Sterling Holloware: Centerpieces

Market-fresh George III sterling silver epergne. Made by Thomas Pitts in London in 1766. Pierced and oval support set in round floral garland frame with four leafing scroll supports on same feet. Large and pierced oval basket, surrounded by alternating same small baskets and solid round dishes in open frames attached to leaf-capped branches. In case of small baskets, the frames rotate. A fresh and pretty centerpiece in first generation English Rococo. Fully and uniformly marked. Very good... Click for details

American sterling silver centerpiece bowl, ca 1870. Bellied with applied cartouche (vacant) and 4 shell-mounted scroll supports. Tapering shoulder engraved with scrolling leaf border. Open scrollwork side handles inset with cast medallion heads. One is a mustachioed man in plumed hat; the other a lady with noble visage. An unusual example of this popular and varied pattern. Marked “Sterling”. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 5 1/2 x W 17 1/4 x D 12 3/4 in. Weight: 42.5 troy ounces.... Click for details

Modern sterling silver Revere bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Traditional form with curved sides and stepped foot. Showcase-quality with lots of room for engraving. Fully marked including postwar pattern no. 22967 and director’s letter M (1947-56). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 5 1/4 x D 10 1/8 in. Weight: 35 troy ounces. #BT294

Classical hand-hammered 800 silver centerpiece bowl, ca 1910. Round and stepped on short columnar shaft mounted to stepped circular tripartite base, each with fluted column supporting rectilinear pedestal overlapping bowl rim. Each pedestal has cast figure of kneeling Bacchic babe with modestly draped grapevine. Fully marked including Wollenweber stamp. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 6 3/4 x W 9 1/2 x D 8 7/8 in. Weight: 32 troy ounces. #BT260

German 800 silver wine trolly nef, ca 1920. A 3-mast galleon with billowing sales and complicated rigging. Gun ports open and cannons ready to fire. Lots of deck action, too with fighting swordsman and fallen sailors. Holds a special cargo because wood-style hull is a wine trolly. Figurehead spigot with threaded plug, and dolphin side mounts with rotating wheels for cruising across the table. Gives new meaning to the expression “getting sloshed”. Memorable dinner party... Click for details

Edwardian Classical sterling silver bowl. Made by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths, Ltd in London in 1902. Round and girdled with capped and flying double-scroll handles, and raised round foot. Traditional form super-sized for engraving a generation or two of winners’ names. Nice heft and volume for icing the champagne. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 9 1/2 x W 17 x D 11 1/2 in. Heavy weight: 76.5 troy ounces. #BT070

Fancy turn-of-the-century sterling silver Classical centerpiece bowl. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Round and solid well. Sides have chased flowers and scrolled frames inset with pierced diaper. Wavy rim applied with scallop shells and acanthus leaves. Reeded foot ring with 4 leaf-mounted scroll supports. Fully marked including pattern no. 11798 (first produced in 1893) and director’s letter T (1892-1902). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 4 1/4 x D 14 in. Weight: 34 troy ounces.... Click for details

Turn-of-the-century German sterling silver 3-mast galleon nef. Imported to England by Lionel Spiers in London in 1924.

Sides have finely delineated “wood” planks decorated with conch-blowing figures and flowery scrolls. Deck also “wood” with mounted canons and sailors on the lookout. Some clamber up the crow’s nest for a better view of enemy action. The captain is at the wheel. Historically accurate with anchor, lantern, figurehead, and rudder. Cruises along, sails billowing, on 4... Click for details

Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau 800 silver and malachite centerpiece bowl. Made by Bruckmann & Söhne in Germany. Shallow bowl with curved sides and wavy rim. Sides exterior have cabochon malachite medallions alternating with plain silver ones. Bowl center has open ball-topped baluster. Bowl rests on four tapering columns with round solid base. Chased fluid leafy scrollwork, as well as leaf-and-dart border on base. An exuberant show-stopper. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 18... Click for details

Edwardian Regency sterling silver Adam bowl on stand. Made by Shreve & Co. in San Francisco, ca 1910. Each piece has a deep well and wide shoulder with Classical vases overlapping rondels joined by leaf swags on pierced fern ground. Ogee scroll rim. A beautiful centerpiece in the historic pattern. Small ornamental monogram engraved on bowl underside. Both parts fully marked including no. 3536 (stand). Very good condition.

Dimensions: Bowl: H 2 1/4 x D 13 5/8 in. Stand: H 7/8 x D 15 5/8 in.... Click for details

Large and heavy South American silver charger, late 18th to early 19th cent. Round and deep well, wide shoulder, and molded, lobed, and and scrolled rim. Visible handwork and tooling with attractive irregularities. Mass and heft. Marked. Good condition with period patina.

Dimensions: H 2 1/8 x D 17 in. Weight: 55 troy ounces. #BR548

French 950 silver and marble centerpiece based on Marie Antoinette’s garden folly, the Temple d’Amour at Versailles. Round stepped marble base with silver imbricated leaf-and-berry border. Six fluted columns with silver base and Corinthian capitols supporting ring architrave with silver rinceaux and beading. Detachable silver cupola with open trapezoidal trellis frames between pilasters, and vase finial. Inside is a gilt flame—the flame to eternal love, such as burned, according to... Click for details