Guide to Collecting & Trading Antique Sterling Silver

Antique Sterling Silver is an Antique Silver Guide that provides tips on trading, collecting and educational guidance about antique silver. We will further provide information on all forms of antique silver inclusive of Georgian Silver, Gorham Martele Silver, Tiffany Silver, Colonial Silver, and any other item that is traded or collected in the realm of trading or collecting antique silver as a collectible. Antique Silver is owned and sponsored by: The Silver Museum LLC.

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What is Aesthetic Movement Silver?

Aesthetic Movement Silver by Gorham What is Aesthetic Movement Silver? In the United States from around the years 1865 to 1890 there was a rush of silver companies adopting the design aesthetics of Japanese naturalistic art forms. These pieces often included the artful use of flowers, lily pads, frogs, bugs, grasshoppers, butterflies, sea grass, dragon flies, fish, spiders, sea life and many other Japanese inspired design aesthetics. This design influence is sometimes re

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14th Century Sterling Silver Pattern by Shreve & Co. of San Francisco

14th Century Sterling Silver Pattern by Shreve & Co. of San Francisco The 14th Century Sterling Silver Pattern by Shreve & Co. of San Francisco is one the most unusual antique sterling silver patterns ever manufactured. It is evocative of the times of Spanish swash buckling sailing ships. The pattern looks like the decorative portions of pirate treasure chests. The pattern features faux rivets and an intricately cut out cross shaped pattern. Shreve & Co. only manufa

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Jan 92 min read

Fontainebleau Gorham Antique Sterling Silver Flatware from the year 1880 modeled after French Renaissance Nobility and Royalty

Fontainebleau Gorham Antique Sterling Silver Flatware from the year 1880 modeled after French Renaissance Nobility and Royalty The Gorham Fontainebleau Sterling Silver Flatware pattern is a very eloborately decorated multi-motif pattern modeled after the french nobility and royalty of 16th century France. Each piece depicts a various person inclusive of royals, courtiers, servents, noblemen, queens, princesses, princes, kings and more. The pattern was first made in the ye

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Nov 30, 20252 min read

Tiffany Indian Style with Elephant Head Sterling Silver Water Pitchers Pair

Tiffany Indian Style with Elephant Head Sterling Silver Water Pitchers Pair Tiffany Indian Style with Elephant Head Sterling Silver Water Pitchers Pair A pair of Tiffany Indian Style Elephant Head Sterling Silver Water Pitchers sold at Sotheby's Auction House for $68,750.00. These are some of the most highly ornated and decorated pieces that will ever come around. The amount of hand chasing work had to have taken hundreds of hours to create everything. The head of elephant

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Oct 29, 20251 min read

Lily Pattern Sterling Silver Pattern Made by Gorham in Year 1870

Lily Pattern Sterling Silver Pattern Made by Gorham in Year 1870 Lily sterling silver pattern was created in the year 1870 by Gorham. It depicts several lily of the valley flowers in a hybrid transitional style between Victorian and Art Nouveau. There is not much of this pattern around. The pieces we've found on Ebay run between $100- $150 per troy ounce. There is likely not a complete line in this pattern meaning no forks, spoons, soups, salad forks, iced teaspoons et

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Oct 14, 20252 min read