The ongoing task of keeping silver beautiful is certainly epitomized in the job of polishing. When I pull out my formal service flatware to prepare it for a meal, I relish the moment as I clean the gorgeous detail of my set. Through our years in fine antiques, we have found flatware to be a [...]
Pair Bronze Lion Statues Cast Metal Garden Entryway Ornaments 33″ Erik Kramer
One of the best parts of consigning high quality antiques and collectibles is meeting new clients and hearing the stories behind their items. Stories that enhance the pair of vintage bronze lion garden statues that we have on consignment. As our consignment client was approaching retirement, he was on a business trip in California. One [...]
How to Use Leather for Safe Silver Hollowware Cleaning
One of the greatest challenges when cleaning a sterling silver bowl, teapot, compote, shaker, or kettle on stand, is cleaning it without damaging it. When the weight of the individual cleaning it is incorrectly applied to the piece, it can easily result in dents, or one area being pushed into the other. Among the most [...]
How to Identify Popular American Coin Silver and Flatware Patterns
From colonial times until 1868 when the United States adopted the sterling silver standard requiring all silversmiths to use sterling containing at least 925 parts per thousand of pure silver, most American silver was produced in the slightly lower 900 purity silver, known as coin silver. Coin silver takes its name from the practice of [...]
