This is a beautiful and unusual sterling silver centerpiece bowl in the Art Nouveau style. This large shaped-oval bowl stand on four pad feet formed as lily pads with iris-formed joints that are naturalistically rendered in a sculptural style. The bowl has an exceptionally deep interior with intricately pierced designs of scrolls and flowers decorating the sides. The undulating rim is trimmed with a wide, sculptural border of irises that move dynamically with the folds of the rim. This unusua... Click for details

This is a gorgeous set of three sterling silver serving compotes by the renowned American silversmiths at the Gorham Manufacturing Company. This set is comprised of one large and two small compotes, each executed in a lacy floral pattern and with matched proportions. Each circular compote stands on a tall pedestal base and has a deep, everted rim, and is trimmed around the base and rim with a wide, lacy border. The border consists of a densely modeled band of openwork scrolls and flower baske... Click for details

This is a magnificent, large-size sterling silver tray by premier American silversmiths Gorham. This large oval tray stands on four bracket feet decorated with a shell and scroll-work. It has a plain field with a large beaded border trimmed with a guilloche band and with sculptural leafy-scroll side handles. The exceptional modeling of the feet and handles shows off the exceptional craftsmanship of this tray. This tray is in excellent condition and is of the finest quality and heaviest gauge.... Click for details

This is a charming and unusual sterling silver centerpiece bowl by New York silversmiths Wood & Hughes in a splendid Victorian design. This oval centerpiece bowl stands on an oval, pedestal base and has a low, rounded body. The base and rim are trimmed with a laurel garland border. The bowl has two angular side handles accented at the bottom with a coin-like medallion of a Roman soldier in profile, and anchored to the bowl with two magnificent figural busts in oval medallions flanked by openw... Click for details

From a large selection of sterling silver goblets, this is a handsome sterling silver goblet by London silversmith Joseph Angell. The cup stands on a domed, circular foot and has a low stem creating a stately profile. The long, U-shaped body of the cup is beautifully engraved with bands of Neoclassical decoration including a band of double scalloping with pendant accents, a band of Greek Key decoration, a large, central band of stylized leaves and scrolls, a second band of Greek key decoration,... Click for details