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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 12-19-2012 09:35 AM
  
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 |
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vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 01-20-2013 09:33 AM
 Hanau marks? IP: Logged |
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agleopar Posts: 850 |
posted 01-20-2013 11:11 AM
Vathek, that last face is so dark and menacing and the lighting in the photo is perfect! IP: Logged |
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vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 01-21-2013 06:36 AM
thank you agleopar, not due to any particular photographic skill on my part. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 02-01-2013 09:42 AM
Snapshots from wandering around the the Miami Shows. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 02-01-2013 10:12 AM
A few more from walking around the Miami shows. IP: Logged |
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vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 02-01-2013 08:25 PM
it really is amazing what can be done with silver. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 02-02-2013 10:18 AM
A few more from our wanderings at the Miami Shows. (note: we didn't inspect these so it is the dealer who is saying they are made in silver.) IP: Logged |
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vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 02-17-2013 06:45 AM
would that sturgeon looking thing have been used for caviar? Scott, do you remember how big it was? [This message has been edited by vathek (edited 02-17-2013).] IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 02-17-2013 08:13 AM
There were two. Both identical. Together they both occupied a table top. They were set out head to tail, so they were chasing each other. You can see the lips of the second one in the right edge if the photo. My best recollection is that they were large, perhaps 18 inches to 20 inches. I suspect they were center pieces. And since the containers were vermeil, they could have been used for almost anything. IP: Logged |
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dragonflywink Posts: 993 |
posted 02-22-2013 07:32 PM
That owl is just wonderful - any information on him? Figureheads from Scandinavian Viking ship salts: Souvenir spoon Vikings - two at top are early 1890s American 'Leif Ericson' spoons, Gorham for Daniel Low (Anne Whitney's famous statues in Boston & Milwaukee at top) and a more fierce Leif by Towle; the others are Norwegian, the two lower left are .830 silver by Lohne Bros. and Gustav Hellstrøm; the two lower right are silverplate by Th. Marthinsen: ~Cheryl IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 02-23-2013 02:20 PM
I don't know anything about the owl. At the show it was in a case with other silver. The seller said it was silver but was busy with a real customer and only had time to say I could photograph it. IP: Logged |
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agleopar Posts: 850 |
posted 02-23-2013 08:42 PM
My guess is it is a Buccellati made animal, they nailed that fuzzy/furry/feathery thing! IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 02-24-2013 05:51 AM
from: Unger Brothers: For Your Viewing Pleasure, Or Not
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nutmegr Posts: 58 |
posted 02-27-2013 09:14 AM
 From a silverplated dish with no markings. I'm so glad I finally got the picture to come out the right size! ------------ IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 02-27-2013 10:41 AM
He looks like he's about to sneeze. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 03-31-2013 06:35 PM
G.J. DENNIS ELIZABETH II SILVER FIGURAL CAVIAR SERVER. G.J. Dennis Gold and Silversmith London, England, 2002 IP: Logged |
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 04-25-2013 06:49 PM
From the handles of a mid-19th c Gorham tea set: (See this thread: Gorham troll-face tea set ) IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 05-06-2013 09:10 AM
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 09-23-2013 04:19 PM
  Danish artist: Frodo Mikkelsen IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 09-23-2013 09:32 PM
Yorick is right at home in Denmark. IP: Logged |
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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 09-23-2013 10:02 PM
OK, I give. What is it?? IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 09-24-2013 11:26 AM
I think they are two unrelated concepts merged together and that makes as much sense to me as a trout in a tree. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 01-31-2014 02:58 PM
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 01-31-2014 03:38 PM
Solid silver head, gents cane, marked 925 IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 01-31-2014 05:25 PM
Cleopatra Selene silver bust  Emblema of Cleopatra Selene, Roman, parcel gilt silver, circa late 1st Century B.C./early 1st Century A.D., 6 7/8 inches high The Roman Parcel Gilt Silver Emblema of Cleopatra Selene was created within a few decades of the birth of Christ. Raised from a single sheet, it is superbly sculpted in high relief in the form of the bust of a young woman wearing an elephant headdress over the top of her head. The raised trunk and tapering tusks project forward. All of these were separately made and inserted. The skin of the beast is crosshatched, and each diamond is carefully punctuated by a central dot, and its broad ears sweep along her neck. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 03-04-2014 01:49 PM
FOUR FACES OF BUDDHA 
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vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 04-20-2014 07:32 AM
Scott: I have to wonder in what circumstances the Punch creamer (and matching set?) would have been used. It's hard to imagine that being used in the context of Downton or some dour member of the Prussian military aristocracy trotting that out at a dinner party. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 04-20-2014 08:28 AM
I haven't a clue but the caricature is great... it sort of reminds me of a bearded Jimmy Durante. Perhaps it was used when entertaining the Proletariat? IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 04-20-2014 09:46 AM
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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 10-07-2014 03:42 PM
A find last month in Brimfield; this face was added on to an English sterling serving spoon converted to a berry spoon, London 1800. The face and the other additional engraving added are quite rough, and it's not something I would normally pick up, but I couldn't resist the face!
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 11-13-2014 04:13 PM
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 02-14-2015 02:49 PM
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Polly Posts: 1970 |
posted 02-14-2015 10:19 PM
That's one of my favorites. IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 02-28-2015 11:40 AM
See: Anniversary cheese scoop IP: Logged |
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chicagosilver Posts: 227 |
posted 03-01-2015 12:26 PM
Th-th-th-that's not all folks... Kalo Shop Porky statuettes, solid, and heavy, with jeweled eyes:     IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 03-17-2015 01:43 PM
 -------------------- This thread continues in Great faces in silver #7 IP: Logged |
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