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Sheffield and Silverplate For Sale
Tib Silver-Plated High Glass with Round Shape Designed by Kristina Niedderer
Located in Milan, IT
Tib is a silver-plated metal glass which smooth shape fits the hand perfectly but also allows the glass to stay balanced and stabile on a flat surface despite its rounded shape. Tib ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
English Silver Plate Epergne Centerpiece Four Trumpets with Basket Base
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This beautiful epergne was made by S.J. Levi & Co. (1901-1938) in Birmingham England at the beginning of the 20th Century. This impressive silver plate piece features 1 large center...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Hotel Silver-Plate Teaspoons by Oneida/Priced Individually
By Oneida
Located in Sheffield, MA
The vintage hotel silver plate teaspoons are decorated with leaves and are marked "Oneida Ltd. Silversmiths." Spoons are sold individually, 26 ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Gio’ Ponti Handles Brass, 1950, Italy
By Gio Ponti
Located in Milano, IT
Gio‘ Ponti handles brass, 1950
Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Brass
Old Sheffield English Plate Piano Candlestick
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Old English sheffield silver plated pair of piano candle stick with exterior design details. Each candle stick is in great condition. Minor wear consisten...
Category
1860s English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Wonderful Cut Glass Silver Plate Carafe Water Pitcher Cherub Large Decanter
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Cut Glass & Silver Plate Carafe Water Pitcher With Cherub Large Decanter
Category
20th Century Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Silver Plated Mechanical Gun or Cannon Bottle Trolley Decanting Machine
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well made mechanical gun carriage bottle trolley and pourer is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England in approximately 1890 in a British Colonial style. The carr...
Category
Late 19th Century English British Colonial Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Pair of Antique English Silver Plated Covered Sauce Tureens
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique covered sauce tureens were made by the Thomas Bradbury and Sons of England and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Ed...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Christofle 'Grand Hotel Paris' Silver-Plated Oval Tray, circa 1920s
By Christofle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Christofle 'Grand Hotel Paris' Silver-Plated Oval Tray, circa 1920s
A gleaming relic of French luxury hospitality, this silver-plated oval serving tray by Christofle is engraved Gra...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Small Silver Plated Canister with Hinged Lid
Located in Sheffield, MA
The small vintage silver plated canister or storage box has a fully hinged lid.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Other Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$85 Sale Price
41% Off
Two Piece Antique Silver Plated Footed & Figural Tea Set C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Two Piece Antique Silver Plated Footed & Figural Tea Set with Masks C1890
Measures - 8.25"H x 9"W x 5.25"D (Pitcher)
4.75"H x 4.75"W x 5.75"D (Bowl)
Category
19th Century Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large Edwardian English Silver Barware / Tableware Tray
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Large and heavy, Edwardian, Silver plated barware / tableware serving Tray . The tray features flat chased interior and exterior floral , scroll decoration to the body with a shaped ...
Category
19th Century English Edwardian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver, Copper
20th Century English Silver Round Footed Plateau / Dessert Stand
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 20th century English silver plated round shape footed tableware serving plateau / dessert stand with exterior floral design details . The plateau is in great vintage condition. M...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Berkley Square by Community Oneida Silver Plate Flatware Set Service 68 Pieces
By Oneida
Located in Big Bend, WI
Grille size Berkley square by community Oneida circa 1935 silver plate flatware set, 68 pieces. Grille size knives and forks have elongated ...
Category
20th Century Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Footed Silver Plated Gallery Serving Tray with Floral Decoration
By Viners 1
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This small and well made silver plated serving tray was made by Viners of Sheffield England in approximately 1900 in a period Edwardian style. This...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of 12 Chinese Export Silver Spider Web Form Place Card Holders
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese Export, early 20th century.
A set of 12 Chinese Export silverplate and sterling silver spider web model place card holders. Each piece has delicat...
Category
20th Century Chinese Aesthetic Movement Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
$1,196 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Antique English Silver Plated Candlesticks in a Corinthian Column Style
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique candlesticks are hallmarked by an unknown maker, and presumed to originate from England and date to approximately 1920 and done in a Greek Revival style. The can...
Category
Early 20th Century English Greek Revival Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Nouveau Hildesheim Rose Silver Plate Cake Fork Flatware Set German, 6 Pieces
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Art Nouveau flatware set of 6 cake forks. Made of silver plate metal, it will make a nice addition to any table. Forks 5 1/4" high. The set included 6 flatware pieces and...
Category
20th Century German Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Barker-Ellis Ornate Oval Silver Plated Serving Tray with Oak Leaves
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique oval footed silver plated serving tray was made by the renowned Barker-Ellis Silver Co. of England in approximately 1920 in a Victorian style. The raised surround of the...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Latham & Morton Silver Plate Egg Warmer Globe Orb Shape Victorian
By Thomas Latham and Ernest Morton
Located in Topeka, KS
Unique Victorian silver plate egg warmer in a globe or orb shape by Thomas Latham and Ernest Morton for Latham & Morton of Birmingham. It has all the approp...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
19th C Boin-Taburet Paris Cordials Set on a Silver Plate and Macassar Ebony Tray
By Boin-Taburet
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th c., Paris, a cordials set comprising a shaped macassar ebony tray framed in a silver-plate rim and bun feet to underside, topped with three cut glass cordial...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Art Noveau Silver Plated Oval Serving Tray by Singleton, Benda & Co Ltd
Located in Redding, CT
Art Noveau silver plated oval serving tray by Singleton, Benda & Co Ltd.
Early 1900-1910. Stamped on bottom with initials. S.B and Co. London England
Highly embossed footed tray i...
Category
Early 1900s British Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$463 Sale Price
48% Off
Large Antique Primrose Plate Silver Plated Serving Tray with Floral Decoration
Located in Wembley, GB
This large antique silver plated serving tray was made by a well-known company in England and dates to approximately 1920 and was done in a Victorian style. The tray is ornately deco...
Category
1920s Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf
$552 Sale Price
20% Off
Gorham Silver Soldered Oval Cover with Carlyle Hotel Logo, circa 1930
By Gorham
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Gorham silver soldered entrée cover bearing the logo for the Carlyle Hotel, circa 1930s, oblong, dome top, gadrooned edge.
Condition: Good co...
Category
20th Century English Hollywood Regency Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco White Metal and Turned Wood Tazza
By Argental
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Rare and elegant Art Deco white metal and turned wood tazza by Maison Argental produced in Paris in the 1930s stamped to the base.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English Sheffield-Plate Tea Pot with Warming Stand
By Sheffield
Located in Malibu, CA
An exceptional example of an antique Sheffield English silver plate teapot on a warming stand in pristine condition.
This elegant teapot is simple & unem...
Category
Early 20th Century English Georgian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
12 Elkington & Co. Silverplate Napkin Rings c1849 Boxed
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1849, Silver-plate, by Elkington & Co., Birmingham, England. Found in their original box, this gorgeous set of silver-plate napkin rings by the esteemed British Silver company...
Category
1840s English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique English Silver Plated and Cut Glass Claret Jug or Decanter
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plate and cut glass claret jug was most likely made in England in circa 1900 in the Victorian style. The jug features a figural standing lion holding a shield on ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Victorian Sheffield Silver Coffee pot and Milk Jug
Located in Flower Mound, TX
A lovely matching Victorian coffee pot and milk jug, from Sheffield England. Embossed and engraved body with bird finial on lid and folded leaf on spout
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Hallmarked Silver Plated Keepsake Box, Sheffield, Uk, Circa 1900
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a stunning Sheffield silver keepsake box dating to 1900, with associated hallmark. This small box includes a clean interior and rounded corners. The box is free of names or initials, but would have been used to house keepsakes such as jewelry or cufflinks. A well maintained, elegant piece, this antique silver box is an excellent addition to any silver collection.
Trinket or keepsake boxes have taken on many forms since their first conception in ancient times. However their purpose remains the same; to store jewelry and other items precious to the owner. Originally, these boxes were used specifically for jewelry. These were in common use as early as 5000 BC in Ancient Egypt, when the majority of Egyptians, both male and female, wore jewelry. Boxes were used to keep these gemstone encrusted items safe. In Ancient Rome, jewelry was a status symbol. Rings and brooches were utilized to represent ones status in society. Again, boxes were needed for security and storage purposes. Finding early examples of these are quite rare.
Victorian and Edwardian examples of trinket boxes are far more common. This is because owning jewellery was a luxury until the Victorian era- let alone possessing so much a box was needed to store it all. Fine jewelry and other items became available to the masses after the industrial revolution due to the reduction in production costs. This led to a demand for trinket boxes, which were much smaller than jewelry boxes and therefore better suited to the needs of the middle class who did not yet possess an abundance of jewelry.
In Victorian households, collectables and other items of interested were also stashed inside these boxes. This is why they are known as trinket or keepsake boxes, rather than just jewelry boxes, although of course jewelry was also stored in them. Trinket boxes were produced in large numbers around this time. Many were lined with colored plush or velvet or rich wood. More elaborate designs had interior divisions and trays for rings and other pieces of jewellery. It was also common to see trinket boxes so small that they could only contain one item, such as a single ring. Ornate exteriors were created to reflect the value of the trinket boxes contents.
The Edwardian era saw the introduction of new styles of trinket box. These included small circular or oblong boxes...
Category
Early 1900s British Art Deco Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Caviar Holder in Plated Silver by E. Stefani
Located in Milano, IT
A truly extraordinary set of silver-plated caviar servers from the 1970s, bearing the emblem of E. Stefani, an iconic Italian company that has left its mark on the history of silversmithing. This set is a living testament to the skill and tradition of Italian craftsmanship.
The caviar containers are elegantly crafted in the shape of seashells, and each of these six shells is equipped with spherical feet to ensure stability and elegance on the table. Alongside these marvels, you'll find an exceedingly small spoon, a detail that adds further refinement to this unique collection.
It should be noted that over time, a thin layer of oxide may have formed on the surface of these pieces, an indelible mark of their past. However, this only enhances their charm, telling the story of each use and adding a touch of vintage authenticity.
The set consists of six vintage caviar shells...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,133 Sale Price
20% Off
A set of 4 Four Tea Coffee Spoon Stainless Sheffield England 1930s Art Deco
Located in Wembley, GB
A Set of 4 English Stainless Sheffield England Espresso Coffee or Tea Demitasse Spoons
Four beautiful English stainless Sheffield espresso coffee or tea demitasse spoons in the styl...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
$92 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Novelty Eggplant Silver and Gold Knife Rests Set of 6
Located in Toronto, CA
Add a whimsical touch to your dining table with this set of six vintage-inspired eggplant knife rests, designed in Montreal. Featuring silver-plated bodies with gilded stems, these e...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal
$84 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Victorian Silver Shell Spoon Warmers
Located in New York, NY
19th century Victorian silver plate spoon warmers in the shape of nautilus shells resting on a bed of sea rocks ending with an ornate shell d...
Category
1890s British Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$3,300 / set
Silver Plate Modernist Sculptural Napkin Rings Set of 6 Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This set of six polished vintage silver plate sculptural napkin rings will set any table with elegance and modern elements. There are four of the same elliptical shape and two of ano...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair Antique English Old Sheffield Plate Rococo 3-Light Candelabra
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Pair of exceptional quality antique English “Old Sheffield Plate” three-light rococo style candelabra with central snuffer flame finial which is removable to reveal a center candle. The rococo bobeches are original and removable and the candelabra can be converted to one Five-light Candelabrum or the three light branches can be removed to make a lovely pair of single Candlesticks...
Category
Early 19th Century English Rococo Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate, Copper
$2,363 Sale Price
24% Off
PAIR Superb Antique English Sheffield Plate Rococo style Candlesticks, Acanthus
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
This PAIR of superb Antique English period Geo. III "Old Sheffield Plate" Rococo style candlesticks are finely made with crisp mounts featuring shells and floral motifs as well as ma...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate, Silver Plate
Mappin & Webb Prince's Plate No. 71552 Grape Scissors - Antique Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Presenting for sale a beautifully crafted Mappin & Webb Silver Plated pair of fully working Grape Scissors
These incredibly stylish Art Deco Grape Scissors Shears with Oval handles ...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, EPNS
$270 Sale Price
20% Off
Old English Silver Plate over Nickel Ornate Rectangular Serving Tray Handles
Located in Miami, FL
British Colonial style old English silver plate over nickel rectangular serving tray, platter with ornate border.
It is in original vintage condition and has some stains and is tarni...
Category
1940s English British Colonial Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Nickel
Tulipe Tulip by Boulenger French 950 Sterling Silver Flatware Service Set 214 pc
Located in Big Bend, WI
Tulipe - A pattern with exceptional refinement, produced by Charles Boulenger & Cie. This Art Nouveau pattern with flowing floral and foliate decoration, was exhibited at the 1903 Be...
Category
20th Century Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Victorian Silver Plated Four Light Candelabra
Located in Montreal, QC
While unmarked, these seem to us to be in the style of Elkington. The prevailing motif is fruiting vine, the stem, arms and drip pans continue the theme, the three legged base is als...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of 4 Silver Plated Corinthian Column Candlesticks, circa 1895
Located in London, GB
Set of 4 silver plated Corinthian column candlesticks, circa 1895
Made by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company of 112, Rege...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Antique English Silver Plate and Cut Crystal Cruet Set, Circa 1880-1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Silver Plate and Cut Crystal Cruet Set, Circa 1880-1890.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Richard Meier for Swid Powell Silver Plated Peppermill
Located in Hanover, MA
Hefty and well constructed pepper mill designed by uber architect Richard Meier for Swid Powell and produced in Italy, circa 1985.
Ref...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Old Italian 800 Silver Flatware Dinner Set for 12 Service 101 Pieces, Italy
Located in Big Bend, WI
This superb 101 piece dinner size 800 silver old Italian (Italy) set is highest Italian quality, large and heavy and includes:
12 dinner size knives, 10".
24 dinner forks, 8 1/4".
1...
Category
20th Century Italian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Artichoke Ice Bucket Designed by Mauro Manetti, Silver Plated, circa 1970
Located in Paris, FR
Artichoke ice bucket designed by Mauro Manetti, circa 1970 (productions realized after the 1980s have a white lacquered metallic inner part instea...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Aluminum, Silver Plate
Antique English Sheffield Silver Goblet, circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is an attractive goblet and has room for engraving if desired.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Silver Plated Hot Water or Coffee Claw Foot Pedestal Server or Urn
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated hot water or coffee urn has no maker's marks but presumed to have been made in England in circa 1890 in the period Victorian style. The bowl of this urn is nicely decorated with a graduated ribbed design which is replicated on both the claw foot pedestal...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Brass
c. 1920s Anglo-American Silver Plate Syrup Jug With Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1920s silver plate syrup jug in stand, Anglo-American. Designed in mimic a strapped & staved wooden jug. Replated in the late 20th century. "Hard Whit...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Estate French Christofle Crystal & Silver-Plate Juice Set in Fitted Box, C. 1940
Located in New Orleans, LA
Estate French Christofle crystal and silver plate juice set in original fitted box, circa 1940-1950. Hallmarked on bottom of cup.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Late 19th Century English Plate / Cut Crystal Ice Bucket
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Late 19th century English oval shape cut crystal with silver plated footed holding framed / silver plated covered top with dog sculpture design details. The piece is in great conditi...
Category
1870s English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Antique English Silver Plated and Cut Glass Claret Jug or Decanter
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plate and cut glass claret jug was most likely made in England in circa 1900 in the Victorian style. The jug features a simple looped finial on the cover of the d...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
British Colonial Antique 1910 Cheltenham Silver Coffee Service Sheffield England
Located in Miami, FL
1910 English silver coffee service by Cheltenham & Company, Ltd. Sheffield, England.
All 3 pieces have the same maker's marks on the bottoms complete with the engraved W A Trademark, Warranted Hard Solder England 69430.
Open sugar dish...
Category
1910s English British Colonial Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver, Steel
Pair Of Antique Regency Sheffield Plate Silver Candlesticks 1825
Located in Doraville, GA
An antique pair of English Regency Sheffield plate candlesticks. The candlesticks are unmarked as many English Sheffield plate pieces are, they date from the first quarter of the 19t...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
19th C Sheffield Silver over Copper & Original Crystal Epergne with Lions Heads
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Spectacular 19th century English silver plated epergne with figural lion's head feet and chased silver arms and base. The handblown crystal center bowl is petal cut and frosted with ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$12,000 Sale Price
57% Off
Art Deco Silvered Tea Pot from" Cafe du Grand Hotel" France
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique silver plated on brass collectible French Tea Pot from" Cafe du Grand Hotel" France.
Art Deco style made by Boyron Lyon France.
Circa 1940.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Christofle Silver Plated Antique Styled Knife Rests Set of Six
By Christofle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of six silver plated knife rests were made by Christofle of France in approximately 1960 in an antique style. The knife rests have nicely decorated serpentine side panels wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal
English Silver Plated Square Footed Plateau / Dessert Stand
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 20th century English silver plated square shape footed tableware plateau / dessert stand with exterior floral design details . The plateau is in great vintage condition. Minor we...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Italian Laudarte Silver Plate Incense Burner Trays Designed by Giovanni Malerba
By Laudarte Srl
Located in Miami, FL
Italian Laudarte Silver Plate Incense Burner Trays Designed by Giovanni Malerba
Offered for sale is a pair of Italian Laudarte SLR silverplate incense burners designed by Giovanni M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English EPNS Silver Ornate Salt Cellar
By Sheffield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An English EPNS Silver salt cellar, circa 1890-1910.
Chased in an ornate repousse floral and scroll pattern, handled with a hinged lid with a top knob.
Lined with a blue plastic sal...
Category
Late 19th Century English International Style Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique and Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Sheffield silverplate is a durable combination of thin silver sheets and comparatively thicker sheets of copper that was used to create a variety of household objects for years. On 1stDibs, find a collection of antique and vintage Sheffield silverplate and other silverplate for all of your formal dining and entertaining needs.
A cutler named Thomas Boulsover, who worked for a cutlers company in Sheffield, England, accidentally invented what we now call Sheffield silverplate during the 1700s. While working on a decorative knife for a customer — the metalworkers guild had been tasked with repairing its handle — Boulsover mistakenly overheated the silver and noticed that the knife’s layers of silver and copper melded together, creating an impressive bond. This new material felt like silver but was substantially cheaper. It was then used to produce a variety of serveware, candlesticks, buttons, tea sets and more. For families that couldn’t afford the sterling-silver tureens that were used to serve soup in the upper-class English homes at the time, this was good news. They could impress guests with housewares that looked like sterling silver but actually weren't.
Today, just as pewter collectibles and sterling silver are popular with collectors at neighborhood flea markets, antique Sheffield silverplate housewares are sought after for their appearance and rich history. Sheffield silverplate can command high prices on the secondhand market.
Securing yourself a Sheffield silverplate piece is like acquiring a little bit of history. In order to identify authentic Sheffield silverplate, you need to look for one significant attribute of the material. A metalworker had to ensure that all of the exposed edges of a particular piece had to be covered with a rim of silver. If not, the middle layer, which comprised copper, would show through. This would reveal that the piece was not sterling silver.
Don’t just trot out your matching crystal, silver and porcelain once or twice a year. Make a habit of mixing high and low when setting the table. To pair with your everyday contemporary tableware, find antique and vintage Sheffield silverplate on 1stDibs as well as silverplate by goldsmith and tableware companies such as Christofle, Elkington & Co. and more.
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