Sterling Holloware: Centerpieces

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

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

George V sterling silver bowl. Made by James Dixon & Sons in Sheffield in 1917. Bellied with round shaped solid well, wavy rim, and domed foot. Open diaper and scrollwork with tendrils, and solid scrolled and foliate frames (vacant). Bowl and foot rims branch-form with applied grape bunches. A gorgeous vinous-themed centerpiece. Fully marked including Aberdeen retailer’s stamp (Jamieson & Carry). Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 6 x D 13 in. Heavy weight: 46 troy ounces. #BV322

Japonesque sterling silver centerpiece bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1877. Hemispheric with wavy rim; round and stepped foot. Exterior has applied and acid-etched ornament heightened with gilding and engraving: Leafing branches with pendant gourds and tendrils. Acid-etched stylistically integrated interlaced script monogram. Interior gilt-washed and engraved with same. Spot hammered ground.

The pattern (no. 5026) was first produced in 1877. Director’s letter M (1873-91). Fully... Click for details

Stylish sterling silver centerpiece compote. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1882. Round bowl; well flat with central circular frame (vacant) radiating flutes. Rim interior and foot have repousse rinceaux borders. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 7125 (first produced in 1882), and director’s letter M (1873-91). Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 5 3/4 x D 10 in. Weight: 28.5 troy ounces. #BV173

Midcentury Modern sterling silver bowl. Made by Alfredo Sciarrotta for Cartier in New York. Hemispheric with open base comprising 3 joined c-scrolls. A spare geometric centerpiece. Fully marked including maker’s and retailer’s stamps, no. 156, and phrase “Hand Made”. Excellent condition.

Large dimensions: H 6 3/8 x D 11 3/4 in. Weight: 47.5 troy ounces. #BV175

Dramatic sterling silver seafood serving bowl. Made by Buccellati in Italy. Two joined scallop-shells bowls on scallop-shell supports. A traditional form enlivened by the figure of an octopus squatting in the center, its curled and tangled legs draped over the bowls. A graphic contrast between the scales and suckers of the octopus and the controlled and stylized ornament on the shells. Very original. Beautiful craftsmanship. Fully marked including “Buccellati” stamp and post-1967 Italian... Click for details

Sumptuous Edwardian sterling silver flower bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Oval with twisted fluting. Lushly fluid rinceaux collar and scrolled rim. Foot ring with scroll and leaf ornament, and 4 leaf-mounted paw supports. Engraved on underside: “1886 November 3rd 1906”. With silver-plated linear and metal frog. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 10667, and director’s letter C (1902-7). Excellent condition.

Dimensions (bowl only): H 3 7/8 x W 12 x D 9 1/4 in.... Click for details

Neoclassical 950 silver jardiniere. Made by Boin-Taburet in Paris, ca 1890. Oval with imbricated leaf-and-berry rim. Sides open interlaced arcade and pendant wreath-and-garland. Open bottom and plain base with rectilinear supports. Original silver-plated liner with loose-mounted end rings. Fully marked with maker’s stamp, Minerva head, and no. 35928. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/8 x W 13 3/4 x D 9 1/4 in. Weight (without liner): 41.5 troy ounces. #BU986

George V sterling silver epergne. Made by Williams in Birmingham in 1910. Slender oval shaft on large and stepped same foot. Shaft terminates in basket set in solid oval mount. Mounted to shaft are four scrolled arms each terminating in basket set in oval ring mounted to 4 scrolled supports. Baskets oval with solid well and scrolled rim interspersed with scallop shells. Pierced and scrolled band with cartouches (vacant). A fluid and simplified Edwardian design. Fully marked. Very good... Click for details

Art Nouveau Martelé silver centerpiece. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1920. Bellied on raised and scrolled and curling foot. Rim wide and turned down with chased vegetation with serrated leaves, and chased and applied flowers (lily of the valley) that spillover the scrolled rim. More lily of the valley (chased) on bowl exterior. Foot has chased meandering tendrils. Three gilt and cast figures of winged pixie fairies grip sides with elongated and tapering bodies that terminate in leaf mounts.... Click for details

Modern Classical sterling silver centerpiece bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Round and shallow with flat rim. Three s-scroll and bead supports. Fully marked including pattern no. 23228 (first produced in 1946) and director’s letter M (1947-56). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/2 x D 12 in. Weight: 27.5 troy ounces. #BT692