Sterling Holloware: Bowls

Hunt-themed French 950 silver serving bowl, ca 1910. Curved with leafing scroll side handles. Cover domed with cast and gilt finial of boar loping over outsized oak leaves and acorns. A hefty beast standing guard over a succulent dish. Fully marked including Minerva head and unidentified maker’s stamp. Excellent condition.

Overall dimensions: H 7 1/2 x W 11 1/2 x D 8 3/4 in. Weight: 45 troy ounces. #BV400

George IV sterling silver monteith. Made by Samuel Whitford in London in 1823. Round and curved bowl; at sides male heads in leonine surrounds with loose-mounted rings. Chased and repousse flowers and scrolls, and two scrolled cartouches engraved with armorials. Detachable collar has curvilinear rim and vinous-themed grape bunches and satyr’s heads. Fully marked. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 9 1/4 x D 11 3/8 in. Weight: 63 troy ounces. #BH940

Exuberantly romantic sterling silver heart bowl. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1950. Solid well; curved and tapering sides with chased scrolls and ribbon bows, and pierced circles and quatrefoils. Irregular rim with scrolls, leaves, and flowers. Rests in 3 ball supports. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, date code, and no. 965. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 2 1/2 x W 8 1/4 x D 9 1/2 in. Weight: 9.5 troy ounces. #BU202

Art Nouveau sterling silver bowl. Made by Whiting in New York in 1906. Plain and oval well. Sides stippled with berries and tendrils. Asymmetrical vine-form rim. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, no. 7118, and date symbol. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 1 1/2 x W 7 x D 4 3/4 in. Weight: 3 troy ounces. #BI213

Pair of American Edwardian sterling silver and glass swans, ca 1920. Each: Glass body with imbricated tail feathers. Sterling silver mouth with plumy wings and graceful s-scroll neck and head with penetrating gaze and long and closed bill. Both marked “Sterling 3”. One has Shreve & Co. stamp and the other has William B. Durgin stamp. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 6 1/2 x L 8 1/4 x W 4 3/8 in. #BV351

European Classical silver sweet meat bowl, ca 1850. Oval with gilt interior and engraved leaf rim. Two winged-lion monopodia mounted to raised oval foot with imbricated leaf border. Marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/2 x W 3 3/8 x D 2 7/8 in. Weight: 4 troy ounces. #BV207

Exuberantly romantic sterling silver heart bowl. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1948. Solid well; curved and tapering sides with chased scrolls and ribbon bows, and pierced circles and quatrefoils. Irregular rim with scrolls, leaves, and flowers. Rests on 3 ball supports. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, date code, and no. 965. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 2 1/2 x W 8 1/4 x D 9 1/2 in. Weight: 10 troy ounces. #BU204

Large South American Classical silver bowl, ca 1850. Boat form; ends have cast and pinned lion’s heads with loose-mounted rings. Reeded rim. Visible hand hammering and tooling. Name engraved to underside: M D E [?] Herrera. Condition: Excellent patina.

Dimensions: H 6 x W 20 x D 12 in. Weight: 87 troy ounces. #BV367

Turn-of-the-century Austrian Classical 800 silver dish. Made by Eduard Friedman in Vienna. Round well; wide and curved shoulder and flat rim with chased pilasters alternating with oval frames (vacant) in fretwork borders surmounted by scallop shells and leaves. Fully marked. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 1/2 x D 6 1/4 in. Weight: 3.5 troy ounces. #BV205

Turn-of-the-century Edwardian sterling silver butter dish. Made by Black, Starr & Frost in New York. Deep round well and Lobed rim with applied scrolls, leaves, and flowers, and engraved interlaced script monogram. Tray has ornamental piercing. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. A84. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 1 3/8 x D 6 1/2 in. Weight: 4.5 troy ounces. #BV212

Victorian sterling silver bowl. Made by Elkington & Co. Ltd in Birmingham in 1896. Round and tapering with crowded cherubic frieze: Harp strummers, pipe blowers, and tambourine janglers with a few grape gorgers and goat huggers mixed in. A raucous Bacchus band on butler-finished ground. Bowl bottom has bold gadrooning. Leaf-mounted volute-scroll side handles. Raised and round foot with leaf-and-dart border. Playful Classicism from the turn-of-the-century. Fully marked. Excellent... Click for details

Set of 12 Winthrop sterling silver bowls. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1920. Each: Curved sides with acid-etched laurel-wreath border inset with flower heads, and short, reeded, and inset foot. Fine pieces in historic pattern that was first produced in 1909. Fully marked including maker's stamp, no. 30547, and director’s letter m. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 2 x D 4 1/4 in. Total weight: 80 troy ounces. #BV344