Picture Frames

Modern sterling silver picture frame, ca 1930. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Rectangular window in flat surround. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back with hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) display. Fully marked including maker’s (Graff, Washbourne & Dunn) and retailer’s stamps. Excellent condition.

Small dimensions: Frame: H 3 1/2 x W 3 1/8 in. Window: H 2 3/4 x W 2 1/8 in. #BV220

Midcentury Modern sterling silver double picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Two hinged frames, each with rectangular window in flat surround. With glass, eggshell blue liner, and laminate back. For portraits of 2 super special people. Fully marked including postwar pattern no. 23474. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: Each frame: H 7 1/2 x W 5 1/2 in. Each window: H 6 1/2 x W 4 3/8 in. #BV213

Edwardian sterling silver picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1912. Rectangular window in flat surround with acid-etched stylized leaf-and-flower border. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged easel support for landscape (horizontal) display. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 18207A (first produced in 1912), and director’s letter m. Excellent condition with strong definition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 3 1/2 x W 5 1/2 in. Window: H 2 7/8 x W 5 in.... Click for details

Victorian sterling silver picture frame. Made by Arthur Johnson Smith in Birmingham in 1899. Oval window in jeweled surround with paste diamond border. With beveled glass and hinged easel silver support and loose-mounted ring for hanging. Perfect for the maiden-days portrait of the family matriarch. Fully marked. Very good condition with deep patina.

Dimensions: Frame: H 2 1/4 x W 1 3/4 in. Window: H 1 3/4 x W 1 1/4 in. #BT370

American Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame, ca 1910. Rectangular window in flat surround engraved with scrolling leaves and flowers, and scallop shells at corners; sides plain. With glass, silk lining, back, and hinged easel support. Marked “Sterling 1052”. Very good with strong definition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 9 1/4 x W 7 1/4 in. Window: H 8 1/8 x W 6 1/8 in. #BR291

Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by George A. Henckel & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Rectangular window in shaped surround with scrolled top and bottom and concave sides flowing into bracket supports. Front has pierced and engraved scrolling leaves and flowers on blue velvet ground. Sides solid. With glass, silk lining, and stained-wood back and hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 267. Very good condition.

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Midcentury Modern sterling silver picture frame. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Rectangular window in plain and flat surround. With glass, silk lining, and wood laminate back with hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including retailer’s stamp, no. 425, and phrase “Hand Made”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 7 5/8 x W 5 3/4 in. Window: H 6 3/4 x W 4 3/4 in. #BT754

Small and Modern sterling silver picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular window in flat surround. With glass, silk lining, and laminate back with fixed support for landscape (horizontal) display. Fully marked “Tiffany & Co. / Makers / Sterling / 23814 / 925”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 2 7/8 x W 3 3/4 in. Window: H 2 x W 2 7/8 in. #BV222

Midcentury Modern sterling silver picture frame. Made by Towle in Newburyport, Mass. Rectangular window in plain and flat surround. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) support. Marked “Towle Sterling 593”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 10 x W 8 in. Window: H 8 3/4 x W 6 3/4 in. #BT983

Midcentury Modern sterling silver picture frame. Rectangular window in plain and flat surround. With glass, silk lining, and wood laminate back and hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) display. Fully marked including maker’s mark (Hickok Matthews), phrase “Hand Made”, and no. 8. Hickok Matthews is better known by the original name Lebkuecher. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 10 5/8 x W 8 1/2 in. Window: H 9 1/4 x W 7 1/4 in. #BR396

German Midcentury Classical 800 silver picture frame. Rectangular window in flat surround with wraparound engine-turned lines, and raised egg-and-dart border. With glass, silk lining, and wood laminate back with hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) display. Marked. Very good condition.

Large dimensions: Frame: H 14 x W 11 1/2 in. Window: H 11 1/2 x W 9 1/8 in. #BU388

Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame, ca 1910. Rectangular window in flat surround with densely engraved scrolls and flowers; sides plain. Top rail center vacant. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including no. 309 and stamp for Clarence A. Vanderbilt, a New York maker active until 1935. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 10 x W 8 in. Window: H 8 5/8 x W 6 3/4 in. #BS786