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Chickering shows a fish knife in a similar pattern with notes that Stone was heavily influenced by Dresser's "The Art of Decorative Design (pl. XXVI)", which we have reproduced here in enlargement number five.
A nearly identical though slightly smaller example is pictured in Chickering, p. 157; plate 160.
This pattern is among Stone's finest designs. A nearly identical though not quite so desirable piece is held by Yale University Art Gallery, see Chickering p. 147, plate 134. Similar examples may also be seen in the collection of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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This is one of Stone's best designs, with similar examples held at Yale University Art Gallery and other major museums...
What sets this item apart from other examples which have recently been on the market is, simply stated, condition. Not only are the floral decorations crisp and untouched by polishing wear, but their gentle background of chasing marks remains (see third photo), creating an effect of kumatage, as if the decorations were suspended in a pool of rippling water...
$95.00
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$375.00
Ball Black & Company's items made in this higher silver standard tend to be heavy and of fine quality. They may have been intended for export to the French market, where .950 was de rigueur.
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Faithful readers of our little web page know we never tire of mentioning that Burt was a substantial and by all reports jovial fellow who weighed three hundred and eighty pounds.
$1,250.00
While quite common in the world of Continental silver, these are exceptionally scarce in Victorian era Americana.
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$1,250.00
After spending a year at Cambridge High School, he prepared for four years at Philip Academy in Exeter, NH...
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The perfect gift for your royalty obsessed friend who also loves antique silver.