Silver centerpieces done up to look like Viking longships. A few salts, too. Mostly Norwegian but not all. The American one being part of the very short lived Viking Revival trend that was briefly in around 1905. Wishing they came with a few little silver Vikings. I guess not.

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Centerpiece in the form of a Viking longship, with a gilt interior and clear glass liner, together with two matching salts with clear glass liners and two Scandinavian salt spoons. Silverplate. Made in Norway. Marks: stamped 925S NORWAY and VICTORIA. Image © Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood and Lotsearch. Fair use license. https://auctions.bhandl.co.uk/auctions/9456/bearne10201/lot-details/60c83a5a-c6b1-4ddc-ad7e-b37e01074218
Pair of sterling silver and plique-a-jour enamel salt cellars and spoons, figural Viking longboats (longships) that are ornately carved with dragon heads on either end. The sides of the longboats are done in forest green and amber enamel with two small blue shields on either side of the dragons on both the front and back. The spoons are sterling silver with looped handles finished with a small ball and deep purple plique-a-jour bowls with green centers. ca. 1925, Art Deco. Made in Sweden. Maker not known. Maker’s marks: hallmarked with the Three crowns of Sweden followed by ‘925’, followed by a stylized trident which is likely the maker. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2025. Fair use license. https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/sterling-silver/pair-of-swedish-sterling-silver-plique-jour-viking-ship-salt-cellars-spoons/id-f_20144692/
Silver or silver plate Viking longboat centerpiece with a frog for flowers. Viking Revival, made in 1905. American, made by the Rhode Island based Gorham Manufacturing Company. Image under copyright probably to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Fair use license. https://www.dwell.com/article/scandinavian-design-and-the-united-states-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-7f880f68/6985716607631589376

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