Sterling Holloware: Sugar Shakers

Super stylish sterling silver sugar shaker. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Baluster on round and stepped foot. Cover threaded with ornamental piercing and beaded finial. Low relief bands with lobed wave motif. The best of late Victorian design. Fully marked including pattern no. 8140 (first produced in 1884) and director’s letter M (1873-91). Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 6 x D 2 1/2 in. Weight: 5 troy ounces. #BT819

George III sterling silver sugar basket, 1783. Conical bowl on knopped stem flowing into raised foot. Rims beaded; c-scroll swing handle same. Pierced flower head borders and paterae joined by engraved swag. Detachable red glass liner. Fully marked including London assay stamp and indistinct maker’s mark; possibly Samuel Wood. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H (without handle) 4 1/4 x D 3 1/4 in. H (with handle) 6 1/8 in. Weight (without glass): 4.8 troy ounces. #BT614

Pair of George VI sterling silver sugar casters. Made by Jones & Son in London in 1937. Baluster body on stepped foot. Cover domed with reeded rim and ornamental piercing. Large and heavy with faceting from finial to foot. Engraved armorial. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 9 1/4 x D 3 3/8 in. Total weight: 40 troy ounces. #BT495

Pair of large Modern Classical 950 silver sugar casters. Made by Tetard Frères in Paris, ca 1920. Each: Faceted hexagonal form with baluster body and stepped foot. Threaded domed cover with vase finial. Sides have stylized floral piercing in alternating patterns. Fully marked including maker’s stamps and Minerva heads. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 9 x W 3 1/2 x D 3 1/2 in. Total weight: 22 troy ounces. #BR497

Antique sterling silver and clear glass sugar caster, ca. 1910. Body in clear glass and head in sterling silver. Elephant is seated with straight hind legs and dangling forelegs. Ears are flapped back and trunk is turned up. Fine details, including the cute and stubby toes, sharp tusks, and gleeful gape. Head top pierced. Back has engraved monogram. Hallmarked “sterling silver”. Effaced word (probably Germany). Very good condition.

Dimensions: 5 1/4 x W 2 1/2 x D 4 1/4 in. #BI609

Turn-of-the-century sterling silver and cut-glass sugar caster. Made by Jacobi & Jenkins in Baltimore. Ovoid bowl with twisted and notched flutes. Curved, pierced, and threaded sterling silver cover with dense floral repousse. Fully marked including maker’s and retailer’s (WH Saxton) stamps. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 6 1/4 x D 3 in. #BD103