Silver Overlay: Decanters

Art Nouveau emerald glass decanter with engraved and acid-etched pictorial silver overlay. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1890. Round and flat body with cylindrical neck and scroll handle mounted to neck and body. Overlay depicts landscape with rambling old house by water. On other side a siren emerges from water to blow a conch horn – an alluring invitation to drink. Open fish net and asymmetrical strip waves. More aquatic motifs on collar and cork-lined hinged cover. Engraved... Click for details

Antique glass decanter with silver overlay, ca 1900. Bellied with c-scroll handle, cylindrical neck, and stopper. Glass is green shading to clear. Overlay in form of wheat and rye grain heads on loosely scrolled and entwined stems. Asymmetrical heraldic cartouche engraved with monogram. Handle in silver collar. Unmarked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 7 1/8 x D 5 1/2 in. #BN448

Art Nouveau clear glass decanter with silver overlay. Made by Black, Starr & Frost in New York, ca 1920. Oval bowl with flat foot, cylindrical neck, and everted rim. Ball stopper with conical mount, spool neck, and short plug. Dense ornament with stylized leaves in whiplash frames overlapping with intersecting lines. Stylistically transitional incorporating both the curvilinear and geometric. Scrolled cartouche engraved with interlaced script monogram. Foot in silver collar as are neck and... Click for details

Tall American Art Nouveau emerald glass decanter with silver overlay. Round bowl with columnar neck and ruffled rim. Conical stopper. Spare and fluid overlay in form of loose blooms and whiplash tendrils. Shaped cartouche engraved with single letter monogram. Faint mark. Very good condition.

Dimensions: 13 1/2 x D 4 1/2 in. #BN504

Elegant Art Nouveau emerald glass decanter with silver overlay. Made by Alvin in Providence. Globular with conical neck and everted rim. Ball stopper. Dense overlay in form of scrolls and flowers. Asymmetrical cartouche (vacant). Hallmark includes no. G115PT. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 9 1/4 x D 4 1/4 in. #BQ319

Art Nouveau emerald glass claret jug with silver overlay. Made by Alvin in Providence. Cylindrical with spread base and c-scroll handle. Overlay in form of vertical linear frame entwined with fruiting grapevines. Scrolled cartouche engraved with script letter M. Hallmark includes no. G991/1. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 12 1/4 x W 5 7/8 x D 4 3/4 in. #BN506

American Art Nouveau emerald glass claret jug with silver overlay. Cylindrical with lip spout, c-scroll handle, and spread base. Strapwork cartouche (vacant) and curvilinear frame entwined with fruiting grapevine. Worn mark. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 9 x W 6 x D 4 5/8 in. #J&M

Antique American clear glass whisky bottle decanter with silver overlay. Silver concentric rings above trellised arcade inset with acid-etched grain heads. Silver collar and stopper with cork plug. Stopper hallmarked “sterling”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 12 1/4 x D 3 3/8 in. #BO888

Art Deco clear glass decanter with silver overlay. Conical bowl, cylindrical neck, and flat everted rim. Stopper tapering and hexagonal with short plug. Interlaced geometric ornament with circles and hexagons. Vacant rectangular frame. Also vacant is stopper top. Hallmarked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 8 3/4 x D 3 7/8 in. #AO554

American Art Nouveau clear glass decanter with silver overlay. Conical. Fine overlaid ornament in form of vertical scrollwork with crisscrossing and threaded lines as well as stylized leaves. Neck top and everted rim in collar. Oval frame with shaded single letter monogram. Stopper has short plug and unusual glass top with silver border. Hallmarked “Sterling” with no. D447. Very good condition.

Dimensions: 13 1/8 x D 4 3/4 in. #BA584

Art Nouveau decanter in clear glass with silver overlay, ca. 1900. Squat body, upward tapering neck, scroll handle, and lip spout. Ball stopper with long neck and short plug. Silver ovleray with fruiting grapevine and asymmetrical scrolled cartouche (vacant). Decanter neck, rim, spout, and handle in silver as is stopper neck.

Dimensions: H 11 x D 4 in. #BL282