EditorialWine cooler (one of a pair), ca. 1735?36, Chinese with German (Augsburg) mounts, Hard-paste porcelain; silver, Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm); Diameter: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Metalwork-Silver In Combination, These wine coolers were produced in China for export t...
EditorialWine cooler (one of a pair), ca. 1735?36, Chinese with German (Augsburg) mounts, Hard-paste porcelain; silver, Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm); Diameter: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Metalwork-Silver In Combination, These wine coolers were produced in China for export t...
EditorialSauce Boat, 1743. Nicolas Duclos (1699-1755), master silversmith in 1726. Silver; overall: 7.7 x 22.9 cm (3 1/16 x 9 in.); average: 17.8 cm (7 in.); base: 9.9 x 7.1 cm (3 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.).
EditorialDollhouse miniature tobacco pot on scalloped stand ring, loosely worked spherical lid with knob-shaped handle. silversmith: Jan Bonket, 1768, h 3,7 / dm 3,6 From the Princess Dollhouse.
EditorialCylindrical Torah scroll case.Tripoli, Libya,1935. Silversmith: Raphael ?Aton. Wood overlaid with silver sheet, repousse_. Inscribed in Hebrew with biblical citations, the name of the donor, Bercusa, in memory of her husband, Solomon Raccah, and the ye...
EditorialCentrepiece, work of the Parisian silversmith Claude Ballin the Younger (1660-1754), 1723 and wine coolers, 1731-1732, by Franc_ois-Thomas Germain (1726-1791). The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialWine cooler (one of a pair), ca. 1735?36, Chinese with German (Augsburg) mounts, Hard-paste porcelain; silver, Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm); Diameter: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Metalwork-Silver In Combination, These wine coolers were produced in China for export t...
EditorialWine cooler (one of a pair), ca. 1735?36, Chinese with German (Augsburg) mounts, Hard-paste porcelain; silver, Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm); Diameter: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Metalwork-Silver In Combination, These wine coolers were produced in China for export t...
EditorialCreamer, ca. 1888, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, silver-gilt and enamel, 2 7/8 x 5 3/8 x 3 1/8 in. (7.3 x 13.7 x 7.9 cm); 8 oz. 18 dwt. (276.3 g), Silver, Tiffany & Co. (1837?present), An 1898 article in The Jewelers? Cir...
EditorialDesign for a Stage Set, 1770?80, Pen and brown ink, brush with brown, red and blue wash, 16-1/8 x 21-3/4 in. (41.0 x 55.2 cm), Drawings, Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, Rome 1746?1809 Rome), A prodigious draughtsman, Barberi designed many architectural proj...
EditorialSugar Bowl, ca. 1888, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, silver-gilt, enamel and ivory, Overall: 3 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (9.2 x 19.1 x 9.5 cm); 15 oz. 14 dwt. (488.4 g), Silver, Tiffany & Co. (1837?present), An 1898 article ...
EditorialPorringer, ca. 1760, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 2 x 8 3/8 in. (5.1 x 21.3 cm); 8 oz. 8 dwt. (260.8 g), Silver, Paul Revere Jr. (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1734?1818 Boston, Massachusetts), Bestowed in ...
EditorialSugar Tongs, ca. 1888, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, 5/8 x 5 in. (1.6 x 12.7 cm); 1 oz. 10 dwt. (47 g), Silver, Tiffany & Co. (1837?present), An 1898 article in The Jewelers? Circular lauds this service as ?one of the mos...
EditorialTeapot, ca. 1800, Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 7 x 11 5/16 x 4 1/2 in. (17.8 x 28.7 x 11.4 cm); 21 oz. 17 dwt. (680 g), Silver, Attributed to Christian Wiltberger (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 17...
EditorialTeapot, ca. 1888, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, silver-gilt, enamel and ivory, 4 3/4 x 10 7/8 x 5 3/16 in. (12.1 x 27.6 x 13.2 cm); 12 oz. 13 dwt. (393 g), Silver, Tiffany & Co. (1837?present), An 1898 article in The Jewe...
EditorialSeal, ca. 1704, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, wood, 1 11/16 x 1 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. (4.3 x 3.8 x 7.3 cm); 1 oz. 11 dwt. (48.9 g), Silver, Jacob Boelen (ca. 1657?1729), Governments, universities, and other organizations commis...
EditorialTray, ca. 1922, Silver and lapis lazuli, W. 27 3/4 x D. 23 1/2 in. (70.5 x 59.7 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Even in his day the silversmith Puiforcat was renowned for the elegant, often mathematical simplicity of his geometric forms and the unexpected combi...
EditorialSilver water boiler, decorated with leaf patterns, nozzle equipped with a bird's head, originally two curved uprights for handle, separate lid with a knob. silversmith: Christiaan Warenberg (attributed to), about 1700 - about 1710, silver, h 2.4 cm x d...
EditorialCentrepiece, work of the Parisian silversmith Claude Ballin the Younger (1660-1754), 1723 and wine coolers, 1731-1732, by Franc_ois-Thomas Germain (1726-1791). The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialLidded Ewer and Basin; Silversmith Unknown, Ewer and Basin made at the Saint-Cloud Porcelain Manufactory, French, active by 1693 - 1766; Saint-Cloud, France, Europe; porcelain about 1715 - 1720; silver mounts modern ?; Soft-paste porcelain underglaze b...
EditorialCylindrical Torah scroll case.Tripoli, Libya,1935. Silversmith: Raphael ?Aton. Wood overlaid with silver sheet, repousse_. Inscribed in Hebrew with biblical citations, the name of the donor, Bercusa, in memory of her husband, Solomon Raccah, and the ye...