Howard Sterling Co. For Shreve, Crump & Low Sterling Silver Vase

Product Details

Howard Sterling Company sterling silver vase, made exclusively for Shreve, Crump & Low, circa 1900.  This handsome hexagonal, baluster form vase has a repeating pierced design and a beaded edge rim at the top.  

There are multiple impressed marks on the bottom:   Shreve, Crump & Low Co., 

H shamrock L (the symbol for Howard Sterling), Sterling, 925/1000 and 7330 (likely a design number).

Howard Sterling Co. was located in Providence, RI, in business circa 1878-1902, with the trademark “H shamrock symbol L” first used in 1894.  Shreve, Crump & Low is one of the oldest retailers in the USA, established in 1796 in Boston, MA.  They have a reputation for being purveyors of luxury goods, both domestically made and imported, including:   jewelry, tableware, clocks, linens, stationary and antiques.

12” (30.5cm) high, 4” (10.2cm) diameter at the rim.

397.7 grams.