Archive for the ‘Modern Silver’ Category

A Victorian Rose Bowl, sets of Flatware, Apostle Spoon, London

Friday, January 15th, 2010

A Victorian Rose Bowl, sets of Flatware, Apostle Spoon, London
A Vase, Sheffield, 1928, plain tapered
cylindrical below a shaped reverted rim
(loaded), 103/dn.
A set of four Table Candlesticks,
Sheffield, 1907—10, square bases, plain
octagonal stems, detachable circular nozzles
(loaded.
Two silver-mounted Horse’s Hoof
Inkwells, London, 1919, the hinged covers
engraved ‘Bounty’, detachable wells, 5in.
Kings and Husk pattern Table Silver, Victorian dates, comprising: six [...]

VICTORIAN PLATED FISH KNIVES AND FORKS - A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER PLAID BROOCH - A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED PART TOILET SERVICE IN BRASS MOUNTED ROSEWOOD BOX

Friday, December 4th, 2009

VICTORIAN PLATED FISH KNIVES AND FORKS - A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER PLAID BROOCH - A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED PART TOILET SERVICE IN BRASS MOUNTED ROSEWOOD BOX
A MODERN ELECTROPLATED THREE PIECE TEA SERVICE
Of plain oval form; ‘a modern electroplated three piece condiment set; and a Indian Bidri ware metalware vase.
TWELVE PAIRS OF LATE VICTORIAN PLATED FRUIT [...]

SILVER SHEFFIELD PLATE ELECTROPLATE

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

SHEFFIELD PLATE
The ‘French’ method of plating preceded plating by fusion. This was achieved by beating leaves of silver on to a metal at low temperature before oxidization took place. The next step was close plating, the only
successful method of plating small articles with sharp edges, such as pieces of table silver. Before the article was [...]

Modern Silver

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

MODERN SILVER
As the Victorian era drew to a close the future of design was firmly back in the hands of individual craftsmen. One of the prominent figures in the early 20th century was Omar Rams-den. Born in 1873, he studied at the Sheffield School of Arts and Crafts where he met Alwyn Carr, with whom [...]