French Silver Pair of Beakers Prior to 1838

Chinese export silver pair of repousse scenic beakers. Each beaker marked "HC" for well listed maker and retailer Hung Chong, and weighs 66g or 2.1 troy ounces.

Georg Jensen (1866-1935) Grape Pattern pair of tazzas. The tazzas marked with post 1945 marks, model 263B, sterling silver, stamped with maker's hallmarks and assay marks. The height...

A set of two Russian silver beakers, made in Moscow in 1841. Both beakers are made of 84 zolotnik silver, equivalent to 875 standard silver, with gilding. The beakers have a simple ...

Pair of pitcher jugs. Silver. BENITO GOMEZ, Antonio (1775-1835). Segovia, Spain, 1801-1835. With contrast markings. Pair of spouted jugs with a circular base with moldings, a low conical foot and a tubular body finished in a hemisphere at the bottom and with a flat molding at the top; the handle, in double ce, presents a simple scroll or branch that rests towards the mouth of the piece; the beak shows a simple decoration. Typologically, this pair is linked to a type of spouted jug that, with variations, is common in Hispanic domestic silverware from the first half of the 17th century to the beginning of the 18th century, also found after this date. As usual, the civil model was quickly assimilated by religious silverware, especially for its use in liturgical cruets. Antonio Benito Gómez (1775-1835) was a silversmith who worked in Segovia from at least 1801 until he died, and was also a silver marker carved between 1824 and 1828, and between 1831 and 1835. Son of the silversmith Juan de la Cruz Benito , several works by his hand have been preserved: baptismal shell...