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Sterling Silver Saratoga Springs Indian Souvenir Spoon
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Pre 1900 item# 1020148
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A beautiful Victorian sterling silver souvenir spoon from Saratoga Springs, New York. The handle depicts a Native American Chief wearing a feathered war bonnet, his bust surrounded by ears of corn and foliage. The bowl has a design picturing a young Native American man drinking from the natural springs and bears the legend “High Rock Spring Saratoga”. The bowl retains its original gilt surface. The back of the spoon is decorated with a tomahawk, bow and quiver of arrows. The stem is marked sterling and has the hallmark for Howard (1878-1902).Origin: America, ca. 1890. Condition: near mint. Size: 4-3/16” long. Weight: 11.4 grams.
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Gilt Bronze Renaissance Style Jewel Casket
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Pre 1900 item# 1020144
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A lovely solid bronze jewel box highlighted with gilding. The surfaces are decorated in the Renaissance style with acanthus leaf volutes, fleur-de-lis and roses. Boxes such as these were made as tourist souvenirs for wealthy travelers during the 19th century. They were often decorated to match an important building, monument or other artifact. The source for this particular décor is unknown. The bottom and sides of the box’s interior are lined with the original claret-colored silk velvet. It is likely that the lid, too, was originally lined.Origin: Europe, ca. 1860. Condition: excellent, sharp detail. Size: 5-7/8” x 3-1/8” x 3”.
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Pair Imperial Russian Gilt Silver Kremlin View Spoons
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Pre 1900 item# 1006475
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A lovely pair of imperial Russian spoons, the backs of the bowls decorated with finely engraved scenes depicting portions of the Arsenal and the State Historical Museum on Moscow’s Red Square. The handles are finished in the traditional twist motif. The surfaces are gilt, and the engraving is worked through the gilding in some areas and more lightly in others, allowing a nice contrast of colors within the design. Each is fully hallmarked for Moscow, dated 1889 and with the maker’s mark for Ivan Alexeyev (1876-1912).Origin: Moscow, 1889. Condition: excellent, gilding intact. Size: 5” long. Weight: 27.2 grams (the pair).
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Imperial Russian Klingert Enamel Silver Souvenir Spoon
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Pre 1900 item# 1006465
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A very nice Imperial Russian enameled silver spoon by Gustav Klingert. The bowl is beautifully decorated in five shades of opaque cloisonné enamels and in translucent red and amethyst. The design I modified floral pattern with a Persian-style reserve. The handle is finished in a fish-scale enameled pattern. Exposed areas of silver are stippled and gilt. The interior of the bowl is engraved “Moscow”, indicating that the spoon was sold as a souvenir to an American or English visitor. The handle is fully hallmarked with the city mark for Moscow and Klingert’s maker’s mark. The date mark is obscured, but the assay master Lev Oleks was active only between 1890 and 1896.Origin: Moscow, 1890-96. Condition: excellent, no enamel damage, gilding intact. Size: 4-7/32” long. Weight: 15.9 grams.
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New England Glass Company Scrambled Glass Paperweight
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Pre 1900 item# 997384
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A very nice example of a New England Glass Company scrambled paperweight. The set-up is tightly packed with a variety of colorful canes and ribbon twists, including one complex cane with a white eagle silhouette against a cobalt background. There may be two additional silhouettes, but they are too blown out to be certain. There is also a preponderance of chartreuse colored bits more frequently seen in St. Louis weights. The glass has very good clarity.Origin: America, ca. 1860. Condition: very good; a few nicks at the top of the crown; no cracks. Size: 2-5/8” diameter; 1-3/4” high.
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Georgian Sterling Silver Ruby Glass Wine Bottle Coaster
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Pre 1800 item# 969107
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A phenomenal and extremely rare George III sterling silver footed wine bottle or decanter coaster retaining its original ruby glass liner. Bottle or decanter coasters of the period are typically formed as simple round collars over turned wooden bases, perhaps enhanced with a bit of engraving or a border. This example is much finer than most others, with its ornately hand-sawn pierced gallery and undulating rim, the whole raised on tall volute feet with scrolled terminals and acanthus leaf capitals. Laurel wreath swags complete the design. The stand is finished with a blown ruby glass liner, precisely cut to fit the silver (it aligns with the silver only if placed exactly correctly). The pierced gallery has a small reserve that appears never to have been engraved. The silver is fully hallmarked for London, 1774-75. As was the practice, the hallmarks were applied before the decoration was complete, and when the piercing was performed, the maker's mark and duty mark were obliterated. Only the edges of those two punches are visible amongst the piercing.Origin: England, 1774-75. Condition: excellent, all original, no repairs, a few tiny fleabites on the rim of the glass liner. Size: 5-3/8" diameter; 4-1/2" high. Silver Weight: 322.0 grams.
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Victorian Gorham Sterling Silver Wine Coaster
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Pre 1900 item# 967412
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A very good sterling silver wine bottle or decanter coaster by Gorham. The flared lip is heavily decorated with a floral scrolled border in the Rococo style. The repousse decoration is finely done. The bottom of the coaster is fully hallmarked with one of the older Gorham hallmarks, the design copyright date 1889, the pattern number 325 and the date symbol for 1891.Origin: America, 1891. Condition: excellent, one pinpoint ding visible on very close inspection, no monogram. Size: 6-3/4" diameter. Weight: 135.6 grams.
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Imperial Russian & English Embossed Brass Humidor
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Pre 1910 item# 967406
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A wonderful solid brass humidor, the top embossed with the double eagle insignia of Russia's Imperial Romanov family, and the front embossed with the double lions rampant of the British Empire. The top, front and sides are enhanced with scalloped punchwork borders. The box is raised on claw feet. The interior has a removable tin liner and a perforated platform that was used to keep a moist sponge separated from the surface of the cigars.England and Russia signed the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907, and along with the Entente Cordiale (England & France) and the Franco-Russian Alliance (France & Imperial Russia), the three nations formed the Triple Entente that eventually entered into World War I against Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Anglo-Russian Entente greatly leveled the balance of power in Continental Europe and was widely celebrated. This box was created in honor of that event and may have been a mid-level diplomatic gift from a British representative to his Russian peer. Although we have not seen it, we understand that the same box exists with the French arms on the lid in place of Romanov double eagle. Origin: England, ca. 1907. Condition: excellent, sharp detail, all original; it appears that the perforated sponge screen was originally soldered to the inside of the lid, but it is now separated. Size: 10-7/8" x 6-1/2" x 6".
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12 Wallace Sterling Silver WILD ROSE Dessert Spoons
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Pre 1920 item# 965553
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A very fine set of 12 Victorian or Art Nouveau sterling silver dessert and ice cream spoons by Wallace & Sons. The bowl of each spoon is fashioned as a full-blown wild rose blossom, while the stem is formed from its winding vine. The handle is enhanced with deeply veined leaves and a pair of spent rose hips. The detail and workmanship is superb. A design of this sort certainly was only made as a special dessert service and was not intended to match the larger dinner service. The back of each spoon is marked with one of the earlier Wallace hallmarks.Origin: America, ca. 1910. Condition: excellent, sharp detail. Size: 4-5/8" long. Weight: 126.2 grams.
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