Austrian silver and gilt with guilloche box by Alexander Sturm, Co.

A silver-plated and gilt box with a guilloche pattern outside the box and a movable open upward-facing holder inside. Marked with a four-leaf clover, company mark for Alexander Sturm, Co. and 925 (925/000 purity of silver). Austrian company. Also marked with the ZI Dutch silver hallmark (925/000). The box measures 14,4 cm high, 8 cm wide and the depth is 1,9 cm (1 Inch = 2,54 cm) The weight is 198 grams. The box shows traces of use

SILBERWAREFABRIK ALEXANDER STURM, Vienna

Alexander Sturm was born in Vienna in 1851 and has been a silversmith since 1882. A year later he opened his own shop. From 1926, an artist from the Wiener Werkstätte also worked for the company, which had its own design studio, where the artist made their designs for silver production. After the war, Adalbert Sturm revived the factory and design drawings by Otto Prutscher and Josef Hoffmann are included in the factory inventory. In the early 2000s, Christa Berghaus Fölster (1950-2013) saved the company and continued it. She bought machines, tools and punches, as well as the extensive company archive, to preserve and revive the old Viennese silversmith tradition.

Reference # M1493

Art Deco French silver coffee and tea service, 1920

An Art Deco French coffee and tea service, made of silver with purity 800/000. The set consists of 4 pieces with walnut wooden handles and lid knobs.  The set is marked with 800 ( 800/000) and " Z "(Dutch silver hall mark for 800/000)

* The coffee pot measures 17.5 cm high, 16 cm wide and the depth is 11 cm

* the teapot measures 14 cm high, 18 cm wide and the depth is 12 cm

* the milk jar measures 10 cm high, 11.5 cm wide and the depth is 8 cm

* the sugar pot measures 11 cm high, 16 cm wide and the depth is 11 cm. 

(1 Inch = 2.54 cm) 

The total weight of the set is 1790 grams

Reference # M1494

Sterling silver round Art Deco serving tray, Hanau silver, 1934

A beautiful silver Art Deco serving tray, which is hammered in a beautiful round  Art Deco style with walnut wooden handles

The old silver hall marks on the back comes from Koch & Bergfeld silver hall mark and 930 for purity 930/000 of silver used from ca. 1884 and marked with English hall marks for Birmingham, (1889) This serving tray looks like German Hanau Silver given the marks. The silversmith "Schmidt", worked since 1934 in Germany (Hanau silversmith)

Furthermore, the entire tray is hallmarked with the Dutch silver hallmarks, used after 1953, after it has been imported to the Netherlands with the tax mark "V" and "ZI" for 925/000 purity of silver. 

The measurement is 3.5 cm high, 42.5 cm wide and the depth is 35.5 cm

1 Inch = 2,54 cm

The weight is about 1000 grams.

Reference # M1495

Otto Wolter, German Sterling Silver Tea set, Mid 20th Century

A 3 piece  German Sterling Silver tea set by Otto Wolter (1875-1991), consisting of a teapot, milk jug and a sugar bowl with lid. The sugar bowl and milk jug are gold plated on the inside. The lids have a walnut round button with silver. A beautiful set with beautiful round lines and shape.

Marked at the bottom with the hall marks of Otto Wolter Master sign, Sterling 925S and the German hall mark crescent and crown. Western Germany. 

The measurement of the teapot is 14 cm high, 28 cm wide and 15 cm deep. 

The milk jug is 7 cm high, 16 cm wide and 11 cm deep. 

The sugar bowl is 7 cm high and 11 cm diagonal. 

The total weight is 1165 grams

Otto Wolter (1875-1991), German silversmith was founded in 1875 and remained in the Wolter family until 1992. The company specialized in the production of silverware in various styles, as well as silver mountings for glassware and porcelain

Reference # M1496

jewelry box made by Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd, England (1901-1908)

Hall Marks of England

Birmingham, dated 1908 and Master sign

Brown velor fabric cover and silk interior and curved shape with claw feet

Measurements are 7 cm high, 14 cm wide and the depth is 9 cm

The weight is 182 gram

Reference # M488

A Dutch silver Doll House 20 cm high miniature cross-leg cabinet, Herbert Hooijkaas, 1901

A Dutch silver Doll House 20 cm high miniature cross-leg cabinet on bottle legs with twisted connection in Rococo style with columns and 2 doors with an interior with shelves. The top has a flap lid with 2 compartments. The cabinet has a scene of a landscape with people with animals and playing music

Dutch silver hallmarks

Made by silversmith Herbert Hooijkaas, Schoonhoven. 

The cabinet is dated with the Year letter R from the year 1901. 

The old ship mark (pseudo maker’s mark) on the bottom of the cabinet stands for the city Amsterdam, where the miniature cabinet is made. 

The H on the bottom also serves as a year letter. 

Hallmark Walking lion, 2 with the silver purity of 835/1000.

Minerva head

The measurements are 20 cm high, 9,5 cm wide and the depth is 4,5 cm

The weight is 526 gram

Reference # M635

Dutch Silver Bread Basket, Van Kempen & Begeer, 20th Century

An oval  round Dutch silver bread basket with floral openwork decor and pearl rim has

has scalloped shape and the basket is wide oval round

The silversmith is Van Kempen en Begeer, Zeist, late 20th Century

Marked with Silver hall marks, the master sign VKB crowned and ZII for 8935/000

Silver purity is 835/000

The measurements are 8 cm high, 27,5 cm wide and the depth is 22,5 cm

The weight is 412 grams

Shows some wear

Reference # M1501

Silver Sugar box, Vienna 1867-1872

An Austrian-Hungary silver sugar box with hinged lid. On the lid a rose with leaves as knob. A rectangular box with beautiful round scalloped body, raised on four legs with scroll leaf pattern. Inside the sugar box is gilded. The sugar box has the silver hall marks on the bottom and on the edge of the lid. Marked with the silver hallmarks Diana Head, used from 1867-1972 (Austria-Hungary). In the mark the letter 3 for 800/1000 purity of silver and the "A" for Vienna. The master mark is K.M.H. and also Hall mark ".Z." The Dutch silver mark for 800/1000. 

The measurement of the box is 13 cm high, 14 cm wide and the depth is 11 cm. 

The weight is 492 grams

Reference # M1506

Dutch Silver dessert set by Gerritsen, 1907

A set of 12 Dutch silver dessert spoons and a Silver large serving spoon with twisted and oval shaped with pearl rim handle in box 

Dutch silver hallmark of "sword" used from 1906 till 1953 and Silversmith Johannes Albertus Adolf Gerritsen, Amsterdam-Zoest, worked during 1906-1908(?) Dutch silver hall marked with Year letter X for the Year 1907

The measurement of the forks are 22 and 11,5 cm high, 6 and 2,5 cm wide and the depth is 0.5 cm. 

The total weight including box is 660 grams 

Reference # M1081

Dutch Crystal Tea Caddy with Silver cap, by Van Kempen & Zn, 1862

A Dutch octagonal crystal tea caddy with silver cap. A beautiful flower on top of the cap. The tea caddy is made by Fa. J.M. Van Kempen & Zonen, Voorschoten in 1862. The silver has the Dutch silver hallmarks. The master sign of Van Kempen & Zn, used during 1858-1924, Voorschoten. The "Lion 2" for silver purity of 833/1000 and the Year letter C for 1862. 

The measurement is 15 cm high and 9 cm diagonal. The weight is 596 grams

Reference # M1516

Dutch Silver knitting needle case by Meinardus Wilhelmus Warren, 1836-1864

A Dutch Silver knitting needle case with turned rib pattern and decorated at each side with a snake around the case. It is made by the Dutch Silversmith Meinardus Wilhelmus Warren, Sneek, between 1836-1864.

The case has the Dutch Hallmarks "Sword" This old sword hallmark mark was used between 1814-1906. The silversmith hallmark of Meinardus Wilhelmus Warren, used during 1836-1864 (Sneek, Friesland North Holland)

The measurement is 0,5 cm high, 26 cm wide and the depth is 1 cm

The weight is 28 grams

Reference # M1526

12 Dutch Silver pickle forks by Gerritsen, 1906

A set of 12 Dutch silver sour forks with twisted stem with bulb in box (stain in the fabric). 

Dutch silver hallmark of "sword" used from 1906 till 1953 and Silversmith Johannes Albertus Adolf Gerritsen, Amsterdam-Zoest, worked during 1906-1908(?) 

The measurement of the forks are 11,5 cm high, 1,2 cm wide and the dpth is 1 cm.

The total weight including box is 472 grams

Reference # M1082

Dutch Silver Bread Basket, Schoonhoven, 1966

An oval round Dutch silver bread basket with openwork decor and pearl rim. The basket has

a scalloped shape with openwork handles

The basket is Dutch silver hallmarked with the silversmith hallmark of J. Kris, Schoonhoven, this mark is used from 1947-1977. Marked with Silver hall marks ZII for 835/000, The minerva head with letter M for the Assay mark "Schoonhoven". The Year letter g for the Year 1966

The measurements are 9 cm high, 27,5 cm wide and the depth is 21 cm

The weight is 356 grams

Reference # M1527

An Italian silver Mirror by Livi Giancarlo, 1968-1971

A silver mirror made by the silversmith Livi Giancarlo, worked during 1959-1971. Marked with the hallmarks of Italy which has been in used since 1968. Marked with FI of Firenze and the 5 point star and the number 336 of the silversmith Livi Giancarlo. So made between 1968 and 1971. The silver frame is made of thin silver with purity 800/1000 with a pattern of gadroon rims with Acanthus leaves and scroll leaf feet. The back of plastic in wooden style. The mirror shows some traces of use. The dimensions are 24 cm high, 17.7 cm wide and 13 cm deep. 

The total weight is 266 grams (not boxed).

Reference # M1529

Gustav Hellstrøm enamel and gilt silver teaspoons, Norway, ca 1890

Beautiful set of teaspoons, silver purity of 925/000 gilded with enamel. The spoon handle is black enameled with green enamel leaf motif on the front and back. on the back of the spoons in a colorful enamel scenes of butterflies and birds on a black enamel background. Gustav Wilhelm Hellstrøm - Stavanger

(b. 1839 - d. 1902) Gustav Wilhelm Hellstrøm opened in 1868 his retail shop and a workshop in Stavanger, Norway. His son Gustav Fredrik Hellstrøm (1878 - 1965) was admitted as partner in the business in 1900 and succeeded in the activity at the death of his father (1902). The company's name was changed to G. Hellstrøm & Co, producing large quantities of silver and enamelware. The workshop closed in 1957. 

The spoons in original box, dated around 1890-1900

The length of the spoons are 9,5 cm and the width is 2 cm and 1 cm depth

Reference # M1533

Six piece Dutch silver tea set by Van Kempen & Zn, 1894

A six piece silver tea set in original box. The set consists of a teapot, a round sugar bowl, a milk jug, a spoon vase, a tea caddy and a glass with silver rim, raised on 3 ball feet coaster. The teapot and milk jug handles in Art Nouveau floral and leaf pattern. Each item (excluding the coaster) is raised on a foot with pearl rim and has a body of a fluting / groove shape with an openwork rail/ balcony with pearl edge. The set is Dutch silver hallmarked with the lion 2 for 833/000 purity of silver. The master sign of Fa. J.M. van Kempen & Zonen, Voorschoten, mark used from 1858-1924. The teapot has the Year letter probably the letter K for 1894 (faded) The sugar bowl has the Year letter L for 1895, The spoon vase has the Year letter O for 1898, The milk jar has the Year letter K for 1894. The tea caddy has the Yearletter O for the Year 1898. The coaster has the "old Sword" used between 1814-1906. 

The teapot measures 15 cm high, 19 cm wide and the depth is 11 cm. 

The silver total weight is 926 grams (without the box) 

The box is in used condition. (Silk and velvet soft fabric inside)

The inside of the  silver lids have signs of wear (not visible from the outside)

Reference # M1542

Balinese Yogya silver oval dish with scene of an Indonesian God and animals

An oval Indonesian Yogya dish from Bali, late 19th Century with in the center a scene of a God, surrounded with plants and flowers. Beautifully decorated with Kala heads (a mask of a monster lion) , between animals such as fish, crap, scrolls of leaves and finally with a gadrooned rim

The measurement is 2 cm high, 25,7 cm wide and the depth is 30,2 cm

The weight is 354 grams 

The silver from the former Dutch colony, East Indies, present-day Indonesia, is called Djokja. {Yogya). Traveling salesmen and repatriates brought many silver objects with them to the Netherlands. The largest and most beautiful production is from the period 1880 to 1930. 

Djokja (Yogya) silver is recognizable by the motifs used, such as the lotus figure, animal figures and geometric figures are also known. As a technique, Indonesian silver is considered important, something that the Europeans in Indonesia were very fond of. In addition, the silversmiths used an old regional technique: embossing; this is hammering out the silver from the outside

The use of silver in Djokja (Yogya) silver is often difficult to determine. In Indonesia, the amount of copper in the alloy and the associated hallmarks were not taken very seriously. In some cases there is only a number indicating the alloy, sometimes together with a maker's mark. There is no number or initials on this plate

Reference # M1595

A Dutch Silver Salver by George Reevers, 1856

A silver rectangular salver with round shapes, made by the silversmith George Reevers, Amsterdam, dated with the year letter W for 1856. The salver has a double edge with an engraving of Rocaille leaf motif in each corner, raised on four ball feet. The salver is Dutch hallmarked with the "Lion 1" for 934/000 purity of silver. Minerva head (Assayers mark) "A" for Amsterdam. The Year letter W for 1856. The shop brand mark van Benten & Zonen and the silversmith hallmark of George Reevers (mark used between 1838-1856) 

The measurement is 2 cm high, 22.5 cm wide and the depth is 18 cm. 

The silver salver weights 338 grams.

Shows traces of use

Reference # M1551

2 Dutch Silver serving spoons by Gerritsen & van Kempen

2 Dutch silver serving spoons with pattern "Hollands glad"

Made by GvK, zilverfabriek, Gerritsen & van Kempen, Zeist/ Voorschoten ( 1926-1961)

Marked by the Silversmith GvK, worked during 1926-1961, Lion 2 for 835/1000 silver 

Office Minerva mark with letter B for Utrecht and each a Year letter O & P for 1949 and 1950

The measurement is 18 cm high, 4,7 cm wide and the depth is 5 cm

The weight in total is 132 grams

Reference # M1078

Dutch oval silver tray by W. Brehm, 1920

An oval silver tray with raised edge, decorated and openwork with leaf motif and on the edge with pearl rim. 2 oval integrated handles. The tray raised at 4 feet. The silversmith is Wilhelmus Brehm, worked during first part of the 20th Century, Schoonhoven - Heusden. The tray is marked with the Dutch silver mark Lion 2 with purity of silver 835/1000. Minerva head (office mark) M for Schoonhoven. Master Sign W.B. for Wilhelmus Brehm. 

The dimensions are 5 cm high, 27.5 cm wide and 17.2 cm deep. 

The weight is 390 grams.

Reference # M1240

Silver basket with blue glass, by Richard Morton & Co, Sheffield, 1776

Silver basket on a round foot, openwork silver with acanthus leaves. The edge and the handle with pearl edge decorated. On the base and engraving of a crest (an arm with an ax in hand). 

The basket is 16 cm high and 8 cm diagonal. 

The weight in total is 339 grams

Reference # M1076

A Dutch oval silver photo frame, by Vos, Dirk & Izaak & Schoorl

Made by Vos, Dirk & Izaak & Schoorl, Aldert (Vos & Co n.v. Jacques)

Master sign is V.S. in double circle (1915-1920)

Dutch Silver hallmark "sword" 833/1000, used during 1906-1953

This frame is made between 1915-1920, Haarlem, 's-Hertogenbosch 

The frame has a wooden back and standard

The measurements are:

18,5 cm high, 14 cm wide and the depth is 13 cm

The weight is 293 gram.

Reference # M713

19th Century French Silver snuff box by Dubois Leon & Bauve Henri

Late 19th Century silver snuffbox with engraved centre and gilt interior

Hall marked by the Silversmith, Dubois Leon & Bauve Henri

The Dutch tax / duty sign Silver hall mark , boar

And the French export Mercury mark

Silver 800/1000, gold plated (interior)

In the centre inside the engraved medaillon up in the lid, you can let it engraved by a smith with initials, date or a name.

The measurements are 2,7 cm high, 9,5 cm wide and the depth is 3,7 cm

The weight is 82 gram

Reference # M676