This elegant but simple circa 1920s-30s sterling silver handled tea tray is by M. Fred Hirsch Co., Jersey City, New Jersey. Fisher took over the Hirsch firm in 1945. The tray weighs 57.5 troy ounces and is pictured holding a full-size 5-piece Gorham Plymouth tea service. Dimensions are 21-1/4 inches handle to handle x 13-1/4 inches; 17-1/2 x 12 inches of flat surface. A lovely tray with no monogram, so you can put on your own.
This terrific Continental silver fox lying in wait is a rare silver animal. He measures 6 inches in length x 2-1/2 inches high at the top of his ears. Weight is 7.07 troy ounces. Very realistic thick coat and bushy tail and expression. This is an an animal that is rarely seen.
This appealing Continental (835) German silver sheep is realistically crafted and is a wonderful and unusual table ornament. Just look at the wooly coat and the placid expression. It would be great as part of a herd of silver animals. Dimensions are 3-3/8 inches long x 2 inches high.
This unusual 800 silver wild boar was made in Germany and is an animal one never sees as a silver decorative piece. Dimensions are 4-1/8 inches in length x 2-1/8 inches in height. Weight is 4.5 troy ounces. What a great piece to start or add to your silver animal collection!
This handsome 800 Continetal stilver stag was crafted in Germany and makes a wonderful table ornament. Dimensions are 5.5 inches long by 5.5 inches high at the antler and 7 troy ounces in weight. This is a great piece because of the crisply rendered details, the large size and the very good condition.
This giant German (800) silver stag is a great decorative arts piece, one of the largest silver ornaments we have had. Dimensions are 7-1/16 in. high at the top of the antler, 9-1/4 in. in length, weighing 24.82 troy ounces. Extremely realistic and beautifully detailed, this stag would be handsome and striking as a table centerpiece or on your sideboard. This would be the focal point of a collection of silver animals.
This lovely vintage sterling silver sugar shaker, also known as a muffineer, was made by Fisher. Dimensions are 6-1/4 inches high x 2-1/2 inches in diameter at the widest point. Weight is 3.21 troy ounces. Fisher Silversmiths was a Jersey City, NJ and New York City silver company that manufactured sterling and silver plated holloware and flatware as early as 1936. The firm was successor to M. Fred Hirsch Co.
This wonderful and hard-to-find solid silver figure of a moose is made of 800 silver. On the bottom of the moose's left rear hoof is stamped 800, a half moon, and a crown. Dimensions are 5-1/2 inches in length, 3-1/2 inches high at the withers and 4-1/8 inches high at the antler. Weight is a hefty 9.06 troy ounces. Extremely well modeled and detailed from his expression to his coat, this is a great piece of decorative silver.
This attractive and useful vintage silver plate hot chocolate pot was made by Birks, considered to be Canada's greatest silver maker. Birks started in Montreal in 1879, and Henry Birks & Sons Ltd. purchased the Canadian subsidiary of Gorham in 1907. This chocolate measures 6-1/4 inches from handle to spout and 8 inches at the top of the French ivory finial (French ivory is an early form synthetic ivory or plastic). This pot is versatile and could be used for cream or even syrup at the br ...click for details
Sterling silver punch cups are rare as hen's teeth. This set of 10 repousse sterling cups are just gorgeous. Hallmarked by Garrard & Co. Ltd., of Regent Street, London in 1965, the cups measure 3 inches high, 5 inches from handle to rim, and 3-3/4 inches in diameter at the top. On each cup there are two blank cartouches suitable for engraving. The cups average about 5.78 troy ounces in weight. Just look at the images and see how wonderful these punch cups look surrounding a punch bowl!
