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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 10-24-2006 03:26 PM Great faces in silver #2 The first part of this thread is Great faces in silver #1 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. from Figural Face Water Pitcher IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 10-28-2006 11:04 PM The medallion portion of this thread was broken out to its own thread Great faces in silver -- medallions IP: Logged
vathek Posts: 966 Registered: Jun 99	posted 10-30-2006 03:24 PM Mustn't forget Douvaine: IP: Logged
hello Posts: 200 Registered: Jun 2005	posted 10-31-2006 06:25 PM On the handle of a butter dish by George Sharp and one from William B. Kerr IP: Logged
carlaz Posts: 239 Registered: Jan 2001	posted 11-03-2006 12:33 PM image from a Gorham Bust style Tea Pot handle IP: Logged
carlaz Posts: 239 Registered: Jan 2001	posted 11-03-2006 12:35 PM A gorgeous three dimensional Wood & Hughes croquet server handle IP: Logged
carlaz Posts: 239 Registered: Jan 2001	posted 11-03-2006 12:37 PM My personal favorite, an enamel design on a Gorham chrysanthemum spoon IP: Logged
Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 11-20-2006 09:49 PM Finally I have had a few moments to take pictures of some of my favorite faces from my collection. Man in the moon cigar lighter by Dominick & Haff: One of my favorite singers, the great and tragic chanteuse Edith Piaf (1915-1963), immortalized on a French silver medallion pendant (dated 1967): An Unger Brothers pin: A Continental handmade silver pin, engraved "Mapia" on the reverse (and no, I don't know where the bump on her forehead came from) : Northwind faces on a ca 1905 fob: A fantastic Japanese style creature with hand-chased details on a marked sterling crumb tray (from Derby SP Company...who knew they did this kind of work?) : IP: Logged
Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 11-20-2006 09:52 PM And two more from the children's department... An 1883 Gorham child's bowl with various young faces "bursting through": And my favorite, a miserable little girl engraved on an 1870s Durgin youth spoon: IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 11-22-2006 10:27 AM Paul, What a great addition. Thank you. I am curious, is there a story behind the Edith Piaf piece? Do you know who was/is Rock? PS. Edith Piaf is also one of June's favorites IP: Logged
Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 11-22-2006 11:45 AM When I first saw the medal, I expected it to date from 1963, when she died. As it is dated 1967, perhaps it was made in preparation for the 5-year anniversary of her death. Or maybe it was from a series of legendary French entertainers. I think this is the first time I have seen a pop celebrity depicted on a silver medallion. The side of the medallion is stamped ARGENT with the hallmark and "1967". The back side of the medallion depicts Piaf singing in an abstracted street or cityscape. As for the sculptor, Rock or Roch, I could find nothing about him. IP: Logged
June Martin Forum Master Posts: 1326 Registered: Apr 93	posted 11-24-2006 10:16 AM I absolutely love this thread!! IP: Logged
FredZ Posts: 1070 Registered: Jun 99	posted 11-24-2006 05:48 PM I still think this Paval jigger has great face in silver and so I am re-posting it. Fred IP: Logged
Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 Registered: Aug 2000	posted 12-26-2006 11:01 PM A rather intense Japanese fellow from a Tiffany scent bottle C.1870-75. IP: Logged
doc Posts: 728 Registered: Jul 2003	posted 01-01-2007 02:50 PM Image from cigarette container of a Reed & Barton smoking set in the Venetian pattern. IP: Logged
rian Posts: 169 Registered: Jan 2006	posted 01-01-2007 04:25 PM Now that is wonderful! I'll bet keeping your cigarettes in that container made it much easier to quit smoking. IP: Logged
outwest Posts: 390 Registered: Nov 2005	posted 01-03-2007 02:00 AM I think this might qualify as a face. IP: Logged
outwest Posts: 390 Registered: Nov 2005	posted 01-03-2007 02:01 AM quote: Originally posted by outwest: I think this might qualify as a face. It might help if I put the picture... IP: Logged
rian Posts: 169 Registered: Jan 2006	posted 01-03-2007 06:35 AM Hi outwest, is that Heraldic by Whiting? It looks like it might be, but the helmet on the lone spoon I have has a grating. I know other makers used patterns with a knight's helmet,but I've never actually seen one in the metal. IP: Logged
Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 01-23-2007 12:32 AM That looks like the Heraldic pattern as it is seen on hollow-handled items like knives and button hooks. Here are a few more interesting faces... An 1910s-20s Navajo tourist trade cuff: A fascinating 1880s pin by Howard Sterling Co.: An enamel bowl from a ca 1900 continental souvenir spoon (the spoon is German, like most of this type, but I don't know who the child in the bowl is) IP: Logged
outwest Posts: 390 Registered: Nov 2005	posted 01-24-2007 10:05 PM Great faces! Yes, mine is the handle of a button shoe hook. IP: Logged
vathek Posts: 966 Registered: Jun 99	posted 01-25-2007 03:54 PM From a J W Forbes coin footed tray: IP: Logged
jersey Posts: 1203 Registered: Feb 2005	posted 04-27-2007 06:07 PM FYI. Perhaps many of you know this already, but I had never heard the word before & so I thought I would share it on this post since it seems to be an appropriate word to describe some of the masks & faces on silver etc. The word is Mascarons, meaning grotesque faces or masks. I love it! Jersey IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 06-19-2007 12:19 PM IP: Logged
jersey Posts: 1203 Registered: Feb 2005	posted 06-19-2007 03:11 PM Scott! He is superb! What is it on, and who is the maker? Thank you. Enjoy the day. Jersey IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 06-19-2007 09:43 PM Tiffany bowl IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 12-02-2007 02:19 PM Unger tray - approx. 7" wide IP: Logged
jersey Posts: 1203 Registered: Feb 2005	posted 03-21-2008 07:45 PM Hello! Re: Piaf medal. FYI Jean-Philippe ROCH, sculptor & medallist born in 1924. Jersey IP: Logged
Marc Posts: 414 Registered: Jun 2002	posted 03-26-2008 12:42 PM Hi all, I collect figurals in all media. Here are a few more of my 'faces' in sterling. Marc IP: Logged
Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 Registered: Aug 2000	posted 03-26-2008 12:56 PM Marc, Could you post a larger, and/or more detailed, picture of the Dominick & Haff piece? That looks like one spectacular and bizarre example of their 1880's arts & crafts work! IP: Logged
Marc Posts: 414 Registered: Jun 2002	posted 03-26-2008 10:01 PM Hi again.. Here is a photo of the entire candle holder. I only polished the head, so the rest is really tarnished. It is 12 3/4" tall, made by Dominick & Haff, has their date mark of 1881, and was retailed by Howard & Co. It is all hand hammered. It is missing the snuffer, which, when I find out what it looks like, I will have made. I purchased it 23 years ago at a DC Armory show, took it home and have had it on my library desk ever since. It makes me smile every time I look at it. I figure that this was made for a gentleman's' club and passed around to light cigars or cigarettes. It will hold candles up to 1.75" in diameter. The really neat thing is that as the wax drips down into the pan, it will flow onto the table beneath after 10 minutes or so. I love it. It is the second most favorite piece in my collection, after my 3 foot tall hand wrought iron "Miss Piggy" (granted , the pig is wearing a polka dotted red dress, with matching shoes, blond curls, and is staring into a mirror), but she is not silver and belongs in the "Iron & Steel" forum which Scott will be starting any day. Marc IP: Logged
Richard Kurtzman Moderator Posts: 768 Registered: Aug 2000	posted 04-21-2008 01:06 AM Here's another stern looking fellow. This one's from the top of a Frank Whiting bon bon box. (Come February, 2009 he's going to have to get rid of that thing sticking out of his head and get a converter box.) IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 04-21-2008 03:41 AM Some terrific faces. Make a good slide show too! IP: Logged
Marc Posts: 414 Registered: Jun 2002	posted 04-22-2008 05:00 PM Hi there ..More faces from my collection.. Marc Dragon's face on small tray. Fish face on a fish server (2 photos) This shows two of the four winds on the rim of a large tray. IP: Logged
doc Posts: 728 Registered: Jul 2003	posted 04-25-2008 03:20 PM I think that this post, along with its predecessor, would make great material for an article in Silver Magazine. This group's recent contributions have been some of my favorite articles. IP: Logged
agphile Posts: 798 Registered: Apr 2008	posted 05-08-2008 10:14 AM [URL=http://www.smpub.com/ubb/images/08/012520-TREFIDFACEa.jpg[/IMG] Sorry to add something a bit more naïve - on an unattributed English provincial trefid spoon of circa 1680. I'm not sure whether to think of this as a fat gentleman in a fancy jacket or an unattractive angel with folded wings. IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 05-21-2008 10:04 AM IP: Logged
FredZ Posts: 1070 Registered: Jun 99	posted 05-21-2008 03:51 PM Here is a piece I completed for my wife 20 years ago. Fred IP: Logged
FWG Posts: 845 Registered: Aug 2005	posted 05-21-2008 05:00 PM Very nice, Fred - great expression! (other) Fred IP: Logged
agleopar Posts: 850 Registered: Jun 2004	posted 05-21-2008 06:53 PM Great design and execution! ------------------ The thread continues Great faces in silver #3 (click here) IP: Logged

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