Antique Silver Dealers

Here at Antique Silver Company we are proud to be antique silver dealers, we not only get excited about silver but also about the opportunities we have to hunt down and obtain and some incredibly beautiful and historical pieces. We deal with a lot of antique silver dealers and a large percentage of them are only after our money, we believe this is a bad business practice. Having said that, many of the antique silver dealers we deal with on a day to day basis are fascinated by antique silver and do their utmost to locate and purchase interesting pieces and it is this approach that seems to produce the best rewards. As reputable antique silver dealers we look after each and every client as our first afterall, it's the clients who have made our business successful.

All our items can be viewed, by prior arrangement, at Angus Adam Antiques shop in Forest Row.

For more information please visit our About Us page.

New Hallmarked Silver knives

We now offer our customers new, hallmarked sterling silver table, dessert and steak knives. These knives are hand made to order in the United Kingdom, from original early Victorian dies, using traditional methods. The handles are hallmarked sterling silver and the blades are of the finest polished or satin finish stainless steel. The blades can be engraved, Sheffield stainless steel, or left plain as most of our customers prefer, this way they can sit alongside your antique Victorian cutlery. For more information on these beautiful hand made knives please click here.

Bead Pattern.

Fiddle & Thread

Old English Pattern

Kings Pattern

Queens Pattern

These beautiful hand made knives are very good value at only £47.50 each. More patterns available. Click here for more information.

Valuations and Identification

Here at Antique Silver Company we like to think of ourselves as friendly antique dealers who provide all the services our customers require. We get losts of requests from people asking us to identify / value items of sterling antique silver. For a small fee of £20 per item we can identify and value your Sterling antique silver. This service includes a beautiful printed certificate of value posted to your address. Please note that for this service to be undertaken we will need good, clear photographs of the item(s) including a close up of the hallmarks. These photographs should be emailed to us at info@antiquesilvercompany.com.

Is it safe to purchase over the Internet?

We get asked many times if it is truly safe to purchase using a credit or debit card on the Antique Silver Company web site. The answer to this is a simple yes. We use PayPal as our payment provider, this means that we don't actually get to see your payment details, they are transmitted securely direct to PayPal, we are just told by PayPal when you have successfully placed your order. PayPal is trusted all over the world by millions of people, there are 3 reasons for their success; the first is that they have a superb reputation for security and extremely low rates of fraud, the second reason there is no fee to the customer and the third is that it is so simple to use.

To purchase an item of antique silver from us simply find the item on our web site, click the 'Buy Now' button and type in your details. If you prefer to use bank transfer or would like to just send us a cheque this is also accepted. For more information on our payment methods and the purchasing process please visit our 'How To Order' page by clicking here.

A minute in the thoughts of Antique Silver Company

"Yesterday I was cleaning a beautiful antique silver Irish Dish Ring from the late eighteenth century, I found myself wondering who else had handled this beautiful masterpiece, who had bought this item when new and what was life like for them back then? The owner was obviously well healed however they certainly didn't have the option of going out and buying a nice car as the invention of the car was still around 100 years away. These are questions I just can't help but ask. Some of the items on our web site date back to the period of the daughter of King Henry VIII. I sat there thinking about life back then, no cars, no electricity, medicine was in it's infancy, it was 170 years before the first ascent of Mount Everest yet silversmiths were able to take this amazing material and make shear beauty from it. Antique Silver is a love of mine that just seems to get stronger over time and the more I delve into it's history the more I am amazed by how the early silversmiths produced such outstanding pieces. We stock lots of items of antique silver that are over 250 years old, use the links down the left side of this page to look at the various periods."

Antique Silver Company Environmental Policy

Here at Antique Silver Company we like to do our part in maintaining the balance of the planet we live on. We are proud members of Antiques are Green and rightly so, after all, antiques are about as green and environmentally friendly as you can get. The longevity of antiques mean that they tend to get handed down from one generation to the next and so on. This very fact means that the environmental damage that is caused by their manufacturing process is reduced to almost zero. Antique silver items are at the opposite end of the scale compared to something like a DVD player which is almost a disposable item that is renewed perhaps 30 times during the life of a piece of beautiful antique silver. Our message is simple, Antiques are Green.

Antique Silver Articles

We have various articles about antique silver on our site. From cleaning your silver to understanding hallmarks we have it here. See below for some of the articles written by us that we host here on our site.

• What is silver?
  Silver is an amazing substance that has many unique properties. Amongst it's special properties are it's outstanding ability to conduct electricity with the minimum of resistance, it's superb heat conducting properties, it's toxic effect on some bacteria, virus', algae and fungi and not forgetting it's shear beauty. Click here to read more about this amazing metal.
• Cleaning your Antique Silver
  Over cleaning your silver is not a good thing. The top silversmith Paul De Lamerie started that the only time silver should be polished is just before it is handed over to the client. Find out how to keep your silver in tip top condition without risking the heartache of rubbed hallmarks. Click here to read more about cleaning your antique silver.
• Understanding British Hallmarks
  Hallmarks have been used for silver pieces since late in the 13th century and have, ever since, been a part of the industry. The story of British Hallmarks is a fascinating one that deserves to be told. We have compiled a short and simple version for our readers. If you don't know your Sterling Silver from your Britannia Silver this should be a starting point in understanding the British Hallmarking system. Click here to read more about British Hallmarks.
• Techniques of the Silversmiths
  We have always been astounded by the ability of early silversmiths to produce such outstanding and complicated pieces. We have many pieces of antique silver over 300 years old on our site that were made by the hands of early silversmiths, creating such pieces was far from easy and as such many methods were employed. Click here to read abut how early silversmiths used techniques such as gilding with mercury, piercing and chasing.

Shown below are the last five items we put on our site

	Item ID:	ALW400-P13
	Description:	A Stunning Georgian & early Victorian Sterling Silver Fiddle & Thread pattern Canteen of Cutlery (12 place settings) 125.6oz /3559 grms
	Year:	1798
	Maker:	Various
	Price:	2950.00
	Sold:	No
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	Item ID:	547-P12
	Description:	A Georgian, George III Sterling Silver Basting Spoon London 1799 by Stephen Adams.
	Year:	1799
	Maker:	Stephen Adams
	Price:	210.00
	Sold:	No
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	Item ID:	508-P12
	Description:	A Very Stylish Pair of Sterling Silver Sauce Boats Birmingham 1905 by Williams (B’Ham) Ltd
	Year:	1905
	Maker:	Williams (B’Ham) Ltd
	Price:	235.00
	Sold:	No
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	Item ID:	497-P12
	Description:	A Sterling Silver Tea Caddy Chester 1915 by Haselar Bros.
	Year:	1915
	Maker:	Haselar Bros
	Price:	195.00
	Sold:	No
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	Item ID:	487-P12
	Description:	A Victorian Sterling Silver Tapered Perfume/Scent Bottle London 1884 attributed to George Heath.
	Year:	1884
	Maker:	Attributed to George Heath
	Price:	195.00
	Sold:	yes
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Here at Antique Silver Company we have managed to secure this beautiful coffee pot, hallmarked London 1744 and by the renowned and very sought after silversmith Thomas Gilpin. This item is remains as it was when made in the period of George II. The Victorians have not had their way with this outstanding piece of antique silver and, as such, it extrudes beauty in it's simplicity. The pot is of tapering form with a fluted scroll spout and a turned finial.

Jackson's pocket edition describes Thomas Gilpin as "A very fine Goldsmith". Grimwades book, page 523, describes Thomas Gilpin as "an extremely accomplished exponent of the Rococo style, he is well represented by candlesticks and tureens in the collection at Althorp". Althorp is the home of the Spencer family and previously Diana, Princess of Wales.

This really is another quality item from Antique Silver Company. For more information on this beautiful item please click here or the photographs above.