Sterling Holloware: Mugs

Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged with molded rim. Cover top has wraparound linear border. Box interior cedar lined and partitioned. Cover interior gilt. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and pattern no. 23093T (first produced in 1941). Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 2 x W 7 5/8 x D 3 3/8 in. Gross weight: 19 troy ounces. #BV744

Edwardian Modern sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1895. Octagonal bowl and short round foot; leaf-mounted handle. Beaded rim and gilt-washed interior. Unusual form in the emerging geometric style. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, date symbol, and no. 5080. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 x W 4 1/4 x D 3 in. Weight: 4 troy ounces. #BV705

Unusual sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Tall and waisted with dense low-relief frieze depicting 2 boys, one holding a genie lamp and the other heaving a case out of the ground, as well as 2 magical or divine figures of which one with long hair gathered together to form scroll handle. Interior gilt washed. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 12838, and director’s letter T (1892-1902). Excellent condition with deep patina.

Overall dimensions: H 3... Click for details

Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, and imported to England in 1902 by Albert William Feavearyear in London. Tall bowl with flared rim, reeded base, and flower-capped scroll handle with leaf mounts. Acid etched nursery rhyme depicting Little Bo Peep looking into the distance, shading her brow with one hand and holding a ribboned crook in other. Text reads: “It happened one day as Bo Peep did stray / into a meadow hard by / there she espied their... Click for details

Striking Indian Colonial silver mug, 19th century. Straight and upward tapering sides worked with dense scrolls and flowers. Scrolled and scaly snake handle with head resting on rim. Gilt interior. Unmarked. Excellent condition.

Overall dimensions: H 4 1/4 x W 4 3/4 x D 3 1/4 in. Weight: 7.5 troy ounces. #BV200

Art Deco sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1927. Gently upward tapering sides and bracket handle. Acid-etched frieze depicting child gardeners lugging water cans and pushing wheelbarrows. Front vacant for engraving the name of a precious seedling. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern no. 20941B (first produced in 1927), and director’s letter m. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 x W 3 5/8 x D 2 7/8 in. Weight: 6.4 troy ounces. #BU967

Edwardian sterling silver baby cup. Gently upward tapering sides and capped- and leaf-mounted scroll bracket handle. Acid-etched ABC border wraparound the top. All the letters in the alphabet for spelling out the name of someone extra special. Fully marked including maker’s stamp (Wilcox & Wagoner) and no. 6502. Wilcox & Wagoner was active in New York in the first decade of the 20th century. Excellent condition with strong definition.

Dimensions: H 2 3/4 x W 4 x D 2 5/8 in. Weight: 3 troy... Click for details

Edwardian sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Straight sides with reeded rim and scroll-bracket handle. Acid etched scene with sailor-suited boys and bobbed and short-skirted girls. Trick dogs perch on stools and fences, while one itty-bitty pup summons up the courage to jump through a hoop. The hoop is vacant for engraving the name of the first in show. Fully marked including pattern no. 4105C and director’s letter m. Fine condition with strong... Click for details

Turn-of-the-century Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver baby cup. Made by Whiting in New York. Straight sides with molded rim and c-scroll handle. Foot skirted with low-relief leaf-and-dart border. On front acid-etched figural scene with bonneted and smocked children encountering a frog that has meandered on shore, the rippling water in background. A sweet scene that suggests the influence of Kate Greenaway. Back vacant with overhanging leafing branch. Fully marked and numbered 362A. Fine... Click for details

Aesthetic coin silver baby cup. Made by Juergens & Andersen in Chicago. Tapering and inset sides engraved with stylized ornament, including swags and scrolls, centered on oval frame (vacant) bordered by beading and dentil interspersed with trefoils. Top and bottom have ornamental borders on ribbed ground. Thick scroll bracket handle. Marked “Coin” and “Chicago” with maker’s stamp (1857-71). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 3/8 x W 4 1/8 x D 3 in. Weight: 3 troy ounces. #BT449 ... Click for details

Edwardian sterling silver baby cup. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. Curved body with flared rim, c-scroll handle, and raised foot. Acid-etched scene depicting a patriotic assembly, with one child holding a sword, another waving a flag, and a third beating a drum. Two others are distracted by a jack-in-the-box. At bottom are two rows of ABC blocks separated by toy soldiers. A sweet period design with sailor-suited boys and girls. Fully marked including pattern no. 16088H and... Click for details

Aesthetic sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1883. Round with straight sides and scrolled and ribbed handle. Chased ornament in form of medallions inset with children’s heads punching through broken eggshell. Provocative metaphor between modish borders: At top alternating flower heads and ribbing; at bottom alternating sunflower heads and teacups. Fully marked including no. 3765 and date letter. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 2 1/4 x W 3 7/8 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight:... Click for details