$40.00
One of these days, a more scholarly colleague will reveal the true name of this pattern...
$175.00
The obverse features a refined bit of engraving, done by a skilled and steady hand.
The blade features a restrained and well executed bit of engraving (please see third enlargement) with brite-cut foliage and shaded flowers.
$210.00
Those folks who Replace your stuff have given this pattern the prosaic name of "WHS9", but we don't believe them for a minute. Engraved patterns such as this, if they had a name, were often known by number, for example "Antique Engraved number 7." They involved hours of skilled, exacting work by craftsmen who were paid more than most of their peers...
$750.00
$90.00
$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...
On Hold
Come ye citizens of Portsmouth and reclaim thy heritage!!
$150.00
On Hold
Have a look at the finely engraved matte-finished bowl up close and personal in our second enlargement to see why Faber's work is sought after by so many collectors!
With faux alligator skin, and applied silver matte finish "calling card."
This was probably a custom made item.
We've examined both doggies carefully with a high power loupe, and they appear to be 14k. No, we're not going to test them...
$975.00
Whiting could easily have incorporated the rocaille design into the dies which were used to strike the body of this piece. Instead, they chose to use applied decoration along the foot and below the lid, a more difficult and costly technique. The resulting three-dimensionality lifts this tureen out of the realm of "good" and into that of "exceptional".
$120.00
Nine out of ten alleged Lily lettuce forks that come on the market are recast, so it's a pleasure to see an old, original example.