Baby Gifts

Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver bowl and plate. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark, ca 1910. Bowl: Round with straight and faceted sides. Plate has plain deep well and paneled shoulder. Acid-etched nursery rhyme characters including tuffet-sitting Miss Muffet, pre-fall Humpty Dumpty, and a sheep-less Bo Peep. All the classics plus a vacant frame for engraving the name of the most special character of all. Fully marked and numbered 5240. Excellent condition with strong definition and deep... Click for details

Edwardian sterling silver baby cup. Gently upward tapering sides and capped- and leaf-mounted scroll bracket handle. Acid-etched ABC border wraparound the top. All the letters in the alphabet for spelling out the name of someone extra special. Fully marked including maker’s stamp (Wilcox & Wagoner) and no. 6502. Wilcox & Wagoner was active in New York in the first decade of the 20th century. Excellent condition with strong definition.

Dimensions: H 2 3/4 x W 4 x D 2 5/8 in. Weight: 3 troy... Click for details

Edwardian sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Straight sides with reeded rim and scroll-bracket handle. Acid etched scene with sailor-suited boys and bobbed and short-skirted girls. Trick dogs perch on stools and fences, while one itty-bitty pup summons up the courage to jump through a hoop. The hoop is vacant for engraving the name of the first in show. Fully marked including pattern no. 4105C and director’s letter m. Fine condition with strong... Click for details

Art Deco sterling silver baby set. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1927. This set comprises 9 pieces: cup, bowl, plate, napkin ring, knife, 2 spoons, fork, and food pusher. Each piece has acid-etched frieze with alternating oak leaves and acorn-nibbling squirrels. Sumptuous with paradoxical moral message about thrift and planning.

All pieces fully marked including maker’s stamp and director’s letter m. Cup, bowl, and plate have pattern no. 20850A (first produced in 1927). Fine... Click for details

Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau sterling silver 4-piece baby set. Made by George W. Shiebler & Co. in New York. This set comprises cowl, plate, spoon, and napkin ring. Bowl has wavy rim and plate has upturned rim. Napkin ring ruffled rim. All have chased low-relief winged angel-heads on swirling cloud ground. A great gift for your little angel. Plate, bowl, and and spoon terminal engraved “Judith / Jany. 25-1906”. Napkin ring has interlaced script monogram. Fully marked. Bowl and plate have... Click for details

Edwardian sterling silver baby bowl on plate. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1911. Bowl has curved and tapering sides. Plate has well and wide shoulder. Both have whiplash-scrolled rim and applied figures—an eclectic frieze that includes dog-petting hobos, stickball playing boys, tool-bearing workmen, and pipe-smoking grannies. Fully marked including no. A4479 (bowl) and A4480 (plate). Plate also has date symbol and retailer’s stamp (JE Caldwell). Very good condition.

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Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by Creswick & Co. in Sheffield in 1841. Bowl has alternating vacant panels and stippled ones with applied figures of which a garland girl, lounging boy, harvest worker, and cloaked figure by brazier. High-looping double-scroll handle with beaded leaf cap and beaded scroll supports. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 4 3/8 x W 4 1/8 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 6.5 troy ounces. #BU154

Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver baby cup. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton, Mass., ca 1910. Straight sides and short inset foot; leaf-capped double-scroll handle. Acid-etched frieze depicting Botticelli-inspired nymphs holding hands and dancing. A sweet and chaste foray into the Florentine Quattrocento. Fully marked and numbered 1046. Very good condition with strong definition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/4 x W 4 3/4 x D 3 1/4 in. Weight: 5 troy ounces. #BT830

Turn-of-the-century Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver baby cup. Made by Whiting in New York. Straight sides with molded rim and c-scroll handle. Foot skirted with low-relief leaf-and-dart border. On front acid-etched figural scene with bonneted and smocked children encountering a frog that has meandered on shore, the rippling water in background. A sweet scene that suggests the influence of Kate Greenaway. Back vacant with overhanging leafing branch. Fully marked and numbered 362A. Fine... Click for details

Art Deco sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1941. Straight sides with flared rim and scroll bracket handle. Engraved double line borders at top and bottom leave plenty of room for a big-hearted presentation. Fully marked including pattern no. 23059 (first produced in 1941). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 2 3/4 x W 3 3/4 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 4.7 troy ounces. #BT829

Edwardian sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Curved body with flared rim, c-scroll handle, and raised foot. Acid-etched scene depicting a patriotic assembly, with one child holding a sword, another waving a flag, and a third beating a drum. Two others are distracted by a jack-in-the-box. At bottom are two rows of ABC blocks separated by toy soldiers. A sweet period design with sailor-suited boys and girls. Fully marked including pattern no. 16088H and... Click for details

Aesthetic sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1883. Round with straight sides and scrolled and ribbed handle. Chased ornament in form of medallions inset with children’s heads punching through broken eggshell. Provocative metaphor between modish borders: At top alternating flower heads and ribbing; at bottom alternating sunflower heads and teacups. Fully marked including no. 3765 and date letter. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 2 1/4 x W 3 7/8 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight:... Click for details