Antique Sterling Silver from Nelson and Nelson Antiques
  Design Drives Our Passion For Antique Sterling Silver And Antique Jewelry
sterling silver sale graphic
call 646-863-5416
Find Items:

Sterling Holloware: Mugs

Sterling Silver Baby Mugs for Sale

There is a tradition dating back to the 18th century to give babies sterling silver items. The phrase “born with a silver spoon in your mouth” stems from the popularity of gifting sterling silver to babies. There were several significant reasons behind this. Silversmiths would create sterling silver toys because they wouldn’t break as easily as their wooden and clay counterparts. But sterling silver baby mugs also symbolized wealth and good health. Silver has toxic effects on bacteria without the harmful side effects of other metals, such as mercury. Feel free to have a look around our store or website to find that perfect sterling silver baby mugs for sale that any parent will love.

Sterling Holloware: Mugs (14)


All Categories
Sort By:
word(s) or item number
Ball, Black Classical Coin Silver Christening Mug with Rural Idyll
BY963

Classical coin silver christening mug, ca 1850. Baluster bowl with high-looping leaf-capped s-scroll handle and round stepped foot. Large scrolled frame (vacant) surrounded by rural idyll with house and barn set in bosky landscape. In foreground a hunter takes aim at a fox. No vermin allowed in paradise. New York retailer’s stamp (Ball, Black & Co.) and star and eagle associated with Hartford production. Very good condition with nice patina.

Overall dimensions: H 5 x W 5 x D 3 1/8 in.... Click for details

Sale Price: $1,295.00
Listed Price $1,850.00
Antique Shiebler Victorian Repousse Sterling Silver Baby Cup
BY965

Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by George W. Shiebler & Co. in New York, ca 1890. Curved bowl with allover frond and flower repousse on stippled ground. Reeded scroll bracket handle wrapped with applied band decorated with stylized flower head. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked including maker’s and retailer’s (JE Caldwell) stamps and no. 1306. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: H 3 3/4 x W 4 1/2 x D 3 1/8 in. Weight: 4.8 troy ounces. #BY965

Sale Price: $1,050.00
Listed Price $1,500.00
Wang Hing Large Chinese Silver Dragon Mug
BX461

Chinese silver mug, ca 1910. Straight and upward tapering sides and c-scroll handle. A spare form enlivened with applied wraparound dragon chasing its tail. Marks include stamp for Wang Hing, a maker and retailer in Canton and Hong Kong. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 5 x W 5 x D 3 1/4 in. Weight: 10.8 troy ounces. #BX461

Sale Price: $1,925.00
Listed Price $2,750.00
Kerr Sterling Silver Baby Cup Rich in Turn-of-the-Century Assumptions
BX892

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 including maker's stamp and... Click for details

Sale Price: $556.50
Listed Price $795.00
Antique Gorham Edgeworth Sterling Silver Baby Cup 1923
BX720

Edgeworth sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1923. Gently curved and tapering sides and leaf-mounted and capped high-looping handle. Neoclassical ornamental bands including leaf and dart and beading. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern name, no. A11948, and date symbol. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/4 x W 3 7/8 x D 2 7/8 in. Weight: 3.4 troy ounces. #BX720

Sale Price: $315.00
Listed Price $450.00
Antique New York Classical Coin Silver Baby Cup by Eoff & Connor
BY022

Classical coin silver baby cup. Made by Eoff & Connor, a partnership active in New York from 1833 to 1835. Bellied bowl with drum-form neck, flared rim, and capped s-scroll handle; raised and stepped foot. Shaped frame (vacant) with chased scrolling leaf surround, and leaf and flower bands. Foot has cast egg-and-dart border. Handwork visible on interior. Lovely with strong regional association. Marks include “J.H. Connor” and “G. Eoff” stamps. Very good condition with nice... Click for details

Sale Price: $665.00
Listed Price $950.00
Antique English Victorian Sterling Silver Christening Mug 1853
BV954

Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by George John Richards in London in 1853. Baluster bowl with leaf-capped double-scroll handle and scrolled skirted foot. Embossed vegetation clusters in engraved leafing scroll frames; a third frame vacant. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 4 3/8 x W 4 3/8 x D 3 in. Weight: 4.8 troy ounces. #BV954

Sale Price: $696.50
Listed Price $995.00
Gorham Victorian Classical Baby Cup in Medallion-Inspired Pattern
BX893

Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1890. Straight and gently upward tapering sides and scroll-bracket handle. Applied cast oval medallions that depict not austere Roman patricians and their virtuous helpmates but sailor-suited boys and kitty-clutching girls. A sweet rejuvenation of the influential Medallion pattern. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. A7822. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 2 5/8 x W 4 1/8 x D 2 3/4 in.... Click for details

Sale Price: $696.50
Listed Price $995.00
Antique New York Classical Coin Silver Baby Cup by Wood & Hughes
BX724

Victorian Classical coin silver baby cup. Made by Wood & Hughes in New York, ca 1860. Curved and tapering bowl. Flared rim and spread foot with leaf-and-dart border on lined ground. Scroll bracket handle with quatrefoil mounts. Heart-shaped leafing scroll frame (vacant) surrounded by tendrils and flowers. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 4. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/4 x W 4 3/8 x D 3 1/8 in. Weight: 4.4 troy ounces. #BX724

Sale Price: $626.50
Listed Price $895.00
Antique Chinese Silver Battle Mug with Dramatic Dragon Handle
BX464

Chinese silver mug, ca 1865. Straight and upward tapering sides with dense low-relief frieze: Spearmen and swordsmen on foot and horse thrust and lunge and, in some cases, fall in battle. Applied armorial shield with engraved presentation dated “May 4th 1865”. S-scroll handle in form of scaly dragon with horned head peering over rim. Marked. Very good condition with deep patina.

Overall dimensions: H 5 1/4 x W 5 1/4 x D 3 1/4 in. Weight: 10.8 troy ounces. #BX464

Sale Price: $5,600.00
Listed Price $8,000.00
Antique Chinese Export Silver Bamboo Mug
BX462

Chinese export silver mug, ca 1850. Straight and upward tapering sides applied with leafing bamboo on stippled ground. Branch-form handle and rims. Applied rondel engraved with single-letter monogram in buckled belt. On underside is engraved “H. J. T. / 1855”. Interior gilt washed. Chinese mark and initials KHC for Khe Cheong, a Canton silversmith and retailer active from ca 1830s-70s. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 5 x W 5 1/2 x D 3 1/4 in. Weight: 10 troy ounces. #BX462 ... Click for details

Sale Price: $2,800.00
Listed Price $4,000.00
Antique Chinese Export Silver Mug with Dragon Handle
BX463

Chinese export silver mug, ca 1860. Straight and upward tapering sides with applied pictorial frieze on engraved and stippled ground: Scenes of social life with contemplative sages and chaste maidens amongst palm trees and pagodas. Pastoral exoticism enlivened with scaly, slithering dragon handle, ferocious head peaking above the rim. Armorial cartouche (vacant). Marked “HCH”. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 5 1/2 x W 5 x D 3 in. Weight: 9.6 troy ounces. #BX463

Sale Price: $3,500.00
Listed Price $5,000.00
1 2   Next