Sterling Holloware: Open Salts

Set of 4 Chrysanthemum sterling silver open salts. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Each: Rectangular bellied bowl with turned-down rim on raised foot with four splayed supports terminating in flat volute scroll. Well and rim gilt have vermeil finish. Rim has orderly arrangement of alternating flower heads and leaves. A controlled but more luxuriant arrangement on sides. Bunches of dense and overlapping flowerheads on supports. Very nice early pieces in the historic Japonesque pattern that was... Click for details

Set of 8 sterling silver open salts and spoons in Pyramid. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen.

Each salt: Shallow and curved bowl with capital-style handle. Interior lined with cobalt enamel. Each spoon: Round bowl and straight and tapering columnar handle with stepped and beaded terminal. Beautiful pieces in the Art Deco pattern designed by Harald Nielsen. All pieces have postwar hallmark. Salts also have designer’s stamp and no. 15. Fine condition with intact enamel.

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Four pairs of sterling silver open salts and pepper shakers. Made by Tuttle in Boston, 1929-30. Each salt: Bellied bowl with gadrooned rim and 3 dolphin supports. Each pepper: Baluster with pierced domed cover, gadrooning, and 3 dolphin supports and finial. Hallmarks include no. 55. Three have partial date codes for the first and second years of Herbert Hoover’s presidency. Very good condition and patina.

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