Silver

Silver has been used since antiquity, fashioned into jewellery, religious objects and ornamental pieces across cultures. Valued for its luminosity, versatility and enduring appeal, silver’s reflective surface has long made it a material of choice for both functional and ceremonial use. Jewellery maisons such as Tiffany & Co. and Georg Jensen have crafted the material in a range of earring, necklace and ring designs, from minimalist forms to statement pieces. Silver also remains highly sought-after for tableware and objects, with a Louis XVI silver pot-à-oille — including its cover, liner, stand and serving spoon — sold by Christie’s in 2025 for €120,650.

A FINE ORMOLU AND SILVERED-BRONZE CONSOLE TABLE

POSSIBLY ENGLISH, SAMSON WERTHEIMER (1811-1892), LONDON, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY EXECUTED FROM A DESIGN BY VICTOR LOUIS (1731-1800) AND JEAN-LOUIS PRIEUR (1759-1795)

A GERMAN SILVER HANUKKAH LAMP

LATE 19TH CENTURY

JULIE PAVEGLIO

Self Portrait as Cicciolina without Jeff, after Jeff Koons' "Silver Shoes," Made in Heaven Series

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Silver Liz (diptych)

Jeff Koons (B. 1955)

One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J Silver Series)

THE GIVENCHY ROYAL HANOVER CHANDELIER A GERMAN SILVER EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER

BY BALTHASAR FRIEDRICH BEHRENS, HANOVER, DELIVERED 13 SEPTEMBER 1736, DESIGNED BY THE KING'S ARCHITECT WILLIAM KENT

Willem Claesz. Heda (Haarlem 1594-1680)

A blackberry pie on a pewter platter, a silver-gilded cup and cover, an upturned tazza, a partly-peeled lemon, a bread roll, hazelnuts, a façon-de-Venise glass, a silver decanter, a roemer, and a knife on a pewter platter, on a partly draped table

Sir Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599–1641 London)

Portrait of Princess Mary (1631–1660), daughter of King Charles I of England, full-length, in a pink dress decorated with silver embroidery and ribbons

Jeff Koons (B. 1955)

Two Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J Silver Series)

AN EXCEPTIONAL DUTCH SILVER EWER

BY ADAM VAN VIANEN, UTRECHT, 1619

DEMIDOFF SERVICE A FRENCH-EMPIRE SILVER-GILT DINNER-SERVICE

MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT, PARIS, 1817, THE APPLIED ARMS WITH MARK OF CHARLES FREDERICK HANCOCK, LONDON, 1863

JAN DAVIDSZ. DE HEEM (UTRECHT 1606-1684 ANTWERP)

A pie on a pewter plate, a partially peeled lemon and overturned silver spoon on a pewter plate, crayfish and shrimp in a Wanli bowl, fruit, a walnut and an oyster on a pewter plate, a basket of fruit, a fluted glass, a silver-gilt cup, a roemer, an overturned silver tazza on a strong box, a silver ewer and a bread roll all on a partially draped table with a curtain beyond

Jan Davidsz. de Heem (Utrecht 1606-1684 Antwerp)

Flowers in a glass vase on a draped table, with a silver tazza, fruit, insects and birds

CHANDELIER

FARS, SUD DE L'IRAN, PREMIERE MOITIE DU XIVEME SIECLE

Juan de Zurbarán (Llerena 1620-1649 Seville)

Apples in a wicker basket, an opened pomegranate on a silver plate and roses, irises and other flowers in a glass vase, on a stone ledge

Jeff Koons (b. 1955)

Two Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J Silver Series, Wilson Aggresor)

Salver in silver plated

FINE SEC. XIX

SERVIZIO DI POSATE IN SILVER-PLATE

FIRMATE DA CHRISTOFLE

JAN JANSZ. DEN UYL I (KAMPEN 1595-1639 AMSTERDAM)

Pewter jug and silver tazza on a table

George Condo (b. 1957)

Silver and Yellow Double Head Composition

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Dix-neuf plats en argent: i. Visage de faune--dated '28.6.55.' (on the right side); diameter: 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) ii. Profil de Jacqueline--dated '22.1.56.' (on the reverse); diameter: 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) iii. Tête de taureau--diameter: 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) iv. Visage aux mains--diameter: 16½ in. (41.9 cm.) v. Visage en forme d'horloge--diameter: 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) vi. Un poisson--dated '19.5.56.' (lower right); diameter: 16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm.) vii. Dormeur--diameter: 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) viii. Visage aux feuilles--diameter: 16½ in. (41.9 cm.) ix. Horloge à la langue--diameter: 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) x. Visage sur carton ondulé--diameter: 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) xi. Faune cavalier--diameter: 16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) xii. Joueur de flûte et cavalier--diameter: 14 3/8 in. (35.3 cm.) xiii. Jacqueline au chevalet--diameter: 16 5/8 in. (42.1 cm.) xiv. Centaure--diameter: 16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm.) xv. Visage larvé--diameter: 16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm.) xvi. Visage aux tâches--diameter: 16¼ in. (41.3 cm.) xvii. Visage tourmenté--diameter: 16½ in. (41.9 cm.) xviii. Tête au masque--diameter: 12¼ in. (31 cm.) xix. Visage géométrique aux traits--diameter: 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.)

SERVIZIO DI POSATE IN SILVER-PLATE

FIRMATO DA CHRISTOFLE

THE MAHARAJA OF PATIALA'S BANQUETING-SERVICE AN EXTENSIVE GEORGE V SILVER-GILT DINNER-SERVICE

MARK OF THE GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' COMPANY, LONDON, 1921

Juan de Zurbarán* (1620-1649)

Apples in a wicker Basket with Pomegranates on a silver Plate and Flowers in a glass Vase on a stone Ledge

Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1683/4)

A Pie on a pewter Plate, a partly peeled Lemon and a silver Spoon on a pewter Plate, Crayfish and Shrimp in a Wanli kraak porselein blue and white Bowl, Fruit in a Basket, a silver Ewer, an upturned silver Tazza on a Casket, a Roemer, a silver-gilt Cup and Cover, a Flute, Grapes, Cherries and a Bread Roll on a partly draped Table in an Interior

Willem Kalf (Rotterdam 1619-1693 Amsterdam)

A chafing dish, two pilgrims' canteens, a silver-gilt ewer, a plate and other tableware on a partially draped table

THE LEINSTER SERVICE A GEORGE II SILVER DINNER-SERVICE

MARK OF GEORGE WICKES, LONDON, 1745-1756

A CHARLES I SILVER INKSTAND OR STANDISH

MARK OF ALEXANDER JACKSON, LONDON, 1639, THE DESIGN AND CHASING ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTIAEN VAN VIANEN

A ROMAN PARCEL GILT SILVER EMBLEMA OF CLEOPATRA SELENE

CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

A ‘VENETO-SARACENIC’ BUCKET

SIGNED BY MAHMUD AL-KURDI, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN OR POSSIBLY DIYARBEKIR OR WEST IRAN, LATE 15TH OR EARLY 16TH CENTURY