Picture Frames

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

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

American Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame, ca 1900. Narrow oval window in wavy-shaped surround with bracket feet. Open ornament with leaves, flowers, and shells on irregularly speckled green and white ground. Top solid with scrolled cartouche (vacant). An over-the-top turn-of-the-century design. With glass, silk lining, velvet back, and hinged support. Hallmarked with retailer’s stamp Alsted-Kasten Co. and no. 4651. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 10 1/4 x W 6 7/8 in.... Click for details

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

Craftsman sterling silver picture frame. Made by Watrous (a division of International) in Wallingford, Conn., ca 1910. Flat and rectangular surround with arched trefoil top. Shaped tubular cartouche (vacant) at bottom. Visible hand hammering. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged support. For portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including Watrous and International stamps. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 10 1/2 x W 8 3/8 in. Window: H 8 3/4 x W 7 1/8 in. #BN602