shells, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">crabs</span>. clams and conch shells. These items are cast and applied individually and the detail never <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ceases</span> to amaze admirers who examine the intricate handles.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Gorham</span></span> went to such lengths to make the spoons look realistic that they included tiny globules of silver "sand" in the design. This gives the spoons the appearance of having being removed from the ocean floor. It is as if the spoon had been lying at the bottom of the ocean and the result is the encrusted look and feel. No wonder every silver collector who understands what Gorham was trying to do wants to own a piece of Narragansett.<br /><br />I remember being fussy and turning down large pieces of Narragansett pattern because the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Gorham</span></span> hallmark was not visible. I think this was a mistake because the marks were probably lurking somewhere beneath the shells and fish and seaweed. Some pieces are marked in the bowl of a shell at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">terminal</span> but most have the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Gorham</span></span> hallmark on the central shaft together with the sterling mark.<br /><br />Recently I found <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Gorham</span></span> date letter for 1884 which really was exciting. This tells us that the Narragansett pattern was definitely made in the hollow ware department at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Gorham</span></span> and also that it was a really early example. It had great weight and proportion.<br /><br />Take a look at our site to see the Narragansett preserve spoon under Recent <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Acquisitions:</span><br /><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/"><span style="font-size:180%;">http://www.silverperfect.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-80524858904183631272009-02-18T16:34:00.000-08:002010-02-03T19:37:46.159-08:00Christopher Dresser and Tiffany<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oYhYGSaBo_NFQXKDxN42KhjhZRGuz4o_BIE1eH7BWKM8xqhFI-oXym2WuKPuxuE7-NSszA0gtbfSWP0f_4IMIdODTfFsKRe_HFrCUvvymnBQcdm1kSONjgqHawECd2Sipt-0_maBV70/s1600-h/tfnyteacaddy1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 290px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304303314656508562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oYhYGSaBo_NFQXKDxN42KhjhZRGuz4o_BIE1eH7BWKM8xqhFI-oXym2WuKPuxuE7-NSszA0gtbfSWP0f_4IMIdODTfFsKRe_HFrCUvvymnBQcdm1kSONjgqHawECd2Sipt-0_maBV70/s320/tfnyteacaddy1.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Christopher Dresser had a huge influence on design in Britain and America and until recently I was not aware of his collaboration with Edward Moore of Tiffany.</div><br /><div>This rare and important <a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/Inventory/rare%20hollowware/tfnyteacaddydetail.html">Tiffany tea caddy</a> has Japanese influenced applications including the decorated ivory plaque on the front with two copper jesters. The ivory plaques are rumored to be part of a large purchase made in Japan by Christopher Dresser on behalf of Edward Moore for Tiffany.</div><br /><div>The futuristic sputnik finial looks as if it was inspired by the novelty toast racks that James Dixon of Sheffield made from Christopher Dresser designs. </div><br /><div>If you would like to see this tea caddy and other important Tiffany pieces please click on the link below</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/Inventory/rarehollowware1.html">http://www.silverperfect.com/Inventory/rarehollowware1.html</a><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/"></a></div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-31210734136237856492009-02-16T13:57:00.000-08:002010-02-02T15:27:11.960-08:00What the words inscribed on Shiebler pieces mean.......<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rB5B2wjpJQwc8hsKFi57_6IcJsL_WPlbsyVImDkcWdDpzzBOThK3x0HX-fIC2icE_wst0jM7Sg7svFTEbvnFU08CoeycXTj2PvXi68IiBINTjMlYJTdIlcLx9YZur2O-H_fdCl3CH94/s1600-h/shiebetruscltrop1%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 310px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304633391844981394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rB5B2wjpJQwc8hsKFi57_6IcJsL_WPlbsyVImDkcWdDpzzBOThK3x0HX-fIC2icE_wst0jM7Sg7svFTEbvnFU08CoeycXTj2PvXi68IiBINTjMlYJTdIlcLx9YZur2O-H_fdCl3CH94/s320/shiebetruscltrop1%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a> Shiebler letter opener with "shalom" engraved in Hebrew<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_FCXoT8ZFBqobiuGbJNVCo2_vFvp2-tE7-h12S67G98pdxRMlYWItU-xFuJjyGxJUb_WZBamwX0Mh47OKnqalxlVEH6xudaRr0w0vLfDQDTc6i1tTHMiH5Dcc1ajA-QebCXff-837RI/s1600-h/shiebromapin1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 248px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303525852596331970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_FCXoT8ZFBqobiuGbJNVCo2_vFvp2-tE7-h12S67G98pdxRMlYWItU-xFuJjyGxJUb_WZBamwX0Mh47OKnqalxlVEH6xudaRr0w0vLfDQDTc6i1tTHMiH5Dcc1ajA-QebCXff-837RI/s320/shiebromapin1.jpg" /></a><strong> </strong><em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Shiebler</span></span> Pin with the word "Roma" Engraved</em></div><div align="left"><br /><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/Inventory/shieblerflatware.html">George <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Shiebler's</span></span></a> engravers used Roman and Greek related words on their Etruscan pattern flatware, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">hollowware</span> and jewelry </span>and many people are curious as to the purpose and meaning of the words. </div><br /><div align="left">After acquiring quite a few pieces and checking around I think I can safely say that the words are meant to look as if they were dug up with the old Roman and Greek pots and pans in an excavation.<br /></div><div align="left">The letters of the alphabet appear Greek or Roman in style but the words are meaningless.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">I found a letter opener and paper knife with the Hebrew word Shalom inscribed. That was a first for me.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">The medallions in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Shiebler</span></span> Etruscan pattern have many varieties but the Roman centurion is quite clearly just that. The Greek medallions look like the ancient Greek busts.</div><br /><div align="left"><strong>Conclusion</strong>: After looking up the meaning of the word Etruscan, I learned that the Etruscan period refers to a culture that developed in Italy in about 800BC. This was followed by a period of Greek influence in Southern Italy dominated by Greek traders. </div><div align="left"><br /><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/">http://www.silverperfect.com/</a> </div><br /><div align="left"></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221967581890633041.post-56713006716797208072009-01-10T15:32:00.000-08:002009-02-16T15:09:12.550-08:00The Importance of 19th Century American SilverIn the early 1980s few museums would give up shelf space to American Silver. This was a great pity. I remember visiting prominent museums and seeing row after row of boring tankards; all the same, lined up like soldiers.<br />Any collector with an eye for the unusual would take special notice of the Japanese movement, and the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> century. Finally there was an awakening spearheaded by the Dallas Museum in 1989 with the Christies sale of Sam <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Wagstaff's</span> collection.<br /><br />I heard a story from a dealer who has since passed that when she was planning to send her children to university, she invited Sam to her vault and opened up her drawers of silver flatware for him to pick through. Naturally he chose the best with an eye for what was great and important.<br /><br />The Sam <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Wagstaff</span> sale catalogue is still one of the most sought after Christies catalogues today and used as a reference book.<br /><br />While British makers such as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Elkington</span> had a few great moments manufacturing special pieces of the same period and designs, the American makers like Whiting, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Shiebler</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Gorham</span> and Tiffany were way ahead in design and technique.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.silverperfect.com/">http://www.silverperfect.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com