Silver & Silver-plated items

Flightless bird walks away with a new owner as silver novelty rarities catch the eye at Kinghams

An historic piece of Georgian silver – the ‘pair’ to the famed Walpole ‘seal salver’ in the Victoria & Albert Museum – is being offered for sale following its recent rediscovery in New York.

In 1869, under the terms of the will of John Davy, brother of the celebrated chemist Humphry Davy, the Davy Medal was established in his name.

An interview with antiques dealer Jeremy Astfalck of The Old Corkscrew, Franschhoek

Single-owner collection reflects both the port’s position linking trade routes and the artisans it attracted

Generating plenty of competition at Bonhams Skinner (28% buyer’s premium) was this lot of three pieces of Elkington & Co silver plate.

Despite events that seemed to be conspiring to make life difficult, TEFAF Maastricht remains a must-visit

Specialist from west London saleroom delighted to handle not one but two Newcastle rarities in a year

Bourne End Auctions (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Buckinghamshire included a highly desirable Dunhill accessory on March 4.

High quality sporting cups for Cowes Week yachting and Indian horse racing sell to American bidders

Witherell (25/26% buyer’s premium) in Sacramento, California, posted healthy results for two markedly different lots of British origin: a scarce sporting cartridge advertising display and a silver epergne.

London numismatic auction house Morton & Eden (23% buyer’s premium) sold a silver plaquette by the great Dutch silversmith Paulus van Vianen (1570-1613) for £130,000 at a recent sale.

Across the Georgian period a number of diminutive ‘bachelor’s’ teapots were produced that were probably intended for brewing saffron.

Extensive contents of Cumbrian castle take three days to sell in North Yorkshire auction

So much silver has sold based solely on melt value of late. One wonders exactly how many decent antiques and collectables will have been lost once the bubble has deflated.

Two lots of antique English silver trounced their estimates on the same day at New York state auction houses located less than 30 miles apart.