Picture Frames: Sterling Silver

Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by Dominick & Haff in New York. Rectangular window in shaped surround with bracket feet. In English Liberty style with raised symmetrical ornament with whiplash lines, tendrils, and corner flower clusters. At top shaped cartouche (vacant). Mounted to velvet back with hinged support. With glass and silk lining. For portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked and numbered 296. Condition: Very good with deep patina. Minor velvet wear... Click for details

Fancy Rococo sterling silver picture frame. Made by Gorham in Providence. Dynamic and scrolled surround with bracket feet: Ornament chased and applied: Flowers, leaves, scrolls, and winged cherub’s heads. At top asymmetrical cartouche (vacant). With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. For portrait (vertical) display. A mid-20th-century adaptation of a perennially popular style. Fully marked and numbered 322/1. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: Frame: H 9... Click for details

Large Modern sterling silver picture frame, ca 1940. Rectangular window in flat surround. With glass, silk lining, and heavy paperboard back with hinged support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked with no. 3009, phrase “Hand Made”, and stamp for Hickok Matthews, the Newark maker originally known as Lebkuecher. Very good condition with crisp corners.

Dimensions: H 11 7/8 x W 9 5/8 in. Window: H 10 5/8 x W 8 1/4 in. #BR394

Turn-of-the-century American Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Rectangular window in flat surround. Loose and fluid acid-etched scrolls and flowers between wave borders. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including stamp for IN Deitsch, a New York maker active from ca 1904-15, and no. 277. Very good condition with strong definition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 11 1/2 x W 9 in. Window: H 10 x W 7 3/8 in. #BR703

Large Midcentury Modern sterling silver perfect-for-the-office picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular window in flat surround. With glass, silk lining, and laminate back and hinged support. For portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) display. Fully marked including postwar pattern no. 23484. Very good condition with crisp corners.

Dimensions: Frame: H 13 1/4 x W 10 1/2 in. Window: H 11 3/4 x W 9 in. #BR296

Midcentury Modern sterling silver novelty picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular window in bamboo-style surround. With glass, silk lining, laminate back, and fixed sterling silver support. For portrait (vertical) display. Marked “Tiffany & Co. / Makers / Sterling”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 4 x W 3 in. Window: H 3 1/4 x W 2 1/4 in. #BR695

Pretty turn-of-the-century sterling silver picture frame. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark. Rectangular window and canted surround with acid-etched wraparound lines entwined with rinceaux ornament. Shaped cartouche (vacant). With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. For portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked and numbered 4839. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: Frame: H 6 3/8 x W 4 3/4 in. Window: H 5 1/4 x W 3 5/8 in. #BS974

Art Deco sterling silver picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1920. Rectangular window in flat surround with acid-etched rectilinear frames on sides and front; corners interlaced with stylized leaf. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including indistinct pattern no. and director’s letter m. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 12 3/8 x W 9 3/4 in. Window: H 10 7/8 x W 8 1/8 in. #BT284

Turn-of-the-century Chinese export silver picture frame. Rectangular window in shaped ribbon surround with applied Chinese characters. Top arched with monster mounts on shoulder and open bamboo applied at bottom. With glass, silk lining, and bamboo-style hinged support. For portrait (vertical) display. Marked Wang Hing, a noted Hong Kong silversmith and retailer. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: Frame: H 6 7/8 x W 5 1/4 in. Window: H 5 x W 3 1/4 in. #BR587

Chinese export silver picture frame, ca 1910. Rectangular window in pierced surround made up of serpentine serpent-dragons slithering through clouds. At top mono plate (vacant). With glass, silk lining, and bamboo-style wire hinged support. Marked Wang Hing, a noted Hong Kong silversmith and retailer. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 10 x W 7 3/4 in. Window: H 7 7/8 x W 5 1/2 in. #BR584

Chinese export silver frame, ca 1910. Oval window in pierced rectangular surround made up of chrysanthemums—fluid, bunchy flower heads joined by stems and leaves. At top circular mono plate (vacant). At bottom two stubby stem supports. With glass, silk lining and hinged wire support. Marks include stamp for Zee Wo & Co., a Shanghai silversmith and retailer. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 8 1/4 x W 6 1/4 in. Window: H 5 7/8 x W 4 3/8 in. #BR586

American Modern sterling silver picture frame, ca 1920. Rectangular window with plain and flat surround. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including Black, Starr & Frost stamp and no. 1845/2. Very good condition with crisp corners.

Dimensions: Frame: H 7 3/4 x W 5 3/4 in. Window: H 6 3/4 x W 4 3/4 in. #BS972