This is a charming and highly unusual terrapin soup service by the Gorham Manufacturing Company comprised of a sterling silver soup tureen and six individual soup bowls. The circular, open tureen stands on four scroll feet with leafy, seaweed joints embellished with fantastic sculptural and life-like turtles. The tureen has a wonderful low-bellied profile with a wide, shaped border of seaweed, curling waves and whimsically floating turtles. This wonderful aquatic theme is further carried into... Click for details

This is a charming and unique set of sterling silver salts with matching slat spoons by renowned American silversmiths Tiffany & Co. that epitomize the era of dining opulence. Each salt dish features a small bowl in the shape of a fish supported on three shell feet. The interiors are each gilt and decorated to indicate the fishes’ fins and scales. Each salt has an accompanying salt spoon, with a round, gilt bowl and beautiful hammered handle, with engraved seaweed designs. Each piece is in v... Click for details