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All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1486159 (stock #2518)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
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diameter 9 1/2 inches, weight 26.2 Troy ounces, craftsman [probably] David Carlson. There is a small divot along the rim which we've magnified twenty-fold so that it looks like a crater, but this is barely visible to the naked eye. There are also some salt spots on the interior, (see fifth photo) but the chasing is crisp and the overall condition is truly outstanding.

This is one of Stone's best designs, with similar examples held at Yale University Art Gallery and other major museums...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1484630 (stock #2517)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
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craftsman Clinton Ogilvie, diameter 6; height 2 1/4 inches, weight 8.33 Troy ounces, monogrammed as shown in second enlargement.

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...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1482376 (stock #2512)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
$1,250.00
Boston circa 1900, richly decorated with Rococo revival ornamentation, crested but otherwise not monogrammed, height 12 1/4 inches, weight 14.58 Troy ounces, some polishing wear to high points but fine overall condition, marked as shown in fifth enlargement.

While quite common in the world of Continental silver, these are exceptionally scarce in Victorian era Americana.

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1479554 (stock #2503)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
$1,650.00
height 9 1/8 inches to top of spout, weight 39 Troy ounces, no monogram, a few minor dents around the waist which won't show in a photo but fine overall condition, vintage CC (Calvin Coolidge, circa 1925).

With its gadrooned border and luxuriously chased acanthus leaf thumb rest, this is a refined, well constructed and massive piece of early 20th century Boston silver. Please see fourth enlargement for marks...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1479123 (stock #2501)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
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craftsman Arthur Hartwell, height 3 1/4; diameter 7 1/4 inches, weight 14 Troy ounces, monogrammed on base as shown in fourth enlargement, some very minor scratches but excellent overall condition.

A similar example, held by the Art Institute of Chicago, is shown in Chickering, plate 52; page 111.

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1478825 (stock #2500)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
$550.00
craftsman Herman Glendenning, height 5 1/2 inches, total Troy weight 13.25 ounces, no monogram, some minor dents in base as shown in third and fourth enlargements but very good overall condition.

These have probably "been to the wheel" sometime during their career, and it pains me to see Mr. Stone's work treated in such a manner. We must asume that our readers will agree, or else they'd be looking at Replacements, not here...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1474667 (stock #2527)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
$250.00
top diameter 4 1/2; height 2 5/8 inches, weight 6.10 Troy ounces, no monogram, excellent condition.

Marked as shown in second enlargement.

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1472974 (stock #2526)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
$450.00
Gardner, MA circa 1921, Craftsman Arthur Hartwell, length 7 3/4 inches across the handle, weight 9.51 Troy ounces, some scratches as shown in fourth enlargement but very good overall condition.

Let's answer the most obvious question first: Is this the same family whose name graces a certain ravine in New Hampshire's White Mountains which is beloved by back country skiers in search of an adrenaline rush? Yes indeed it is...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1471887 (stock #2519)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
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dimensions 10 X 12 inches, excellent condition, no monogram, marked as shown in third enlargement. An easel style frame, it is backed by genuine 1950's era wood-grained plastic.

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1467200 (stock #2495)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
$350.00
height 2; diameter 6 1/2 inches, weight 7.31 troy ounces, no monogram, some light scratches at bottom as shown but fine overall condition, see third enlargement for mark.

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.

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1467158 (stock #2494)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
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height 2 1/2; diameter 6 1/4 inches, a minor dent which is visible mainly from the underside (see 2nd and 3rd enlargements) but fine overall condition, no monogram, marked as shown, weight 9.09 Troy ounces.

For those who are not familiar with his work, Frederick Gyllenberg worked in Boston, MA during the first quarter of the twentieth century, and was one of the preeminent American Arts & Crafts era silversmiths...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1461803 (stock #2473)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
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In 1894, Nellie Sontag would have been a household name. With her brother Sir Mohawk, she was half of the famed trotter team which held the fastest time for their age class. The horses were immortalized in a print by Currier & Ives of John Cameron's painting, which we show here in our fourth enlargement...
All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1459720 (stock #2462)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
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Paris circa 1920, no monogram, some extremely minor (and soft) dents but fine overall condition, no monogram, weight 82.6 Troy ounces, marked as shown in third and fourth photos.

This is a grand tea tray, fully two feet (exclusive of handles) by sixteen inches. I was tempted to include a foot, a baby or a small dog for scale, but judged the former to be in poor taste and could not furnish either of the latter. Buy it now, and watch the value increase as world order ceases to function!

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1459094 (stock #2457)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
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Danvers, MA circa 1930, height 3 1/4; top diameter 2 5/8 inches, weight 5.75 Troy ounces, no monogram, some very light scratches but excellent overall condition.

Though his work is ardently sought by collectors, Porter's output was not always of consistent quality. His soldering was occasionally sloppy, and his hammer marks were at times random. Here, the seams are nearly invisible, and the art peen hammering (please see third enlargement) is laid out masterfully along the vertical axis...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1459025 (stock #2456)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
$450.00
Boston circa 1926, with applied molded rim and gently slanting sides, height 3 1/2; top diameter 4 inches, weight 6.6 Troy ounces, no monogram, fine condition.

Also known as a mint julep cup, this form is not common among early 20th century hand wrought items made here in the U.S.

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1458622 (stock #2451)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
$395.00
Allow me to begin by saying all the things it's not: 1) Ashbee 2) Knox 3) Liberty 4) perfect.

And now, let's move along to cheerier thoughts...

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1458516 (stock #2449)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
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Height 8 3/4 inches, loaded square base, no monogram, Gorham trademark and date symbol for 1908. In need of a good polishing which you, dear reader, may provide but otherwise in excellent condition.

Though weighted, this seems to be of a heavier than average gauge, and I suspect that there may be a dollar or two to be made here for someone who wants to send this along to the Great Melting Pot in the Sky.

All Items : Silver : Sterling : Hollowware : Pre 2000 item #1445637 (stock #2426)
Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
$1,450.00
height 7 7/8 inches, length 10 inches across the bobeches, diameter of base 4 inches, weight approximately 38.5 Troy ounces, no monogram, excellent condition.

Little is known about La Paglia himself, though Dorothy Rainwater relates (see Silver Magazine, May/June 1995, item pictured in article) that he worked as a spy during WWII, and was smuggled into and out of Italy on board a submarine...

 
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