Antique Trivet with Serving Handle - Silver Plate. This is an elegant and unusual serving piece. It has a beautiful handle and 3 gripping arms that can be quickly adjusted to the size of the bowl or container being served. Lovely swirl pattern. Dates from the early 1900’s.

Inscribed "From Lucius & George"
Adjustable via knob on bottom
9 1/2" long x 6" wide
Knob markings: Quadruple Plate, 100% Silver...
 

GRACE LINE - Silver Plated Holder for Table Number.

Very nice heavy piece used on ships of the Grace Line, probably in the 1940s-50s. Circular Grace logo.

Size: 3 1/2" high

Marked on the bottom: Grace Line, International Silver, 05106, 3 1/2 in.

 

Unusual Inscribed Bicycle Trophy – Smokers Friend.
This is one of the most unusual trophies we’ve come across. It is a quadruple silver plate ashtray inscribed as 1st Prize in an 1897 bicycle race.

For starters, the ashtray itself is by James Tufts and is very well crafted with the embossed pipe and smoke. Then the engraving is also nicely done on the pipe bowl and stem.

Size: 3 3/4" high x 9 1/2"...
 

C.1900 Pennsylvania Railroad Tea Pot - script PRR. This is a very early PRR dining car tea pot with a beautiful script PRR logo on one side. The script logo was used until approximately 1908. The inside of the lid is stamped with the number 40, which is also on the bottom. It’s in very nice condition, and is well marked on the bottom. See the photographs.

Size: 5 1/4" h x 7 1/2" w

Bottom marking:
Rowley Mfg. Co. ...
Manufacturer: Rowley Mfg. Co.  

Hotel Statler Dining Room Platter – Elegant C.1920.

This is fine original hotel platter with the Statler crest in the beautiful raised border. High quality hotel silver plate. Size: 10 1/2" x 7 3/4".

Well marked on the bottom.
Reed & Barton, Silver Soldered, 10, Hotel Statler.
Collectible and usable.

Manufacturer: Reed & Barton  

Submarine J6 - Silver Shield from Launch - 1915.
Unique relic of Royal Navy history from World War I. This is a beautiful little silver shield measuring 2 ¼" high x 2" wide. The fine engraving reads: "SHIELD ON WHICH THE CORD WAS CUT FOR LAUNCHING THE SUBMARINE J6 BY H.M. KING GEORGE V, 9TH SEPT. 1915."

J6 was an advanced diesel-electric design. It had three screws and could reach a speed of 19.5 knots (36...
 

1909 Leather-Sterling Trophy… Indian Harbor Yacht Club. This is a very unusual, beautifully made loving cup made of leather with a copper liner and sterling silver rim. The plaque on the front reads:

Indian Harbor Yacht Club
Tennis, Fall Tournament 1909
Mens Doubles Won By
(no name engraved)

There is a yacht club by this name in Greenwich, Connecticut, so we suspect it is from there. In addition, the maker was Black, Starr &...
 

Large Loving Cup … 1900 Philadelphia Athletic Meet. This is a striking 3-handled trophy from what must have been a major event in 1900.

High quality engraving reads:
Indoor Athletic Meet
Philadelphia
March 3rd 1900
First Prize
Standing Hop Step & Jump

This is silver plate with the finish still in very good shape overall. A few very modest marks here and there. In some of my photos, it looks dull in places, but its...
 

Antique Silver Plated Presentation Teapot – Wonderful. This is a beautiful old teapot in its own right, but the inscription makes it special. It was presented in 1895 to a man leaving a company to take another job.

The inscription reads:
"Presented to Harry G. Shields, Esq.
along with a tea and Coffee Service as a mark of the esteem and regard in which he is held by the workers on the occasion of his leaving The Wallace Works to...
 

Antique Silver Plated Mug – Gorgeous Handle & Initials

Beautiful, high quality English piece from the late 1800s. The photos show the fine details. The initials C K M are skillfully engraved in ornate Victorian style.

Size: 3 3/4" high

Marked on the bottom: A 14606, &, T, Elkington & Co.

Condition: Excellent, well cared for.