Edwardian Art Nouveau sterling silver picture frame, ca 1910. Rectangular window in flat surround with densely engraved scrolls and flowers; sides plain. Top rail center vacant. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) display. Fully marked including no. 309 and stamp for Clarence A. Vanderbilt, a New York maker active until 1935. Very good condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 10 x W 8 in. Window: H 8 5/8 x W 6 3/4 in. #BS786

Pair of Victorian sterling silver salt & pepper shakers. Made by Stokes & Ireland in Birmingham in 1889. Each: A pierced globe is supported by a chubby, contrapposto cherub with wispy drapery and bare bottom, who strains under the weight (of the world?). Sweet and sentimental Classicism with allegorical possibilities. Figure stands on stepped and round foot mounted to square base. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 3 1/4 x D 1 1/4 in. Total weight: 2 troy ounces. #BU117

Turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau glass vase with engraved silver overlay. Cylindrical neck with flared rim and bellied bowl. Waterlily overlay with flowers and pads, with the rippling water indicated by nervous and edgy dashes, lines and circles. Glass is red. Marked "925 / 1000". Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 8 1/4 x D 4 in. #BU989

Set of 6 Midcentury Modern gilt sterling silver and guilloche enamel demitasse spoons. Made by Egon Lauridsen in Denmark. Tapering handle with ball terminal and double-sided enameling in diagonal silver gilt frames. Bowl silver gilt with enameled scallop shell on verso. Each spoon a different color. Fully marked. Excellent condition.

Height: 3 5/8 in. Gross weight: 1.6 troy ounces. #BT996

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

German 930 silver figural inkwell. Imported to England in 1896 by David Bridge in London. In form of Rococo settee with applied passementerie and monopodia supports. Seat cushion has Chinoiserie scene and is hinged. Interior has detachable pot and sand shaker, and well for wafer seals with hinged and flush cover. German marks including maker’s stamp (Simon Rosenau) and English import marks. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 2 3/8 x W 6 x D 2 1/2 in. Weight: 7.5 troy ounces. #BU973

Set of 4 Victorian gilt sterling silver salt spoons. Made by William Edwards in London in 1872-3. Each: Shaft studded with bead and leaf base. Terminal shaped with central bead. Verso has stylized leaf mount. Round bowl. Fully marked. Excellent condition with nice toning.

Height: 2 3/4 in. Total weight: 1.3 troy ounces. #BU109

Chrysanthemum sterling silver meat platter. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Shaped oval well with tree of life to collect the rivulets of precious pan juices. Irregular rim with the famous chrysanthemum flower heads alternating with leaves in dense and tactile arrangement. Four volute scroll supports with same. A rare piece in the celebrated pattern, a New World interpretation of a Japanese motif, that was first produced in 1880. Fully marked including pattern no. 5730 and director’s... Click for details

German Modern 800 silver and glass decanter, ca 1910. Ovoid glass body with star cut to underside. Drum-form neck and triangular spout. Cover flat and hinged with ball finial. Bracket handle. Silver fully marked including Koch & Bergfeld maker’s stamp and no. 18798. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 9 x W 4 1/2 x D 4 1/2 in. #BU427

Modern sterling silver picture frame. Made by Graff, Washbourne & Dunn in New York, ca 1940. Rectangular window in plain and flat surround. With glass, silk lining, and velvet back and hinged easel support for portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) display. Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 10. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: Frame: H 12 3/8 x W 9 3/8 in. Window: H 10 3/4 x W 7 3/4 in. #BT531

George V sterling silver coffeepot. Made by S. Blanckensee & Sons Ltd in Birmingham in 1925. Faceted with conical body, leaf-capped s-scroll spout, and hinged and domed cover with vasiform finial. Capped and scrolled stained-wood handle. Perennially popular Georgian that works on traditional and Modern tables. Fully marked. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 8 1/2 x W 6 3/4 x D 3 1/2 in. Gross weight: 13.5 troy ounces. #BU987

Regency-style gilt sterling silver centerpiece. Three caryatid bacchantes support an open basket with ivy shoulder. They stand on concave triangle set in same with satyr-head monopodia joined by garlands, and in turn mounted to plain and larger base on volute capital supports. A great “goddess” centerpiece with ethereal barefoot maids in chaste drapery that reflects the English discovery of Greek art in the early 19th century.

In the late 1970s, Nelson Rockefeller commissioned... Click for details