Sterling Flatware

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

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

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

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

Corinthian sterling silver ice tongs. Made by Roger Williams in Providence. U-form with pierced jaws. Terminals have fluid shell and leaf ornament. Roger Williams was active in the early 1900s. It merged with Mauser in 1903 to form the Mt Vernon Company, which continued to produce this pattern. Fully marked including maker’s and retailer’s (Marshall Field & Co.) stamps. Excellent condition. Taut and springy.

Dimensions: H 6 3/4 x W 1 5/8 x D 1/8 in. Weight: 2.5 troy ounces. #BV129

Lucerne sterling silver ice tongs. Made by R. Wallace & Sons in Wallingford, ca 1910. U-form with open and scrolled jaws. Terminals have dense scrollwork with large oval frame between two small ones. All frames vacant. A pretty piece in this late Victorian pattern. Fully marked. Excellent condition with deep patina. Taut and springy.

Length: 7 in. Weight: 3 troy ounces. #BV136