ANTIQUE SILVER SILVERSMITH - ABOUT US

Bryan Douglas Antique Silver was established in 1992, we are a family silversmith business that specialise in buying and selling good quality antique silver and old silverware. We are a full member of LAPADA (the London and Provincial Antiques Dealers Association). You can find us in the world famous London Silver Vaults, a unique location for buying and selling antique silver (see Contact Us page for directions). The sterling silver items on this site, although by no means an exhaustive list of our total inventory, can be purchased online with free shipping and insurance. Please contact us with your antique silver requirements if you do not see what you want.

ABOUT OUR SERVICES

As silversmiths and antique silver dealers, we also provide the following services:

• Insurance appraisals

  Click here to get more detailed information on how it works and our charges.

• Shipping

  We currently ship items fully insured and bonded with FEDEX (internationally) and Royal Mail Special Delivery (nationally). All fully tracked, we ship regularly throughout the world, and will endeavor to make your purchase as smooth as possible, with regular updates on your shipments progress. We also reserve the right to change couriers if we deem it necessary, but will keep you fully informed. Click here for further information on shipping.

• Eco-Friendliness

  All items are shipped with Green Eco friendly packaging materials with recycled cardboard and brown paper tape. We are always trying to improve the sustainability of our packaging, with re-purposed used shipping material, to try and reduce our waste.

• Engraving

  We work closely with excellent hand-engravers to deliver your completed piece, based on your written instructions, and will work closely to your deadline.

• Bespoke Items

  We have the required experience to design and make bespoke one-off items to your instructions. We understand that sometimes your purchase maybe made by a committee or group, and we are happy to work to the brief you supply with suggestions to suit the occasion.

• Terms and Conditions

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ABOUT THE LONDON SILVER VAULTS

The history of the London Silver Vaults dates back to 1882, when the Chancery Lane Safe Deposit Company opened for the purpose of safe-guarding private possessions and documents. Security was so good that, almost immediately, they became the favourite storage place of antique silver dealers and traders. During the Second World War the building above the vaults was destroyed, and was replaced with the site now known, throughout the world, as The London Silver Vaults. Over fifty antique silver dealers trade from individual vaults within this location making it a wonderful site to visit and buy silver items ranging from 10 pounds to 1,000,000 pounds.

Find out more about the History of British Silver and decorative styles