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  Black Starr & Frost American Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Jewelry Box c.1900

  BLACK STARR & FROST New York, NY

  Art Nouveau Sterling and Mahogany Jewelry Box   c.1900

  Mahogany jewelry box with thick sterling silver decorative graphic mountings in an elaborate Art Nouveau whiplash design, original key

  Marks: Eagle mark (Company logo) BLACK STARR & FROST, Sterling

  For more information see: American Jewelry Manufacturers, Dorothy T. Rainwater (West Chester, Penn.:  Schiffer, 1988)

  H: 4 1/2″ x W: 10 1/2″ x D: 7″

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  One of America’s oldest fine jewelers, Black, Starr and Frost traces its roots to 1810. In that year, Erastus Barton and Frederick Marquand opened Marquand and Barton near New York’s Maiden Lane. The firm added and lost partners numerous times and it also frequently moved locations in accordance with the addresses of its prestigious clientele. Its merchandise was eclectic and greatly varied including, lamps, jewelry, paintings, porcelain, and artistic objects. In 1876, the firm changed its name from Black, Ball, and Co. to Black, Starr, and Frost, and moved to 251 Fifth Avenue. Its inventory became focused on jewelry and silver objects, some imported from Europe, some produced in-house. For many decades, the renowned jewelry house, Black, Starr, and Frost was considered one of the great American jewelers. In 1876, it was invited to exhibit at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia along with renowned firms like Tiffany & Company, Whiting, and Gorham. In 1939, the firm was one of five American jewelers invited to exhibit at the New York’s World’s Fair. In 1929, it merged with Gorham to become Black, Starr, Frost – Gorham.

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  Sweetser Co. American Arts & Crafts Sterling, Copper and Jade Cigar Box c. 1910

  The Sweetser Co. New York, New York
  (active 1900-1915)

  Covered cigar box c. 1910

  Elaborately etched sterling silver cover with a spherical jade finial and a copper box bottom, wood lined

  Marks: S & E in three separate boxes (2x), STERLING, 2158

  H: 4 3/4″ x D: 6 1/8″ x W: 7 5/8″

  The Sweetser Co. New York, NY was active 1900-1915 and were manufacturers of fancy gold and sterling wares

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  Mellerio Paris Rare French Art Deco “Gyroscope” sterling cigarette box c.1930

  MELLERIO PARIS  Italy/ France

  Gyroscope cigarette box  c.1930

  French silver (950 silver standard) in a structural form of a gyroscope with a lever for an interior lifting mechanism, gilding

  Marks: Mellerio Paris, 3776 D, head of Minerva French guarantee mark for 950/1000

  H: 5 1/4″ x Dia: 4 1/4″

  The renowned Mellerio family and their jewelry can be traced back to Lombardy, Italy as early as the 16th century.  Some family members moved to Paris and became royal jewelers for Louis XIII.  The revolutions of 1789 and 1848 interrupted their business and they moved to Madrid where they became the jewelers favored by Queen Isabel II.  Later in the 19th century they returned to Paris where once again they prospered and participated in several international expositions including  London (1862), Paris (1867, 1878 and 1900), and Vienna (1873).  In the 20th century they exhibited at the renowned Paris 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and then in New York at the 1939 World’s Fair.

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  Albert Edward Jones British Arts & Crafts Copper and Lapis Lazuli Box c.1905

  Albert Edward Jones (1879-1954)  Birmingham, UK
  British Arts & Crafts Movement

  Footed box with hinged lid and hasp   1905

  Hand wrought and patinated copper with riveted strap work and hasp, inset with 4 cabochons of lapis lazuli, brown leather and wood interior.

  This box is a particularly handsome example of British arts & crafts metalwork by the  famous designer / craftsman A.E. Jones.   It retains its original deep, rich chocolate brown patina with the contrasting cobalt blue large round bezel-set cabochons of lapis lazuli.

  H: 2 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″ x W: 6 1/2″