Sterling Holloware: Open Salts

Pair of Classical sterling silver open salts. Made by Arthur Stone in Gardner, Mass. Each: Ovoid with high looping end handles terminating at spread oval foot. Interior gilt washed. Fully marked including initial P, which represents either one craftsman who was active from 1906-7 or another from 1914-6. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 1 5/8 x W 4 x D 1 7/8 in. Total weight: 2 troy ounces. #BS765

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

Pair of sterling silver open salts. Retailed by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Each: Bellied porringer with open tree handle. The traditional form in small scale. Hallmark includes no. 384. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 1 1/8 x W 3 3/4 x D 2 7/8 in. Total weight: 3.8 troy ounces. #BP442

Set of 4 sterling silver open salts. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1924. Each: Curved bowl with molded rim and stepped foot. Spare modern design for the 1920s dinner table. Hallmark includes pattern no. 20433 (first produced in 1924) and director’s letter m (1907-47). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 1 3/8 x D 2 1/8 in. Total weight: 6.4 troy ounces. #BP411