$295.00
What's all the brouhaha about this fine old Durgin pattern? Well at the moment, the short answer is: none whatsoever. Twenty years ago, collectors for New Art abounded. Today there are few, giving you, dear reader, the chance to obtain examples at an attractive price point...
$320.00
This lovely old high relief pattern is one of R & B's best designs.
$325.00
Compare on the Big Bad Auction Site (item 384527490681) @499.50!!
$350.00
It is an unusual pleasure to find an object which is engraved ("J. Diprose, EsqR / from J.J.G. Bombay") with both a name and a location, to lend it an added sense of history.
This item is superb in both design and execution. Though we always hesitate to say "flawless condition," one would be hard-pressed to find fault...
It's possible that this piece has had an erasure, but if so, it's subtle and difficult to distinguish. However, the overall presentation is excellent, and so is the price!
$350.00
$350.00
In the Boston School of early 20th century Art & Crafts silver, it is much more common to see this type of "lotus" bowl in copper than in silver. We are pleased to provide this scarce example.
$350.00
For those of you who are fans of comparison shopping, see item 293457665513 over there on the Auction-Site-Which-Must-not-be-Named, @700.00
$350.00
Sadly, back in 1890 or so, "Mother" decided that she didn't want the giftees to know the identity of the original owner, and had their monogram wiped out. If you can live with this, then here's an opportunity to own a sturdy and useful piece of this desirable Gorham pattern at an attractive price.
For those of you who wonder what that unusual symbol between the Whiting trademark and "sterling" might mean, we suspect that is a letter h inside a circle, meaning 'heavy,' since these weigh a bit more than the average Lily butter spreader...
$375.00
$375.00
As our friend Don Soeffing has recounted in "The Battle of the Birds" (Silver Magazine, November/December 1995), production of this pattern was short lived, because W & H lost this particular battle against Tiffany for infringement of their design pattern...
$390.00
Compare on the Big Bad Auction site (item 154699050597) @89.00 each!
$395.00
$395.00
$395.00
And now, let's move along to cheerier thoughts...
$395.00
For Victorian era bookmark collectors, I daresay that this is the sine qua non.