Many high quality items were silver mounted during the Art Deco era. Silver could be used to mount glass, wood, hardstone and many other materials. Some silver mounted items were hallmarked but many were not as the weight of silver often fell below the amount legally required for hallmarking.
Below are some examples and price guides of silver mounted items from the Art Deco era including a desk set and an emerald satin glass bowl.
AN ART DECO SILVER-MOUNTED LAPIS LAZULI BANDED ONYX DESK SET BY HENRY GRIFFITH & SONS LTD., LONDON, 1921 AND 1922 comprising; a stationery case with a hinged lid enclosing divisions, a desk calendar, with ivorine date insets, a stamp box, an ashtray and a blotter with integral mahogany support
Sold for 1,000 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2020
AN AMERICAN ART DECO EMERALD SATIN GLASS BOWL BY TIFFIN mounted in Rockwell sterling silver, diameter: 17.0cm numbered 9326 to base
Sold for AU$ 1,342 (£ 757) inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2020
AN ART DECO GOLD AND SILVER MOUNTED NEPHRITE, CORAL, AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL DESK CLOCK BY CARTIER, CIRCA 1930 The nephrite carved square with applied coral cabochons in gold mounts, the silver and gold dial surround with red enamel registers, the clock face mother-of-pearl and with gold Roman numerals, the reverse signed ‘European Watch & Clock Co. Inc, France, 1632’, no. ‘941’, with French hallmarks to dial surround 3 in. (7.6 cm.) square
Sold for USD 20,000 at Christie’s in 2019
A GROUP OF TWO FRENCH ART DECO STERLING SILVER MOUNTED CUT CRYSTAL DECANTERS, BY CLAUDE CHAPOT, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, the smaller with an octagonal reed cut lid over a sterling cigar band style collar, marked with maker’s diamond surrounding monogram E.J. flanking a head of a man, and French guarantee, over a cascading collar over clear panels interspersed by repeating reed motif, height: 7 1/2″ diameter: 5″; the larger example with a circular filet cut lid over a sterling cigar band style collar with spreading foot above a cascading collar with petal cuts on a filet cut spreading foot, marked with maker’s mark, attributed to Claude Chapot, and French guarantee
Sold for $400 at Simpson Galleries, LLC. in 2020
