Antique silver
The history of silver is intertwined with that of gold:
Silver was already known in ancient times, and its shine made it popular, so besides gold, silver was just as popular a material for jewelry. Because of its softness, it was very easy to stretch, thin, and work, but it was easy to wear out as well. Therefore, it was usually alloyed with copper to make it more resistant. In ancient times, not only coins, but even mirrors were made from it. When only the elemental form was known for its production, the value of silver was considered equivalent to gold. The two noble precious metals were also alloyed with each other, and electrum was born from this. Today, however, the difference between their values is well understood and clear. The reason for this is that compared to gold, silver is more common in nature and can also be extracted from various chemical compounds, so its value gradually began to decrease over time. In ancient times, silver came from India, Persia, and Spain. In the Middle Ages, silver mines were opened in large numbers in Saxony and Tyrol. With the discovery of the new continent, America, silver also came to Europe from there.
We offer a wide selection of antique and modern silver artifacts, which you can view in person in our store, or buy them conveniently and safely from our online store, even in a few minutes!
Moscow Biedermeier silver cup with ears
Silver, 330 grams, gilded inside. Smooth-lined chalice in a rococo-decorated setting on a square base. It is decorated with acanthus leaves on the side. spiral handle. Portraits of rulers in crowned inwrought medallions pierced on the setting: Russian Tsar Alexei Fohodorovna of Hohenzollern (1798-1960). Férez Tsar Nicholas I. Nikolai Pavlovich Romanov (1796-1855) in the middle there is a double portrait: II. Tsar Alexander - Alexandr Nikolaevich Romanov (1818-1881) and his wife Marija Alexandrovna of Russia (1824-1880). Female figures were deliberately sawed off the setting in the last century. Marked on the base, the setting, and the chalice: Moscow 1845; Kovalsky Andrei Antonovich is a probationary master and NG. unknown master's mark.M: 15 cm.
Bunch of flowers in a crystal vase
Flowers carved out of coral and leaves carved out of nephrite on gold-plated silver branches. in a vase of punched and polished rhinestone vase. Net weight: 46,49 gr, sum gross weight: 246,07 gr; 14 x 9 cm. Signed: 88 Zolotnyik Russian hallmark.
Silver fruit serving centerpiece
Pair of Spanish silver 5-branch candelabra
Dublin Victorian silver jug with handle
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Joseph Carl Klinkosch silver tea & coffee set
Joseph Carl Klinkosch six-piece Austrian silver tea/coffee set. Marked: Viennese 800 fineness silver hallmark, Joseph Carl Klinkosch maker's mark. The set consists of a tea and coffee pourer, a cream and sugar container, and a tea strainer with a bone handle. Total weight: 2853 grams.
Josef Carl Klinkosch (1822-1888) was a highly skilled Viennese silversmith who completed many commissions for the Austrian royal family and is considered as one of the best Austrian silversmiths of the late 19th century.
French empire silver wine jug
Trembled with traces of antique silver gilding. Gross: 829 grams. Round base on a square pedestal with a short stem and a pear-shaped vessel with a hinged lid on it. A finely crafted, punctured and hand-engraved Rococo scene on his mantle: the figure of Cupid, flying above a wheat field and clouds, stretching his bow and a putto holding victory laurel wreaths. Lion's head, embossed and punched at the front, rows of palmettes rolled at the edges. Sculptural acanthus leaves on the neck and plant ornaments punctured and engraved in frieze. With black-painted wooden pliers ending in Bacchus head and grapevine on the side. Marked on the neck and pedestal: Paris, 1793-1798, Nicolas Modoux (?) Master's mark, and, after 1838, a French resealing and Paris warranty mark.
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French antique silver wash basin and water jug
Antique silver wash basin and water jug. Richly decorated, guilloche and carved patterns, sculpturally embossed with winged puttos on the mantle of the jug, and with a handle, decorated with acanthus leaves, depicting a putto. Signed: French export hallmark from between 1840-1973, Émile Hugo (1853-1880) maker's mark. Altogether net: 2797 gr.
Jug: 1341 gr, height: 39 cm.
Basin: 1456 gr, diameter: 41 cm.
Baroque-style silver decorative goblet
Pair of neo-baroque five-pronged silver candelabra
Rectangularly shaped putto figure on a sculpturally-shaped pedestal with neo-baroque features, a 5-pronged candelabra with screw-on wax drip trays. 800 fineness silver, net weight: 9000 grams. 54 x d: 37 cm. Signed: Pest hallmark used between 1867-1936.
