Antique Silver Bowls

Smaller Silver Bowls were originally made with covers for sugar. The cover, with its’ ring foot, was used as a saucer for the teaspoon. However, as these Bowls developed, the covers seemed to disappear about 1760 in English Silver and the "Sugar Urn" began to appear in American Silver. With the advent of the Tea Service there also came the Slop Bowl.
Larger Bowls such as Punch Bowls, Centerpiece Bowls, Baptismal Bowls are also found, although not as common as the smaller Bowls.

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Basket by WHITTEMORE & BLAIR New Orleans, c. 1838-1840 12” diameter; 36 ozs. Circular Basket with cast, applied dart border at the edge, swing handle on a pedestal base. Marked “WHITTEMORE & BLAIR” with two pseudo hallmarks on the base. price upon request

Bowl by MARTELE a Division of The Gorham Manufacturing Co. Retailed by SPAULDING & CO., Chicago Providence, RI, c.1898 8 ½” diameter; 2 ¼” tall; 21 ozs. 10 dwts. A circular bowl of “federseichnung” patterning on 4 feet. This design is also referred to as an abstract marine design. Marked on the base with the Gorham date letter for 1898/the Martele Eagle above the lion passant-anchor-G/950-1000 Fine/7674/SPAULDING & CO./CHICAGO. See: “*Magnificent, Marvelous Martele” by John Webster Keefe & Samuel J. Hough, The New Orleans Museum of Art, 2001; pages 84-85 and 110-111. price upon request*

Butter Dish by SAMUEL KIRK & SON Baltimore, c.1850 5 ½ tall; 25 ozs.; 10 dwts. Covered Butter Dish with liner; the body and lid having overall repousse floral decoration standing on 4 cast feet with oriental men at the joins; the silver liner with geometric piercing and the lid having a cast, floral finial. A cartouche on both the body and the lid bear the initials “GHOR” with a crest above. Marked “S.KIRK & SON” (incised) and “10.15”. price upon request

Sweet Meat/Sugar basket by BAILEY & CO. Philadelphia, c.1850 4 3/8” to top of handle 2 1/8” diameter of base 3” diameter of lip 2 ozs. without blue glass liner Slightly tapered, straight sided, wire work basket with applied leaves and tendrils; applied rope work at the base and lip and having a rope work swing handle. The basket has a scalloped edge and a removable blue glass liner. Marked “* BAILEY & CO.” (all incised) on the base. price upon request*

Pr. Dessert Stands by JOHN S. HUNT London, 1853 10 ¾” tall; 7 3/8” diameter at rim; 6 ¾” diameter at base; 92 ozs. Pair of cast Dessert Stands with vines, leaves and grapes entwining the base, forming the feet and then rising up to form the support for cut crystal dishes. Large cast Cherubs are on each base; the first, a soldier wearing a helmet and holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other, with a sword on the ground at his side. The second, playing a lyre. Contemporary Coats-of-Arms in cast cartouches at the base of each. Marked for JOHN S. HUNT, London, 1853 on the base of each, on the cast cartouches of each as well as on the Spear and the Sword. Further marked “Hunt & Roskell” “Late Storr & Mortimer”, incised, on the bottom edge of each base. price upon request

Sugar Urn by Robert Swan Philadelphia, c.1790 10 ½” tall; 10 ozs. 6 dwts. Gallery Top Sugar Urn on a square base with applied beading at the foot and a Gallery edge at the rim. The pull off lid has a cast, applied urn finial. Contemporary script initials “CAP” on the front. Marked “R.SWAN” twice n the base. price upon request

Slop Bowl by CHRISTIAN WILTBERGER Philadelphia, c.1795 4 ¾” tall; 12 ozs. Circular Shop Bowl on a square base with applied beading at the foot and the top edge. Contemporary script initial “W” on the front. Marked once on the outside edge of the foot “C.WILTBERGER”. price upon request

Covered Sugar bowl by NICHOLAS ROOSEVELT New York City, c.1740 3 5/8” high; 4 3/8” diameter; 8 ozs. Slightly flaring Bowl with stepped lip and molded foot, low domed cover with molded ring finial which when reversed forms the foot of a tazza. Marked once on the base and twice on the top of the cover “N.RV” conjoined. price upon request

Bowl by JOSEPH ANTHONY Philadelphia, c.1785 3 5/8” high; 5 ¾” diameter; 18 oz. 2 dwts. Circular Bowl with a cast, applied gadrooned lip; the body on a stepped circular foot. Marked in script “JA” three times on the base. price upon request

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