A sterling silver chandelier
02 December 2020
Description

The base of the chandelier is 12 inches tall and 24 inches wide It has five individual sconces with hand cut glass that each turn on and off separately. Then there is a base with 4 lights that turn off separately

Provenance

I believe my parents bought in an estate sale in New York state

Acquired from
Other
For sale
Yes
Answered within about 14 hours
By Delia
Dec 03, 11:58 UTC
Fair Market Value
$1,200 - $1,800 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Hi Bob,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
It's rather unusual for chandeliers to be made of sterling silver; they are more often made of silverplate, which are thin layers of silver sandwiched on either side of sheet copper. Is there a mark or maker's name on this?

Many thanks to advise,
Delia

Bob f Dec 03, 13:21 UTC

We believe it is solid as we offered $4000 years ago by a lamp store when they were rewriting the chandelier.

No markings. What would the value be if it is plated versus solid

Delia Dec 03, 13:29 UTC

Some silverplate manufacturers bring more than sterling silver makers so that's sort of a tricky question without knowing who made this. It looks to be late 19th/early 20th Century but it's a little hard to tell from the photos. Did the lamp store who rewired it give you an opinion as to the age?

Bob f Dec 03, 14:13 UTC

unfortunately we do not have that information still would like some general idea as to the value so that we can get a fair price if and when we find a buyer thanks for your help

Delia Dec 03, 14:30 UTC

Of course! I'll give two different values - one for sterling, one for silverplated - so that you know either way. Anyone who makes an offer on this will want to know what it is before they commit to offering a price; because I can only put one value in the valuations fields, I'll list the higher of the two prices.

In the current market, I can't see getting $4,000 for this chandelier at auction. It may be worth calling the lamp store to see if they would still honor their original offer (or if not, what they'd pay for it). At auction, I would expect to see this catalogued as follows:

A late Victorian / Edwardian sterling silver or silver plated five-light chandelier
American, late 19th/early 20th Century
Of neoclassical form with five downcurving supports continuing into baluster-form receptacles supporting etched glass globes, affixed to a circular rim around an inverted conical glass body.
12 inches high, 24 inches diameter
PROVENANCE: purchased at a NY estate sale
$1,200-1,800 if sterling; $600-900 if silver-plated*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.

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