GUEST: Well, it's something that's been in the family a long time, but we don't know much about it, so I was excited to learn something about it.

But it was purchased in the '50s in, uh, San Francisco at a, uh, auction place.

APPRAISER: And who purchased it?

GUEST: An interior decorator for my mom, which was a real surprise for us, for her to go out and do something.

She was very excited about it, but she didn't say much about it.

APPRAISER: This is a three-handled loving cup by Shreve and Company, circa 1910.

And this would have been made as a presentation piece.

It is marked on the bottom, "Shreve and Company, San Francisco."

And Shreve and Company was the pre-eminent jeweler and silversmith in San Francisco.

They started in about mid-19th century.

They're retailers at this point.

At about 1900, they start manufacturing their own silverwares.

And right about in this period is when we see the Arts and Crafts movement start to take off in America.

And one of the things that the Arts and Crafts movement was trying to do is to look back into handmade craftsmanship in a period where there was a feeling that there was just too much manufacture and, and, and too much machine-made goods.

So this particular pattern is called 14th century, and it looks back into medieval strapwork...

GUEST: Mm.

APPRAISER: ...and medieval craftsmanship.

You can see all along the border this medieval motif.

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: Particularly on the rim on the bottom.

And this is all hand-hammered.

So the detail on the rims and the, all three handles of the loving cup are hand-hammered.

And the motifs follow that medieval strapwork that you would see on book binding...

GUEST: Uh-huh.

APPRAISER: ...and if you look back on latches and all of those images you might see from medieval craftsmanship.

And it's a very, very desirable piece of Shreve silver.

They really came into their own with the Arts and Craft styles.

Has anyone cleaned this before?

GUEST: Uh, not for many, many years, and... Had a friend help me last night do a, a beginning job on it.

APPRAISER: Well, I think it looks great.

(both laughing) APPRAISER: Very nice job.

I think it's a great piece.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Do you have any idea of what you think it might be worth?

GUEST: I'd guess, with the silver price and everything, maybe a couple thousand dollars.

APPRAISER: It is quite heavy, so I, I think you're on the right track with that.

However, this is much more than just a piece of silver.

This is a beautiful piece of Arts and Crafts from Shreve and Company, and I would probably value this at auction between $5,000 and $10,000.

GUEST: (chuckling) Well, thank you very much.

APPRAISER: Thank you.

GUEST: That's exciting.