Sterling Holloware: Mugs

Stylish sterling silver baby cup. Made by Grosjean & Woodward for Tiffany & Co. at 550 Broadway, New York. Straight and upward tapering sides with fluidly scrolled bracket handle. Allover wave engine-turning between plain borders. Oval strapwork cartouche (vacant). Rims have cabling, beading, and imbricated leaves. Early mark (1854-65) with maker’s and retailer’s stamps, phrase “English Sterling”, and no. 6. Fine condition.

Dimensions: H 4 1/4 x W 4 1/2 x D 3 3/8 in. Weight: 7.3 troy... Click for details

Architectural coin silver baby cup, mid 19th century. Straight sides with leaf-capped and mounted s-scroll handle. Repousse fantasy buildings including turret, pagoda, pavilion, and picturesque bridge. Stylized egg-and-dart rims. Gilt-washed interior. Marked C. Bard & Son, a Philadelphia silversmith and retailer, who was active in the 1850s. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 4 3/8 x W 4 5/8 x D 3 in. Weight: 5 troy ounces. #BS846

American Classical sterling silver baby cup. Made by Dominick & Haff in New York in 1882. Barrel form with flattened C-scroll handle. Reeded rims and half gadrooning. Top half vacant. Fully marked including no. 110 and year. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/4 x W 4 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 6 troy ounces. #BR505

Large American Classical coin silver baby cup. Made by Wood & Hughes in New York, ca 1860. Upward tapering sides with skirted foot and scroll-bracket handle. Jowly, tousled-haired contrapposto cherub applied to front. Two oval frames and one small one (all vacant) surrounded by flowers spilling over into stippled band. Beaded rims. Scroll bracket handle with stippled panels and stylized flying leaf cap between pierced scroll mounts. Gilt-washed interior. A traditional cann enlivened with frothy... Click for details

Art Nouveau sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Straight sides, short inset foot, and c-scroll handle. Slightly hallucinatory acid-etched frieze with cherubs frolicking amidst aquatic foliage and giant mushrooms. One cherub is, ahem, full frontal. Possibly inspired by Kingsley’s Water-Babies. Fully marked including pattern no. 17285B and director's letter m. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/2 x W 4 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 5.3 troy ounces. #BS845

Large and fancy sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1890. Capacious bowl with scrolled rim, short inset foot, and leaf-capped double-scroll handle. Two chased scroll cartouches (vacant) with leaves and flowers. Fully marked and numbered 5130. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 7/8 x W 5 1/4 x D 3 3/4 in. Weight: 7.5 troy ounces. #BS844

Classical coin silver baby cup, ca 1850. Octagonal with gently tapering sides and plain facets alternating with ornamented ones engraved with vertical scrolls and flowers. Leaf-and-dart rims. Leaf-capped s-scroll handle. A pretty, girly design by by Tifft & Whiting who were active in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, ca 1840-53. Fully marked with maker’s stamp and phrase “Pure Silver Coin”. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 3 5/8 x W 3 7/8 x D 2 1/2 in. Weight: 3 troy ounces.... Click for details

Classical coin silver baby cup, Drum-form with ribbing and beading. Engraved quivers, flowers, and leaves forming cartouche (vacant). Scroll-bracket handle. Marked “G. W & H” for Gale, Woods & Hughes, a New York maker active ca 1833-45. Good condition with attractive period wear. Engraved ornament is nicely “sunk”.

Dimensions: H 3 x W 3 1/2 x D 2 3/8 in. Weight: 2.5 troy ounces. #BS878

Classical coin silver baby cup. Made by John L. Westervelt in New York, ca 1860. Straight and gently tapering sides, capped s-scroll handle, and beaded rims. Two rondels interspersed with fleurs de lys and inset with male and female Renaissance profiles. Large round cartouche with strapwork border (vacant). A beautiful example of the Medallion motif that Westervelt also used on his flatware. Marked “J. L. W.” Very good condition with strong definition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/4 x W 4 1/8 x D 2... Click for details

Elegant Classical coin silver baby cup. Tall, tapering, and faceted bowl with high-looping and capped s-scroll handle and stepped foot. Marked “W. Adams / New York”. This maker was active in New York City from 1829-50. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 4 1/2 x W 4 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 3 troy ounces. #BS829

American Midcentury Modern sterling silver baby cup. Made by Towle in Newburyport, Mass. Drum form with gently flared rim and thick c-scroll handle. Lots of room for engraving. Fully marked and numbered 7871. Good condition with a couple minor handle dents.

Dimensions: H 2 1/2 x W 3 1/2 x D 2 3/8 in. Weight: 3.4 troy ounces. #BR340

Turn-of-the-century sterling silver baby cup rich in period assumptions. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark.

Upward tapering sides and scroll handle. Acid-etched frieze depicting sailor-suited, flag-holding, all-American boy with exotic coevals in native dress relegated to background. Symbolic imagery enhanced with verse: “Little Indian, Sioux or Crow, little frosty Eskimo, little Turk or Japanese—Oh! Don’t you wish that you were me?”

Ahem.

Fully marked and numbered 1483. Fine... Click for details