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 charming and highly unusual terrapin soup service by the Gorham Manufacturing Company comprised of a sterling silver soup tureen and six individual soup bowls. The circular, open tureen stands on four scroll feet with leafy, seaweed joints embellished with fantastic sculptural and life-like turtles. The tureen has a wonderful low-bellied profile with a wide, shaped border of seaweed, curling waves and whimsically floating turtles. This wonderful aquatic theme is further carried into... Click for details

This is a truly magnificent museum quality sterling silver bowl, superbly decorated all around with a fabulous repousse design of sea shells in the Aesthetic style. The assorted shells include a variety of scallops, clam-shells and oysters and have been artfully set against a background of sea weed and organic marine motifs. Each has been rendered with such exquisite precision that every motif has an extraordinarily realistic appearance. The quality of the craftsmanship throughout is remarkab... Click for details

This is a lovely sterling silver nut or berry bowl by New York silversmiths Theodore B. Starr in a beautiful Art Nouveau design. This small, shaped-circular bowl has a deep interior with undulating sides accented with a sculptural border. The openwork border is decorated with anemones entwined with leaves that meander around the perimeter of the bowl. This piece in excellent condition and is very fine quality and heavy guage. It measures approx. 1 1/2” high and approx. 7” in diameter. It is... Click for details

Here is a lovely and useful sterling silver and mixed metal bowl by the Gorham Manufacturing Company. This deep circular bowl features a wide rim that has been ornamented with applied mixed metal decoration in the popular style of the Aesthetic Movement. The applied decoration is a sheath of wheat on a bed of granulated metal, a small bird, a grasshopper perched on a dandelion, and a band with figures in neoclassical costumes flanking a mask with swags, which are executed in a highly artistic ... Click for details