In general terms antique silver is anything 100 years or older with vintage silver being the term given to silverware produced up to the 1940's. Therefore modern silver is anything after the 1940's, including Art Deco silver, which incorporated various elements such as structured floral motifs, stylised curves, geometric shapes and abstract patterns.
In the 1950's there came about a complete change in silver styles. Post-war Britain had a renewed interest in form, with the emphasis on sleek modern shapes. The early 1960's saw the Modernist ideal of pure line and form, together with unadorned surfaces.
The admiration for hand made silverware did not blind the new generation of silversmiths against the potentials of mass production, their aim was to balance mechanisation and hand finish so that silver was again being put to its best use, as a metal for items of luxury and decoration.
So modern silver from the 1940’s and onwards will undoubtedly become the antique silver of the future. Why not browse the selection of modern silverware at Bryan Douglas Antique Silver (http://www.bryandouglas.co.uk/
