Sterling Holloware: Mugs

Chinese silver mug, ca 1910. Straight and upward tapering sides and c-scroll handle. A spare form enlivened with applied wraparound dragon chasing its tail. Marks include stamp for Wang Hing, a maker and retailer in Canton and Hong Kong. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 5 x W 5 x D 3 1/4 in. Weight: 10.8 troy ounces. #BX461

Turn-of-the-century sterling silver baby cup rich in period assumptions. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark. Upward tapering sides and scroll handle.

Acid-etched frieze depicting sailor-suited, flag-holding, all-American boy with exotic coevals in native dress relegated to background. Symbolic imagery enhanced with verse: “Little Indian, Sioux or Crow, little frosty Eskimo, little Turk or Japanese—Oh! Don’t you wish that you were me?”

Ahem.

Fully marked including maker's stamp and... Click for details

Large Chinese silver mug, late 19th century. Straight and upward tapering sides with dense low-relief frieze on stippled ground: A battle with spearmen, flag bearers, swordsmen, and lancers. An open gate indicates the direction of the fighting. Spectators look on from a pavilion window. Cast dragon handle—a horned, scaly, serpentine beast that grips the side with talons. Interior gilt washed. Marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 5 1/2 x W 6 x D 3 1/2 in. Weight: 11 troy ounces.... Click for details

Edgeworth sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1923. Gently curved and tapering sides and leaf-mounted and capped high-looping handle. Neoclassical ornamental bands including leaf and dart and beading. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern name, no. A11948, and date symbol. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/4 x W 3 7/8 x D 2 7/8 in. Weight: 3.4 troy ounces. #BX720

Victorian Classical sterling silver baby cup. Made by Martin, Hall & Co. in Sheffield in 1854. Baluster bowl with high-looping s-scroll handle four leaf-mounted scroll supports. Four chased and stippled leafing scrolled frames of which three inset with pendant flowers and one vacant. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 3 3/4 x W 4 x D 2 3/4 in. Weight: 3.7 troy ounces. #BY141

Art Nouveau sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence in 1893. Gently upward tapering sides and inset foot ring. C-scroll handle comprising imbricated volute scrolls. At bowl bottom chased stylized scrolling tendril border. Gilt interior. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, date symbol, copyright year 1889, and no. 4500. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 3 3/4 x W 4 1/2 x D 3 in. Weight: 4 troy ounces. #BY136

Classical coin silver baby cup. Made by Eoff & Connor, a partnership active in New York from 1833 to 1835. Bellied bowl with drum-form neck, flared rim, and capped s-scroll handle; raised and stepped foot. Shaped frame (vacant) with chased scrolling leaf surround, and leaf and flower bands. Foot has cast egg-and-dart border. Handwork visible on interior. Lovely with strong regional association. Marks include “J.H. Connor” and “G. Eoff” stamps. Very good condition with nice... Click for details

Victorian Classical sterling silver baby cup. Made by R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co. in Wallingford, Conn., ca 1890. Drum-form with leaf-capped double-scroll handle and short inset foot. Beading. Interior gilt-washed. Spare and stylish with plenty of room for engraving. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 539. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/4 x W 4 5/8 x D 3 3/8 in. Weight: 4.8 troy ounces. #BY137

Aesthetic Classical sterling silver baby cup. Made by Wood & Hughes in New York, ca 1870. Wasted bowl with ribbed girdle and leaf-mounted and capped c-scroll handle. Beaded rim and low-relief border flower-head and dart motif on stippled ground. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 246X. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/4 x W 4 1/2 x D 3 in. Weight: 3.6 troy ounces. #BY138

Classical coin silver baby cup, ca 1850. Tapering bowl with flared rim and curved bottom. Double-scroll handle with graduated beading. Stepped foot. Chased leafing and flowering frame (vacant). Beaded rims. Unidentified marks associated with Philadelphia and phrase “Pure Coin”. Good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 4 7/8 x W 4 3/4 x D 3 1/8 in. Weight: 3.8 troy ounces. #BY021

Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by George John Richards in London in 1853. Baluster bowl with leaf-capped double-scroll handle and scrolled skirted foot. Embossed vegetation clusters in engraved leafing scroll frames; a third frame vacant. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Overall dimensions: H 4 3/8 x W 4 3/8 x D 3 in. Weight: 4.8 troy ounces. #BV954

Victorian sterling silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1890. Straight and gently upward tapering sides and scroll-bracket handle. Applied cast oval medallions that depict not austere Roman patricians and their virtuous helpmates but sailor-suited boys and kitty-clutching girls. A sweet rejuvenation of the influential Medallion pattern. Gilt-washed interior. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. A7822. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 2 5/8 x W 4 1/8 x D 2 3/4 in.... Click for details