a small collector presents its collection of antique silver and objects of vertu devoted especially to Continental silver from XVIII to XX century
September 27, 2003 (Press Release) --
My first purchase of silver was made in 1996, when at an antique fair I bought a briar-wood box with a silver cover.
Silver was hallmarked with the "Fascio" mark, so I understood it was made in Italy, around 1935/1940.
After this first meeting with the "world of silver", I began to frequent antique markets and shops and to buy books and silver auction catalogs, looking for silver items to add to the little collection I was trying to put together.
Soon I discovered that collecting silver is an expensive business. To collect "antique" silver is a "highly" expensive business.
You may have an idea of prices looking at a Sotheby's or Christie's auction catalog, where thousands of dollars are requested for any antique silver object.
Then, I decided to devote my research (and my limited resources) to collecting Continental Silver, particularly of small dimension, attaining the result of contain costs and reduce spaces necessary to preserve my growing collection.
Even though my main interest is for silver objects, in recent years I've begun to buy non silver related items including in my collection some pieces as cameo glass vases, "barbotine" dishes, portrait miniatures, shell cameo brooches, and others.
At the present I continue to look for silver and objects of vertu pieces, with preference for items of uncommon shape or use, and I've extended the field of my research to internet.
The bulk of my collection is illustrated pn my web site
http://www.silvercollection.it
The web site was born as a private file, successively on request of many friends, it was opened on the web to whoever is interested to the matter. I manage and promote the site by myself and, at the present, about 15000 pages are visited every month.
Giorgio - Italy
Silver was hallmarked with the "Fascio" mark, so I understood it was made in Italy, around 1935/1940.
After this first meeting with the "world of silver", I began to frequent antique markets and shops and to buy books and silver auction catalogs, looking for silver items to add to the little collection I was trying to put together.
Soon I discovered that collecting silver is an expensive business. To collect "antique" silver is a "highly" expensive business.
You may have an idea of prices looking at a Sotheby's or Christie's auction catalog, where thousands of dollars are requested for any antique silver object.
Then, I decided to devote my research (and my limited resources) to collecting Continental Silver, particularly of small dimension, attaining the result of contain costs and reduce spaces necessary to preserve my growing collection.
Even though my main interest is for silver objects, in recent years I've begun to buy non silver related items including in my collection some pieces as cameo glass vases, "barbotine" dishes, portrait miniatures, shell cameo brooches, and others.
At the present I continue to look for silver and objects of vertu pieces, with preference for items of uncommon shape or use, and I've extended the field of my research to internet.
The bulk of my collection is illustrated pn my web site
http://www.silvercollection.it
The web site was born as a private file, successively on request of many friends, it was opened on the web to whoever is interested to the matter. I manage and promote the site by myself and, at the present, about 15000 pages are visited every month.
Giorgio - Italy
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