Picture Frames

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

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

Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by Stephen Henry Deakin & John Horace Francis in Birmingham in 1900. Shaped rectangular window in shaped surround with bracket feet. Chased asymmetrical ornament: Climbing and entwined flowers spilling over molded border, fluid scrolls, and scallop shells. Mounted to stained-wood back with hinged support. Glass beveled. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 12 3/8 x W 9 1/2 in. Window: H 7 5/8 x W 5 3/4 in. #BS117

Classical sterling silver picture frame. Made by McChesney Co. in Newark in 1920s. Rectangular window and flat surround with abstract egg-and-dart rim. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including no. N77. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 10 1/8 x W 8 in. Window: H 8 7/8 x W 6 5/8 in. #BS503

Art Deco sterling silver picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Oval window and flat surround encircled with acid-etched stylized leaf-and-berry branch. A modernized traditional motif. With glass, silk lining, and stained-wood back and hinged support. Hallmark includes pattern no. 19798 (first produced in 1920) and director’s letter m (1907-47). Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 9 3/4 x W 7 1/8 in. Window: H 8 3/8 x W 5 3/4 in. #BQ697

Pretty Edwardian sterling silver picture frame. Made by Mauser in New York, ca 1900. Rectangular window and wide border engraved with scrollwork, foliage, and pendant bow-tied flowers. At bottom are 2 torches, a motif rich in metaphorical possibilities. Top has shaped cartouche (vacant). With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. For portrait (vertical) display. Hallmark includes no. 1520. Good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 13 3/4 x W 10 5/8 in. Window: H 10 7/8 x W 7 7/8... Click for details

Japonesque Revival sterling silver and mixed metal picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co in New York, ca 1970. Rectangular window and flat surround with engraved bamboo and mixed metal appliques, including a dragonfly – a perennial symbol of the modish exoticism associated with Tiffany since the late 19th-century. With glass, silk lining, and laminate back and hinged support. For landscape (horizontal) display. Hallmark includes postwar pattern no. 26005/95. Very good condition.

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Edwardian sterling silver picture frame. Retailed by JE Caldwell in Philadelphia. Rectangular with alternating vertical plain and pinstripes. At top horizontal frame between engraved garlands. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. Marks include maker’s (Lebkeucher) and retailer’s stamps and no. 2707JJB. Good condition. Top rail has minor lifting. Velvet wear and discoloration.

Dimensions: Frame: H 9 7/8 x W 7 3/8 in. Window: H 8 1/4 x W 5 3/4 in. #BN587

Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark. Rectangular with beveled and acid-etched sides: Wraparound reading entwined with fluid foliate scrollwork. Shaped cartouche (vacant). With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. Hallmark includes no. 4846. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 12 5/8 x W 9 7/8 in. Window: H 10 3/4 x W 8 in. #BN668

Edwardian glass and sterling silver picture frame. Made by TG Hawkes in Corning, New York. Rectangular window has fluted sterling silver border set in glass surround. Glass has vertical reeded stripes alternating with diaper-patterned stripes as well as 4 oval frames with acid-etched flower baskets, cornucopia, and fruits. Glass has flat sterling silver border. Fleurs-de-lys applied at corners. For portrait (vertical) display. With glass and silk-lined back and hinged support. Hallmarked... Click for details