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

This is an exceptionally fine sterling silver chafing dish by premier American silversmiths the Gorham Manufacturing Company. This circular chafing dish is comprised of a sterling silver stand or frame supported on three exuberant cabriole legs with bold, leafy embellishments and claw feet. The stand holds a deep, circular burner with a turned ivory handle and a removable circular lid with button-capped, hinged and removable wick holders. This chafing dish has a deep, removable sterling silve... Click for details

Here is a lovely sterling silver basket by silversmiths James Dixon & Son of Sheffield. This oval basket has a deep bowl with plain field supported on an elegant footring shaped with Rococo scrolls. The sides of the bowl are intricately pierced with a delicate design of scrolls and leaves with charming parakeets hidden within the design. The flaring, wavy rim is accented with a molded scroll border that supports a swing arm handle also in a shaped, scroll design. This basket is in excellent ... Click for details

This is a beautiful sterling silver, pierced basket of exceptional quality by Marcus & Company of New York. The deep, oval body stands on four beautifully curved scroll feet. The sides of the basket have been pierced with the utmost skill in a delicate lacey pattern of scrolls and trelliswork, enclosed by a band that articulates the wide pierced rim of similar decoration that is bordered by a cast silver band of flowers and scrolls that supports the two side handles. The cast handles are richl... Click for details

This is an indented oval-shaped crystal centerpiece enclosed within an elaborately-decorated applied silver freize and resting upon 4 miniature raised legs. The crystal centerpiece is completely encircled by a fanciful fantasia of swans swimming on a lake surrounded by wind-blown irises and reeds. A most unusual piece. The swans' facial features and feathers, the leaves and petals of the flora and fauna and even the ripples on the lake have all been executed with great skill and with extraord... Click for details