Picture Frames

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

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

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

Clean and unadorned sterling silver picture frame. Rectangular window and flat surround. Fully marked including stamp for IN Deitsch, a New York maker active ca 1904-15. Numbered 125. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 6 3/8 x W 4 3/4 in. Window: H 5 3/8 x W 3 3/4 in. #BS235

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

Large sterling silver picture frame. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1920. Rectangular window and flat hand-hammered surround. At top plain rectangular cartouche (vacant). Beautiful craftsmanship with nice shimmer. With glass, silk lining, stained-wood back, and hinged silver support. For portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including pattern no. 17261E (first produced in 1908) and director’s letter m (1907-47). Fine condition with lovely patina.

Dimensions: Frame: H 14 x W 11... Click for details

Beautiful sterling silver picture frame. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark, ca 1900. Rectangular window and flat surround with dense acid-etched wraparound leaf-and-flower band. Shaped tubular cartouche (vacant). With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. For portrait (vertical) display. Kerr was one of the premier makers of frames and novelties at the turn of the century. Fully marked including no. 4212/E13. Excellent condition with strong definition and nice... Click for details