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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 03-17-2015 01:49 PM Great faces in silver #7 The first parts of this thread are: Great faces in silver #1 Great faces in silver #2 Great faces in silver #3 Great faces in silver #4 Great faces in silver #5 Great faces in silver #6 From time to time great faces show up in silver and silverplate. We thought it would be fun to start a thread where we post photos of great silver faces. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 04-11-2015 12:20 PM IP: Logged
chicagosilver Posts: 227 Registered: Aug 2005	posted 04-13-2015 01:23 PM Eric de Kolb was born in Vienna in 1916 to a wealthy family. He started designing at age 6. After WWII he moved to NY and created cosmetic packaging for some of the biggest US firms. Later he made jewelry, surrealistic objects, and miniature sculptures, and designed everything from handbags to honey bottles to villas. He died in 2001 during cataract surgery. This large gold de Kolb pin has lifelike enamel eyes, and loops on the reverse for use as a pendant. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 04-14-2015 07:03 PM IP: Logged
asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 11-30-2015 01:08 PM That Gorham face pitcher is crazy! (LIKE) IP: Logged
doc Posts: 728 Registered: Jul 2003	posted 11-30-2015 09:52 PM The Gorham pitcher face is by far the coolest face piece I have seen! IP: Logged
asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 12-01-2015 10:46 AM If I'm not mistaken, I've seen that pitcher online and from what I understand, it's entirely hand raised (like their Martele line) Quite a masterpiece, really! IP: Logged
Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 12-06-2015 09:28 PM brooch by Kiff Slemmons, circa 1990 Part of the exhibition "Figures of Speech", held at the Mia Gallery in Seattle around 1990 IP: Logged
asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 12-07-2015 12:26 PM Good to see you posting, Paul! Cool piece! IP: Logged
jersey Posts: 1203 Registered: Feb 2005	posted 12-11-2015 09:34 PM Hello Paul! Makes a statement alright & makes me smile! Nice to hear from you! Please post more often. Jersey IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1970 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 01-19-2016 12:47 PM Do we have this one yet? Shiebler's man-in-the-moon face, which I've seen on various things (pill box, match safe, etc). This one is a baby's rattle and whistle: Front: Back, with an applied bat, the marks, and the date 1886: IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 01-19-2016 01:06 PM That is great! IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1970 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 01-19-2016 01:48 PM Here's the Shiebler moon face as a match safe in the Cooper Hewitt's collection: IP: Logged
ahwt Posts: 2334 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 01-20-2016 08:30 AM The Shiebler's man-in-the-moon face with a bat on the reverse is just the thing to quiet a baby. What was Shiebler thinking? IP: Logged
asheland Posts: 935 Registered: Nov 2003	posted 01-20-2016 11:06 AM Very cool, Polly! IP: Logged
Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 01-25-2016 03:01 PM Polly--incredible Shiebler find!!! IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1970 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 01-25-2016 05:26 PM Thank you, Paul! Good to see you around. What is the intriguing profile pendant you posted above? IP: Logged
Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 01-31-2016 09:08 PM Hi Polly--thanks! Just don't have as much time as I used to to post stuff. This thread (one of my faves) inspired me to make that pendant--I love faces yet didn't have anything face-y to wear myself! I also just posted a couple face-y mysteries in the jewelry forum. IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1970 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 01-31-2016 09:25 PM Wow, you made that pendant? So fabulous! IP: Logged
ahwt Posts: 2334 Registered: Mar 2003	posted 02-07-2016 11:18 PM Your pendant is great. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 02-23-2016 08:50 AM Artist: Marcus Harvey (British, born 1963) Title: Maquette for Heroic Bust of Churchill Size: 24 cm. (9.4 in.) Sterling Stuff II, Monday, November 17, 2008–Sunday, January 18, 2009 IP: Logged
June Martin Forum Master Posts: 1326 Registered: Apr 93	posted 03-19-2016 09:32 PM Never seen Churchill with a Mohawk. That is wild. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 04-03-2016 07:02 AM IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 04-26-2016 02:45 PM IP: Logged
dragonflywink Posts: 993 Registered: Dec 2002	posted 05-12-2016 11:39 AM Detail from a Norwegian spoon, her head only about 1/8" (3mm) wide... ~Cheryl IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 08-24-2016 06:28 PM IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1970 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 08-25-2016 10:43 AM That's hilarious! But I would worry that cream would get stuck in his nose. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 10-21-2016 03:12 PM IP: Logged
Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 10-24-2016 11:51 AM pin for the 103rd aero squadron during WWI. From Wikipedia: quote: The 103d Aero Squadron was an aviation pursuit squadron of the U.S. Air Service that served in combat in France during World War I...The 103d Aero Squadron was the first U.S. pursuit squadron in action during World War I and had the longest combat service, from 19 February to 11 November 1918. i think these pins were given to the ace pilots of this squadron. this piece is marked Tiffany Paris. the only other example of this particular pin I have seen came up at auction in 2009. some "collector" websites sell recasts of this and other pins . many examples of this piece, and other Tiffany-created squadron pins, have been repro'ed and put on the market. [This message has been edited by Paul Lemieux (edited 10-24-2016).] IP: Logged
nautilusjv Posts: 253 Registered: Nov 2008	posted 10-24-2016 02:05 PM Some great faces in silverplate! A silverplate salt spoon in the Roman Medallion pattern by Reed & Barton. A Bacchus head (one of 2) on a Derby silverplate Japanesque pitcher. Old Man of the North on a silverplate ice water pitcher with a polar bear finial. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 12-07-2016 09:18 AM IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 05-21-2017 03:35 PM length of bowl over handles 24 in.; length of stand 30 in. quote: Sunset Magazine vol. 13 (May-October 1904) (per Sotheby's) The 1904 San Francisco conclave was held from September 6th to 9th and was honored by the attendance of the Supreme Grand Master of the United Kingdom, the Earl of Euston. "The decorations, the parades, the welcome and receptions and entertainment were resplendent with California hospitality." When, two years later, the host city was stricken by the earthquake, American Templars sent over $48,000 to their San Francisco brethren, including $4,631 from Illinois. "The competitive drill held in Golden Gate Park attracted over 25,000 people. Generous credit was given for the high degree of efficiency shown by the competing Commanderies. No prizes were awarded but beautiful trophies were presented to each Drill Corps" (Francis J. Scully, M.D., History of the Grand Encampment Knights Templar of the United States of America). The piece was described in Sunset Magazine: "a punch bowl of more than ordinary beauty and artistic merit. It is of hand-beaten copper, gold lined, ornamented with Indian arrow-heads, silver shields, spears, war-hammers, targets, scalps, and other Indian trappings bound in place with silver thongs. The handles of the bowl and the ladle are of deer horns. It was designed and exectued in San Francisco by Hammersmith and Field and is, as an easterner said, thoroughly westernesque." Despite this assertion in the press, the local jeweler had in fact turned to a New York maker for this "western" piece. Joseph Henrich was established as a metal molder and finisher in New York by the 1880s. After 1902 he was listed both at 948 Broadway, opposite the Flatiron building and probably a showroom, and at 227 West 29th Street, most likely a workshop and perhaps a wholesale showroom. His innovative copper and silver pieces were retailed by many important firms, including Tiffany and Black Starr & Frost. An "Indian" punch bowl and stand, with many of the same motifs as the offered lot, is in the Metropolitan Museum, with a retailer's mark of Shreve, Crump & Low, Boston (Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, fig. 6.68, p. 198). The business ended in the mid 1920s. Hammersmith & Field were San Francisco retail jewelers, founded in 1886. After the earthquake of 1906 the name was changed to Hammersmith & Co. Souvenir spoons and watches bearing their name are fairly common, but they did supply larger works such as this punch bowl and a trophy that was raced for by the San Francisco Yacht Club in 1895. However, nothing in their labeled wares indicates they could have "designed and executed" a piece of this complexity. IP: Logged
vathek Posts: 966 Registered: Jun 99	posted 06-24-2017 02:14 PM A small brooch by Kerr: [This message has been edited by vathek (edited 06-24-2017).] IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 06-25-2017 02:01 PM --------------- This thread continues in Great faces in silver #8 IP: Logged

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