Sterling Flatware: Serving Pieces

Love disarmed sterling silver tomato server. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton,, Mass., ca 1920. Round shaped blade with ornamental piercing. Handle in form of voluptuous maiden in clingy drapery with Cupid peeking out from behind. A nice piece in the famous ooh-la-la pattern that was first produced in 1899. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Height: 8 in. Weight: 3.5 troy ounces. #BN798

Desirable sterling silver grapevine pastry server in Vine. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Fruiting grapevine, irregularly trailing on tapering and gently waving handle, and wrapping around. Handle front has stippled ground. Shaped and gilt-washed blade; center has tapering flute and chased radiating lines. Illustrated in: Hood. Tiffany Silver Flatware, 1999, p. 112. This pattern is commonly known as Fruits and Flowers, and was in production from 1872 to before 1904. Fully marked. Excellent... Click for details

Cluny sterling silver fish server. Made by Gorham in Providence. Ovalish and crimped blade with engraved and brite-cut leaf and flower ornament. Handle tapering with dense flower heads as well as patera, beading, and volute scrolls in low relief. A desirable early piece in the Antoine Heller pattern that was first produced in the 1880s. Three-letter monogram (EVS) engraved on handle verso. Fully marked including late 19th-century maker’s stamp. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 11 1/2 x W 3... Click for details

Ornamental sterling silver sauce ladle. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Looped and tapering handle with seed and leaf terminal. Hand-hammered ovoid leaf bowl. Marked “Sterling / Denmark” with postwar maker’s stamp and pattern no. 21. Very good condition.

Height: 6 3/8 in. Weight: 2 troy ounces. #BV262

Art Nouveau sterling silver toasting fork. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1890. Tapering handle and curved shank with 3 tines. Dense overlapping and dynamic scrollwork as well as twisted fluting. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, copyright year (1890), and no. 465. Very good condition with nice patina.

Height: 6 1/4 in. Weight: 1 troy ounce. #BT990

Edwardian sterling silver grape shears. Ring handles in form of fruiting grapevine. Fully marked including stamp for Roger Williams, a Providence maker active ca 1901-1913. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 7 in. #BU362

Imperial Chrysanthemum sterling silver nut cracker. Made by Gorham in Providence. Dense sprawling flower heads mixed in with scrolls and leaves. A great piece in a Japonesque pattern first produced in 1894. Fully marked including late 19th-century maker’s stamp. Hardware stamped “Germany”. Very good condition.

Height: 6 1/2 in. #BT401

Victorian Georgian Thread and Shell sterling silver soup ladle. Made by John and Henry Lias in London in 1839. King-shaped handle has engraved armorial with sword-bearing lion rampant and motto “Courage”. Deep ovoid bowl. A substantial and traditional piece made shortly after young Queen Victoria ascended the throne. Stylistic continuity in the new reign. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Height: H 13 3/8 in. Heavy weight: 12 troy ounces. #BV250

Ornamental sterling silver serving fork. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Handle leaf-wrapped and entwined with scrolls. Bottom edged with kernels or seeds. Hand-hammered shank with 4 tines. Illustrated in: Drucker. Georg Jensen, 2001, 2nd rev. ed., p. 293. Marked “Sterling / Denmark” with postwar maker’s stamp and pattern no. 136. Very good condition.

Height: 8 3/8 in. Weight: 2.5 troy ounces. #BV258

Midcentury Modern sterling silver pastry server. Made by Alphonse La Paglia (d. 1953) for Georg Jensen USA. Flat and joined handle and open oval terminal inset with scrolled leaf and flower. Handle base has hatched lines. Curve shaped blade. A desirable piece by the gone-too-soon Jensen improviser. Illustrated in: Schiffer and Drucker. Jensen Silver: The American Designs, 2008, p. 77. Continued in production by International (cf. p. 146). Marked “Georg Jensen. Inc. / U.S.A. L.P. / Sterling... Click for details

Midcentury Modern sterling silver sauce ladle. Made by Alphonse La Paglia (d. 1953) for Georg Jensen USA. Tapering convex handle and open volute scroll terminal inset with seed-spilling pod and leaf. Handle base has scrolled tendril and wraparound imbricated leaves on stepped mount. A desirable piece by the gone-too-soon Jensen improviser. Illustrated in: Schiffer and Drucker. Jensen Silver: The American Designs, 2008, p. 78. Continued in production by International (cf. p. 99). Marked “Georg... Click for details

Edwardian Thread & Shell sterling silver sardine set. Made by John Round & Son in Sheffield in 1904. This set comprises a fork with 5 wide tines and server with curved bell-form blade. King-shaped handles. In leather-bound case with silk lining and fitted velvet. Fully marked. Very good condition. Some wear to case.

Dimensions: Fork: H 4 1/4 in. Server: H 4 1/4 in. Case: H 1 x W 5 3/4 x D 3 3/4 in. Total weight (silver only): 1 troy ounce. #BV251