Sterling Flatware

Ornamental sterling silver salad serving spoon and fork. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Each: Twisted with berry terminal mounted to flat pillar shaft. Spoon bowl and fork shank ovoid with engraved stem flowers. A postwar version of the master’s design which was first produced in 1913. Illustrated in: Drucker. Georg Jensen, 1997, p. 282. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 35. Very good condition.

Height: Spoon: 7 7/8 in. Fork: H 7 7/8 in. Total weight: 5.5 troy ounces.... 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

Pair of Art Deco sterling silver salad serving spoon and fork. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Spoon bowl and fork shank ovalish with double-sided gilding. Tapering handle with beading and round, leafing vegetation, a motif traditionally known as Tomato or Pumpkin Vine that was designed by Olaf Wilford in 1937. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, director’s letter m (1907-47), and wartime star (1943-5). Very good condition.

Height: Spoon: 9 3/4 in. Fork: H 9 3/4 in. Total weight: 8.5... Click for details

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

Pair of early sterling silver salad servers. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. This pair comprises spoon with wide oval bowl and fork with wide and curved 4-tined shank. Each has open knotwork-style scrolled terminal in form of leafing branch. A beautiful design by the master, which reflects his inspiration from nature. The spoon is illustrated in: Drucker. Georg Jensen, 2001, 2nd rev. ed.,p. 295. Fully marked including maker's stamp (1915-27) and pattern no. 58. Very good condition.

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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

Set of 6 turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau sterling silver demitasse spoons. Made by R. Wallace & Sons. Mfg Co. (later Wallace Silversmiths) in Wallingford, Connecticut. Each: Handle has dense and dynamic ornament including scrolls, tendrils, and beading with fan terminal. Back plain. Oval bowl with double-sided gilding. Fully marked. Excellent condition with deep patina.

Height: 4 1/4 in. Total weight: 2 troy ounces. #BV256

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