ANTIQUE GERMAN SILVER 5-PC TEASET & TRAY TEA Antique 800 standard silver teaset and tray. Made in Germany, late 19th - early 20th century. <P><P>
Consists of:
tray 17 1/2 X 13 1/2 inches. <br>
Hot water / coffee pot 9 3/4 inches high. <br>
Teapot 8 1/2 inches high. <br>
Milk jug / creamer 5 1/4 inches high. <br>
Sugar bowl with lid 5 inches high. <br>
Total weight 3060 grams. <P><P>

Solid silver with octagonal faceted shapes and beaded borders. Handles are scalloped, sturdy and wide. Quietly elegant and eminently useful. <P><P>
Each piece has 800 silver mark, maker's mark and German Kaiser mark with crown and crescent moon, used up to the First World War, thus dating the set to latest 1914. Tray is also engraved "handgeschlagen" (handhammered).<P><P>
Very good condition.
Manufacturer: ANTIQUE GERMAN SILVER 5-PC TEASET & TRAY TEA COFFEE POT  

ANTIQUE / VINTAGE DECO SILVER PLATE & BAKELIT Antique / vintage Art Deco silverplate and bakelite teaset. Made 1920-30's. <P><P>
Consists of: <br>
Tray. Measures 16 3/4 inches accross handles. 15 1/4 inches accross tray. Oval shape with straight ends. Handles at a sharp angle with bakelite semi-circles forming a very interesting play of geometric shapes where they protrude beyond the end of the tray. <P>
Teapot: 6 3/4 inches high. fan shaped base with fluting on sides, perfectly round body with arching, hinged lid and wide mouth, close to body. Handle & finial with bakelite. <P>
Milk jug: 5 inches high. same form as the teapot. <P>
Sugar bowl: a little under 5 inches high. Same form as teapot and milkjug, without handle and spout. <P><P>
Classic Art Deco geometric design with minimal decoration. The front and back of each piece has a ridged round disk. The lids form an element of interest as does the bakelite. The fan-shaped bases have raised centers on the sides. Construction is extremely sturdy. <P><P>
No makers marks found.<P><P>
Condition is good. The handle of the milk jug has a small imperfection in the bakelite, shown magnefied in the 'photos. The surface of the silver is in original condition with light scratchedamage to be the tray. No dings/dents/were found.
Manufacturer: ANTIQUE / VINTAGE DECO SILVER PLATE & BAKELITE TEA SET  

RUSSIAN SILVER 2-HANDLED SUGAR BASIN / BOWL W Russian silver 2-handled sugar basin / bowl with lid. Made circa 1880. <br>
Measures approx 5 inches tall. Weighs 213g / 7.5oz. <br>
Bulbous body on a round, stepped and spreading foot. Chased with a band of foliage in pricked borders, enclosing a vacant cartouche on both front and back. Detachable cover fits well and has conforming decoration. Beautiful finial. WOnderful turned up handles - uniquely Russian in design. <br>
The piece is fully hallmarked underneath, on the rim, on the inside of the lid. <br>
Very good condition. <P>
This item was authenticated by Sothebys.
Manufacturer: RUSSIAN SILVER 2-HANDLED SUGAR BASIN / BOWL  

RUSSIAN SILVER TEAPOT 1856 J NORDBERG ST PETE Russian silver teapot. Made by J Nordberg, St Petersburg 1856. <br>
Measures 9 1/2inches accross and approx 4 1/2 inches high. Weight on postal scale is 1lb 6oz. <br>
Squat pumpkin shaped with round, lobed body. Ivory heat resistors in handle and on finial of hinged lid. Botanic theme echoed in the generous thumbpiece of the handle. Beautiful proportions and design. <br>
Signed underneath with the following marks:City mark for St Petersberg ; Makers mark I.N in a rectangle for J Nordberg; Assayer A.M A. Mitin over date 1856 and Russian silver standard mark 84.<br>
Good condition with no damage/restoration to be found.
Manufacturer: RUSSIAN SILVER TEAPOT 1856 J NORDBERG ST PETE  

VICTORIAN ST SILVER WATER JUG BENJAMIN SMITH Early Victorian sterling silver water jug. Made London, England, 1838 by Benjamin Smith.
Measures 10 1/4 inch to top of handle. Weighs 25oz.
Round base with scrolling stepped rim. Fluted spreading body, lobed at the widest, round part near the bottom, tapering as it rises. Generous lip. Beautiful lid inset below the level of the upper rim, which has a gentle wide curve. Lid is hinged (hinges tight and in good condition) and has a wonderful applied flower/foliate finial.
The curving handle has two ivory heat resistor rings and an applied acanthus leaf, chased and finely engraved.
The bulbous lobes of the body are engraved and chased with repousse flowers of various species, delicately lovely and different on each lobe.
There is an engraved monogram - see 'photos.
All parts are hallmarked: the flower has BS, the Queen's head in profile and the lion Passant.
The inside of the lid has date letter D and lion passant. Underneath the base are the date letter, D, a lobed hallmark with BS for Benjamin Smith, Victoria's head in profile and the lion passant as well as engraved LINN INN FIELDS and B. SMITH DUKE ST actually written out.
Condition is very good. All parts appear to be original.
Manufacturer: VICTORIAN ST SILVER WATER JUG BENJAMIN SMITH  

ST SILVER TEAPOT LONDON 1685 W FAMILY CREST Sterling silver teapot. Made London, England 1685. <br>
Measures approx 4 1/2 inches high. Total distance front to back is approx 8 1/2 inches.
Small bullet shaped teapot. Straight spout that opens like a mouth. Sturdy hinged lid with hinges in good shape, as is finial. Front has an engraved family crest - a bird with a leafy twig in it's beak. Horn handle is most likely a Victorian replacement, but all other parts are original and in good condition. <br>
Marked underneath with the following hallmarks: R (maker); crowned leopard for London, lion passant and date letter h for 1685. Someone has also engraved / scratched an oval with FT in it. I have been informed that the R is attributable to Alexander Roode.
Manufacturer: ST SILVER TEAPOT LONDON 1685 W FAMILY CREST  

FRENCH SILVER TEAPOT CLASSIC EARLY 19C French 950 silver teapot made early 19th century.
Weighs 1lb 6 oz. 7 1/2inches tall. (The weight is 617g / 21.8oz / 19.82 ozt.)
Classic French elegance. Round bottomed teapot supported on 4 acanthus leaf shaped legs, curving and tapering towards the bottom, enhanced by a fluted and bowed central raised panel. Delicately curving spout with long mouth to facilitate clean pouring also decorated with raised foliage and a central panel echoing those on the legs. Front and back are identical with an oval enclosed in raised foliage and gently engraved with a monogram. Handle has ivory inlays for heat protection. The lid has a sunburst of raised gadroon work in the centre, from which the finial emerges in the form of a beautifully modelled pineapple/budding flower.
Marks include the Minerva, used for .950 silver items since 1838. Underneath is the diamond shaped lozenge with makers mark that contains A stork 1.
Excellent condition. The only fault is a minute dent on the inside of the lid, where it is entirely hidden.
Manufacturer: FRENCH SILVER TEAPOT CLASSIC EARLY 19C  

STERLING SILVER REPOUSSE WINE FUNNEL 1880-190 Sterling silver wine funnel with repousse floral and foliate decoration covering the circumference. Appears to date to 1880-1900.
2 3/8inches tall.
Marks may be worn, but guarranteed sterling. Has ring for hanging. Very good condition.
Manufacturer: STERLING SILVER REPOUSSE WINE FUNNEL 1880-1900  

GEORGIAN SILVER COFFEE POT URQUHART HART 1805 A George III sterling silver coffee pot, made by Duncan Urquhart & Napthali Hart, London, 1805.
Measures 10 1/4inches / 26cm high. Weighs 875g.
Vase form with gadroon border. The body engraved with two scrolling foliate vacant cartouches below an engraved band of flowerheads, acorns and scrolling foliage. Leaf-capped reeded scroll handle with ivory insulators and similar leaf-capped spout. Stepped domed and hinged cover with a leaf-ball finial. Raised on
a pedestal reeded footrim further engraved with scrolling foliage.
Fully hallmarked with makers DU over NH; lion passant, leopard head, date letter K and monarch head.
The whole in MINT condition.
Manufacturer: GEORGIAN SILVER COFFEE POT URQUHART HART 1805  

GERMAN SILVER BEAKER W GRYPHONS NOUVEAU 1879 German silver beaker with outstanding repousse and chased decoration of gryphons, interlacing scrolls and flowers. Art Nouveau. Dated 1879. Measures 2 3/4inches high and weighs 3 1/2oz. Light gilt washed interior. Round base and cylindrical body, flaring gently outwards towards the rim. Beakers of this kind were relatively rare, especially in the 19th century. (see Peter Waldron Antique Silver, page 165). Marked 800M underneath with engraved inscription: v.s/m Path en Ph.Bartolomne 1879. Condition is very good. Slight dents to base as to be expected of a piece this age, can easilly be straightened out. Absolutely no damage of any sort to body.
Manufacturer: GERMAN SILVER BEAKER W GRYPHONS NOUVEAU 1879  

ANTIQUE AMERICAN ST SILVER WATER PITCHER JUG Antique American sterling silver water pitcher / jug. Most likely made by W.M. Knoll & Co in the first decade of the 20th century. Measures 6inches high, 5 1/4inches accross the bottom and weighs just under 15oz. Very full rich shape with beaded gadrooning around shapely rim. Generous spout and wide handle. Marked underneath STERLING, engraved bell, 1456. Condition is very good with a few unnoticeable small dings normal in silver of this age. (you won't see them unless you are looking for them).
Manufacturer: ANTIQUE AMERICAN ST SILVER WATER PITCHER JUG  

ANTIQUE NOUVEAU GERMAN SILVER CHOCOLATE POT Late 19th Century German .800 Silver chocolate pot or water jug. 9 inches high. Weighs 21 1/2oz. Classic form with Decoration typical Art Nouveau style. Has original heat insulators near top & bottom of handle. Magnificent Moulded and applied rose finial on hinged lid. The front is decorated with outstanding repousse work depicting a large open flower and a number of buds on a sprig. The work is raised in parts and deeper in others with many signs of hand hammering. Very fine detail and exquisite quality and craftmanship. marks : Underneath is a large K.R engraved. The following is impressed:Gebr.Friedlander; hallmark; 800; crescent moon & crown (the Kaiser's symbols).
Good condition with minor surface wear commensurate with over 100 years in existance (look at the 'photos to see they are scarcely visible with the naked eye) and a questionable join of the spout to the body - might be an old restoration and might be original (again, see 'photos).
Manufacturer: ANTIQUE NOUVEAU GERMAN SILVER CHOCOLATE POT