1760s Platters and Serveware

Chinese Export Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Oval Dish Circa 1765 This Chinese Export porcelain oval dish is boldly painted with a variation of the celebrated Tobacco Leaf pattern o...

Whieldon-type Large Creamware Tortoiseshell Platter, Circa 1765-75 The large Staffordshire creamware tortoiseshell-glazed platter, of Whieldon-type, is of a large oval silver shape ...

Chinese Export porcelain double peacock dish, Circa 1765 The Chinese Export porcelain famille rose rectangular dish with canted corners is painted wit...

This exceptional pair of early George III cast Sauceboats were made in London in 1767 by Parker & Wakelin. The Sauceboats are cast and are of exceptional quality and weight. Both sta...

The Pail has slightly flared sides and a gadrooned rim. The sides are beautifully hand pierced with panels, some with bands of quatrefoils and the others with very unusual trailing f...

This rare pair of early George III sideboard dishes come from the workshops of the Royal silversmith, Thomas Heming, and were made in London in 1763. The Dishes are circular in form with a shaped rim decorated with gadrooning. The bowl rises up to a wide rim which is engraved with a contemporary Lion Rampant Crest. The Dishes are in excellent condition and are very well marked on the reverse. The dishes are of a large size and could be used for serving a variety of things on the dining table, as well as canapes. Due to their large size, when not in use, they would have been placed on the sideboard as a status symbol. Thomas Heming was a quite exceptional silversmith who was appointed Principal Goldsmith to the King in 1760. He held this position until 1782 and a crown can be seen above his maker's mark, denoting his premier position. He had workshops in New Bond Street when this very fine pair of dishes were made. Some of his surviving pieces in the Royal Collection, show a refinement of execution which is unquestionably inherited from his master, Peter Archambo...

Rare silver salver in Chinese (Chippendale) style with maker’s mark of Richard Rugg. Weight: 834g.  

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III English sterling silver salver; an addition to our Georgian dining silverware collection. This exceptional antique George II...

Small silver Salver standing on three feet, the rim of the plate is decorated with shells and rocailles and the well shows a bird. At the bottom Maker’s mark by Ebenezer Coker, Londo...

A very fine quality George III oval silver tray with pierced gallery and beaded edges with floral swag and urn classical decoration. Clearly hallmarked to the underside for London 1769 by Thomas Heming. This is an exceptionally fine tray by the renowned Royal silversmith Thomas Heming. Very good gauge silver and lustre and stands flat on a table top. A very elegant and easily used tray of excellent proportions. Absolutely no damage or repair and only very minor signs of use. Hallmarks crisp and well struck. This is an early example of a twin handled tray made by an exceptional silversmith at the height of his career, highlighting the classical influences in the high fashion of the last third of the eighteenth century. A superb museum quality example. Length including handles: 61.5cm or 24” Width: 38cm or 15” Height: 4.5cm or 2” Weight: 2229g, 71.7ozT or 78.6oz. Thomas Heming was apprenticed to Edmund Bodington on March 7, 1738, and turned over on the same day to the Huguenot goldsmith Peter Archambo...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III English sterling silver waiter; an addition to our Georgian dining silverware collection. This impressive antique George III...

A fine and impressive pair of antique Georgian English sterling silver butter shells/dishes; an addition to our dining silverware collection. Th...