One of the more unusual items we have had in a long time. Fine quality figural bird container, removable head. Very well proportioned, and a different look from each side you view it from. A true object of art to be displayed prominently in your home. Heavy gage silver, fine patina, perfect condition. Height 10 ¾ inches. Fully hallmarked under base.

This is a wonderful pair of sterling silver salt and pepper shakers by the American silversmiths Dominick & Haff designed as figural pug dogs. Each shaker is formed as pug seated upright, with a removable head pierced on the top as the shaker. It is rendered with wonderful details including a furry coat, collar with leash ring, an alert facial expression with squished nose and large, sad eyes, and a curled little tail. Each shaker is in excellent condition and has been superbly crafted, and eac... Click for details

This is a handsome antique silver stirrup cup with canine design made in German at the turn of the twentieth century. This tapering cylindrical shaped cup, traditionally used to toast before a hunt, has wonderful engraving on the body that consists of a band of strapwork decoration with leafy scrolls and the bust of a gentleman and on the opposing side a shield cartouche with the monogram EH. The cup supports a large figural head of a dog that has been realistically modeled with long, downward ... Click for details

This is a unique silver-plate mounted Austrian crystal decanter in wonderful figural design of a German Shepherd dog. This decanter has an incredibly detailed crystal body depicted the dog in a seated pose with upright front legs and bushy tail curled around its feet. The neck of the body is the decanter’s opening which is fitted with a stopper encased in the silver-plated dog’s head that shows the dog with alert pointed ears and a steady straight gaze with amber-colored glass eyes. The decante... Click for details

This is a striking German silver table bird with unique details. Standing on two long legs, this bird stands proudly with its chest feathers puffed out and wings pointed downward. It has an upright, alert head with partially open beak and has a very long bifurcated feather that trails down its back. It has been carefully modeled with great detail and naturalism in its feathers and face with a variety of textural effects. This bird is in excellent condition and bears German marks on the end o... Click for details

This is a lovely and unusual sterling silver vase by Tuttle Silversmiths. The flaring, tulip-shaped body is supported on a circular base flanked with two figural swans. Each is rendered with great detail including life-like feathers and large expressive eyes. The combination of modern styling in the flaring, undecorated bowl of the vase with the sculptural details of the base makes this a uniquely dramatic and eye-catching vase. It is in excellent condition and has been beautifully crafted fro... Click for details

This is a magnificent museum quality bonbonniere consisting of an agate candy/nut dish banded with German 900 silver and resting upon a fabulous and elaborate silver stand in the Indian style which has been decorated with a pair of elephants with ivory tusks, an ivory figure of Buddha and a pierced silver base inset with turquoise cabochons. The oval dish has been formed from an exceptionally fine quality piece of moss agate with beautiful lacy striations in a lovely rich, deep saturated shade ... Click for details

This is a unique and unusual 800 silver spice box, imaginatively and expertly crafted in the form of a squirrel on a log. It is of extraordinary quality and has been superbly made to the very highest standards. The squirrel is perched daintily atop a beautifully detailed log which has been encircled all around the base by intricately made leaves, ferns and foliage. He is contentedly nibbling on a tasty treat carefully held in his extraordinarily well-made hands. His facial features are extrem... Click for details

Here is a most unusual and very distinctive sterling silver compote topped by a pretty bowl decorated with chased work in the neo-classical style and resting on an exquisitely-detailed base featuring the figure of an exceptionally well-made bull. Every rippling muscle on the bull's sturdy body has been clearly and meticulously defined and his horns, facial features, hooves and gracefully arched tail have all been carefully and skillfully rendered with great accuracy and precision. He stands ma... Click for details

Here is a truly fabulous pair of beautifully made German silver pheasant birds of the very highest quality. They are extraordinarily life-like in appearance and have been expertly captured in mid-stride, their skillfully-crafted clawed feet seeming to purposely propel them onwards. Each has exquisitely-detailed facial features and meticulously made feathers all over their bodies and culminating in elegantly- elongated raised tails. Their hinged wings are all fully-reticulated and in a most un... Click for details