Antique Silver Gifts

Vintage 1985 The Empire collection, treasures from the Royal collection, consisting of 25 Silver and Gold Plated stamps. This is a limited edition with a certificate of authenticity and limitation, certificate number 4676 of 5000 worldwide. Assayed and hallmarked by the London assay office 1984/5. Each piece cost £39.00 in 1984 making a total of £975.00. The stamps are in time warp condition, the locking case (with key) has some signs of age and use but, is in very good general condition. Super value at less than a third of the original cost price.

Asprey fine silver and glass claret Jug, with beaded silver base fluted to beaded base top. The clear glass body receives a beaded rimmed top leading to a slim hallmarked top with well fitting double curve lid. The lid is also designed with a cross cut fern shape finger handle. The wonderful C shaped main handle is silver patterned with heavy beaded edges. The jug is hallmarked lid & body "APCL" for Asprey Ltd London. The base is also marked " Asprey " and "No 5". The weight including glass is 877 grams or 30.93 oz.The dimensions are base diameter 80 mm; body diameter 100mm and height 280 mm - in as new condition.

Sterling Silver set of four menu or place card holders, Sheffield 1993 by Mappin and Webb. They are shaped as Easter bonnets with the card being held between the bow and the crown of the hat. Each measures 1 5/8" long, 1 1/2" wide and stand 1/2" high. They are rather substantial - each weighs 21.8 grams - together well over 2 3/4 troy oz. They are in very good condition, and come in their original blue gold tooled leatherette box which is lined with cream silk and blue velvet - all in excellent condition. Each is hallmarked with M&W, rose, lion passant (sterling silver assay mark), T showing that they were each hallmarked in Sheffield in 1993. A super set of lovely and unusual menu holders - a beautiful gift for someone's table.

Vintage Pair of Large Solid Silver Goblets with manificent frosted pattern stems, hallmarked for Birmingham 1972 maker's mark MK. These really are a stunning pair of silver goblets of beautiful design and a good solid combined weight of 9 3/4ozs or 278g, superb in timewarp condition. There are no monograms or engraving. The goblets are of a good size , they each stand at 5 1/8" 13cm tall and they are 3 1/8" (7.8cm) across the rim. (wider at the waist). What a fantastic silver wedding gift.

Solid Sterling Silver tulip shaped wine goblets or chalices made in Birmingham, England in 1973 by the illustrious P. H. Vogel & Company They are elegant in design, with gilded bowls and without engraving. Each measures almost 4 3/4" high by 1 3/4" in diameter across the lip and 2" in diameter across the base. They are sold silver - not loaded or weighted - and are vey substantial - each weighs 73.9g - a total of 4 3/4troy oz. They are in superb time warp condition.

Omar Ramsden Silver Large Arts and Crafts Spoon London 1933. Spoon with pentagonal shaft terminating in a stylized foliage finial crowned by a large pearl, the bowl tapering towards the shaft and linked by a root motif, 6 3/8 inches long A very Rare chance to own one of Ramsdens finest spoons.
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Omar Ramsden Silver Large Arts and Crafts Spoon London 1933. Spoon with deep bowl tapering towards the grooved hexagonal shaped shaft with leaves leading to a closed flower head, combining a triple ended bowl support. . Size 16cm. Weight 65 grams. This spoon is in superb original condition with a lovely patina. Beautiful Arts & Crafts spoon with bright clear hallmarks. A very Rare chance to own one of Ramsdens finest spoons.
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Sterling Silver Alexander Ritchie of Iona Celtic Paper Knife, in the form of a dagger with Celtic knot- work 22 cm. long. Hallmarks for Birmingham 1936 JCA and A R Iona. This unique paper knife is in very good condition with good Hallmarks, Quite outstanding.

Sterling Silver Cruet Set On Stand Fully Hallmarked For London 1860 & Made By The Renowned Victorian Silversmith "Robert Dicker". The Cruet Set is Of Extreme Quality & Once Would Have Graced The Table Of A Very Wealthy Victorian Family. The Set Comprises Of: Solid Silver Stand Which Is Fully Hallmarked. The Stand Is Highly Embossed With Scroll, Swag & Foliate Decoration. It Has Two Central Vacant Cartouches On The Main Body Which Have Never Been Engraved. The Stand Has A Lower Raised & Lined Base & Stands on Four Scrolled, Shaped & Upturned Feet. The Rim Of The Stand Is Serpentine Shaped With Raised & Overhanging Lip. It Has A Solid Mahogany Base Which Is very slightly Loose & A Couple Of very minor dings To The Upper Rim. The Cruet Set Sits Within Comprises Of Eight Cut Glass Condiments Of Which Four Have Solid Silver Tops With Matching Hallmarks. They Are All Complimented By Turned Tapering Solid Silver Finials & One Has The Addition Of A Fitted Solid Silver Long Spoon With Corresponding Hallmarks. The Remaining Four Bottles Are All Quality Cut Glass With Stoppers. Two Of The Bottles Have Cracks & One Is A Replacement Bottle. The Condiments Are Seperated Within The Stand By An Eight Division Solid Silver Divider Which Is Again Fully Hallmarked. Attatched to The Stand Is The Solid Silver Handle & Column Which Is Affixed To The Stand By Its Solid Silver Nut. Measures: 20cm Long, 14cm Deep & 26cm High. Gross Weight: 78oz (2225g).

Sterling Silver Rare Magnificent Alexander Ritchie Iona Spoon. This lovely spoon by the famous and very collectable Alexander Ritchie is 12cm long and of very heavy gauge.,and has superb Celtic scroll work to the handle. It is marked A R IONA I C A. It is in very good condition. Quite Magnificent.

Silver Pierced Dish Which Is Fully Hallmarked 800 ,with Crown & Crescent & Dates c.1880 Germany . The Dish Is Of Superb Quality & Guage. It Is Oval In Form. It Sits On An Oval Foot Which leads to An Extremely Elaborate Raised Pierced Body Which Is Shaped With Two Outer Handles & Intricate Pierced Foliate, Scroll & Swag Decoration. The Centre Of The Dish Has An Embossed Foliate Design Depicting Flower & Leaf Decoration. The Dish Has Four Scroll Shaped Vacant Cartouches Which Have Never Been Engraved & Is Presented in very good Condition - Magnificent. Measures: 22cm Long. Weight: 6.5oz (181g).

A Vintage English Sterling Silver Cup 1968 This cup has a circular bell-shaped form onto a knopped stem and swept circular base.The stem and base have engraved grape decoration.The body also has engraved grape decoration The cup was made by Charles S Green & Co England 1968. This wonderful small cup is in time warp condition.
The cup is a very good gauge of silver, very good quality and in excellent condition, with original red leather box.
The bright cut engraved decoration is very crisp and the hallmarks are clear.
SIZE 4.5IN TALL 2IN DIAM AT THE RIM 2IN DIAM at the base.

Sterling Silver Hallmarked Magnificent Alexander Ritchie spoon. This lovely spoon is by the famous and very collectable Alexander Ritchie of Iona. It is in super condition, and is 8" or 20cm long. It is marked A R IONA. The design of this spoon, which is a copy of a Nunnery spoon found on the island of Iona in the 1930's, can be seen on the Alexander Ritchie tribute web site. This Large Ritchie Celtic Iona Spoon is Nothing less than superb.

Silver Cigar Cutter with a German Solingen steel cutting blade and Sterling Silver grips on either side, London 2000. It will take a cigar up to 0.75 inches in diameter. mark of H Bs & H.Condition - Very good, it appears to be virtually unused. Weight - 42 grams.Dimensions - 1,6 inches wide and 1.9 inches high in the closed poition, 2.83 inches high in the open position. We can engrave this cigar cutter for you.

SILVER SEAL TOP SPOON 1975 reproduction the LEICESTER SPOON
Fine 1975 reproduction of the famous LEICESTER SPOON. With the original presentation case and a printed note describing the spoon Hallmarked solid silver (sterling) Maker mark CJV Ld; London CJV over Ld in script into a trefoil for the illustrious C J Vander Ltd, of London. Dimensions: Just over 5 inches long. Weight: 1.09oz (31g). Condition: Superb -Time warp
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Rare Silver spoon made to commemorate the tricentenary of the assassination of the French king Henri IV in 1610 - Superb quality . It is very finely made in the early Jacobean style. The silversmith was Berthold Muller who worked in Nuremburg, Germany, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Much of his finest work was exported to England, hence the double set of hallmarks. Dutch lion hall mark and London import mark. The spoon has a cast head of Henri IV with a highly ornate shank and bowl with repousse decoration of scrolls, flowers and fruit.Length 8 inches weight 2.375 ounces