Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
ANTIQUE SILVER TANKARDS AND MUGS
Up to the end of the seventeenth century covered tankards and porringers are, I suppose, the two most commonly found pieces of silver. The increasing sophistication of the eighteenth century introduced an ever wider range of table silver together with ali the apparatus for the recently introduced tea, coffee and chocolate. [...]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Antique Sterling Silver Candlesticks and Candelabra
George I type, one of the most typical and desirable patterns. Best type of massive appearance, like these. Made 1715 - 1730. About six inches high twenty-five ounces.
Typical pair of candlesticks of the period and circa 1690 - 1705. Similar construction to previous pairs hand raised from sheet. Often with [...]
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