Picture Frames: Sterling Silver

Art Deco Classical sterling silver and glass frame, ca 1920. Rectangular window bordered by tooled sterling silver paterae and leafy scrolls surrounded by clear glass with cut stylized flowers and leaves. Surround is rectangular with arched top. Sterling silver rim with raised ornament. Glazed with velvet back and hinged support. Large and stylish. The excellent quality suggests an attribution to TG Hawkes in Corning. Silver marked “sterling”. Very good condition. Minor velvet... Click for details

Pretty Edwardian sterling silver picture frame. Rectangular window and flat surround with arched top. Acid-etched ornament with ribbon-tied flowers and oval leaf-and-flower cartouche (vacant). Traditional motifs ramped up to big and bold. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. Fully marked including stamp for IN Deitsch, a New York maker active ca 1904-15. Numbered 866. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: Frame: H 9 5/8 x W 7 1/8 in. Window: H 7 x W 5 in.... Click for details

Art Deco sterling silver picture frame. Rectangular window and flat surround tooled with elongated trapezoids and parallelograms. Center top vacant. Very sharp. Very geometric. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. Fully marked including stamp for JF Fradley, a New York maker active until the mid-1930s. Numbered B2073T5. Condition is nice and crisp.

Dimensions: Frame: H 11 3/8 x W 8 7/8 in. Window: H 10 x W 7 1/2 in. #BH165

Russian Rococo 875 silver frame. Oval window surrounded by scrolls and flowers applied to stippled ground. Wide reeded rim with applied flowers and interior cabling. Two ball supports. With glass, lining, and stained-wood back with adjustable and flushed support. Fully marked including assayer’s with year (1879) and silver standard stamps. Very good condition with deep patina. Back support is stapled and taped. Ball dents.

Dimensions: Frame: H 11 1/4 x W 9 in. Window: H 7 1/4 x W 5 1/4 in.... Click for details

Large sterling silver picture frame. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1920. Oval window and concave surrounded with beaded borders. Two ball supports. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. For portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including no. B4009. Very good condition with lovely patina.

Dimensions: Frame: H 14 1/2 x W 10 1/2 in. Window: H 12 1/4 x W 8 3/4 in. #BS530

Sweet American Edwardian sterling silver picture frame, ca 1910. Rectangular window with scalloped border and shaped surround with concave sides and bottom arched top, and double-scroll corners. Acid-etched leafy-scroll and shell ornament. Reeded rim with bunches of pretty forget-me-nots. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. For portrait (vertical) display). Marked “Sterling 3208”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 13 5/8 x W 10 in. Window: H 8 3/4 x W 6 in.... Click for details

Pretty American sterling silver picture frame. Rectangular window and surround engraved with loose and flowing leaf scrolls. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including no. 23 and stamp for IN Deitsch, a New York maker active ca 1904-15. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 5 3/4 x W 4 3/8 in. Window: H 4 3/4 x W 3 3/8 in. #BS520

Lovely Edwardian sterling silver picture frame. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1915. Rectangular window and plain surround engraved with delicate leafy scrolls at top and corners. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. Fully marked including date symbol and no. 3934. Very good condition with nice patina.

Dimensions: Frame: H 9 3/8 x W 6 7/8 in. Window: H 8 1/8 x W 5 5/8 in. #BS550

Lovely Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark, ca 1910. Rectangular window and surround acid-etched with wraparound feathery leaf-and-berry motif threaded through crisscrossing scrolled bands. At top long shaped cartouche (vacant). With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. For portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including no. 3643. Excellent condition with strong definition and great patina.

Dimensions: Frame: H 10 1/2 x W 8 1/8... Click for details

Charming Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by Graff, Washbourne & Dunn in New York for Bailey, Banks & Biddle in Philadelphia, ca 1915. Rectangular window and flat surrounded engraved with soft and rolling scrollwork. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including maker’s and retailer’s stamps. Excellent condition with nice finish.

Dimensions: Frame: H 8 5/8 x W 7 3/8 in. Window: H 7 7/8 x W 6 5/8 in.... Click for details

Handsome Art Deco sterling silver picture frame. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Rectangular window and flat surround with wraparound lines and plain rectilinear corners (vacant). Rectangular cartouche (vacant). With glass, silk lining, and stained-wood back and hinged support. For portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including maker’s and retailer’s stamps and no. N12402/67. The maker was McChesney, who was active in New York 1921-6. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 13 3/8... Click for details

Sharp and Modern sterling silver picture frame. Made by Lunt in Greenfield, Mass., ca 1940. Rectangular window and wide surround with two raised wraparound bands and skyscraper arrows applied at corners. With glass, black lining, and black velvet back and hinged support. For portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) display. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Portrait dimensions: Frame: H 10 1/4 x W 8 1/4 in. Window: H 6 7/8 x W 4 7/8 in. #BS551