$700Sale Price|30% Off
Silver soap dish with floral motifs and plant elements, set on four legs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver soap dish with floral motifs and plant elements, set on four feet. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Fleur-de-lis. Weight: 128.17 grams. Dimensions: 12.5x8cm....
Silver
$350Sale Price|30% Off
Silver broom with reliefs and fluted handle
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver broom with reliefs and fluted handle. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 78.75 grams. Dimensions: 16cmx9.5cm. Content: 800/1000. Assay Mark:...
Silver
$560Sale Price|30% Off
Silver bottle with spiral reliefs and removable lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver bottle with spiral reliefs and removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Sheffield. Weight: 93.78 grams. Dimensions: 6.2cmx8.6cm. Content: 925/1000. A...
Silver
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Silver bottle with elliptical fluted reliefs and removable lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver bottle with elliptical fluted reliefs and removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 153.78 grams. Dimensions: 8.3cmx8.8cm....
Silver
$5,600Sale Price / set|30% Off
Set of six toilets with relief on the edges
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Set of six washbasins with relief on the edges. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: standing eagle - I Title. Weight: 1009.96 grams. Dimensions: 11.9cmx4.9cm. Conte...
Silver
$547Sale Price / set|65% Off
Set of four washbasins in smooth silver with pearly edges
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Set of four washbasins in smooth silver with pearly edges. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: standing eagle. Weight: 218.82 grams (Set of four washbasins). Dimens...
Silver
$4,200Sale Price / set|30% Off
Set of five washbasins in smooth silver with beaded bases
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Set of five washbasins in smooth silver with beaded bases. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Standing Eagle - I Title. Weight: 739.92 grams (Set of five washbasi...
Silver
$1,367Sale Price / set|65% Off
Set of twelve silver florets with openwork crown-shaped handles
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Set of twelve silver florets with openwork crown-shaped handles. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 535.84 grams (Set of twelve florets). Dimensions:...
Silver
$560Sale Price / set|30% Off
Set of silver air fresheners with reliefs and hanging chains
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Set of silver air fresheners with reliefs and suspension chains. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Absent. Weight: 107.08 grams (Set of air fresheners). Dimensio...
Silver
$1,925Sale Price|30% Off
Set of two silver washbasins with exposed, cut edges and engraved bodies
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Set of two silver washbasins with scalloped edges and engraved bodies. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II. Title: Weight: 362.12 grams. Dimensions: 12cm...
Silver
$649Sale Price|65% Off
Set of two washbasins in smooth silver with pearly edges
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Set of two washbasins in smooth silver with pearly edges. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 234.36 grams (Set of two washbasins). Dimens...
Silver
$2,100Sale Price|30% Off
Silver whisk w/ wooden interior, shell lid & faux stone
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette holder with wooden handle and interior, shell appliqué on the lid and fake stone in the center. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: Standing Eagle ...
Silver
$2,100Sale Price|30% Off
Silver whisk with wooden handle, embossed lid and fluted tank
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette holder with wooden handle, embossed lid and fluted tank. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: Standing Eagle. Weight: 416.55g. Dimensions: 24x9.5cm....
Silver
$2,012Sale Price|30% Off
Silver whisk w/ floral-engraved lid, 3 raised feet & wooden handle
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette holder with floral motifs engraved on the lid, resting on three raised feet and a wooden handle. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: standing eagle...
Silver
$478Sale Price|65% Off
Silver whisk w/ surrounding reliefs, plant engravings & a chestnut wood handle
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver beater with surrounding reliefs, plant engravings and chestnut wood handle. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: standing eagle I Title. Weight: 192.08 grams....
Silver
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Smooth silver kettle with grooved rim and spout, raised handle and lid knob
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Plain silver kettle with grooves on the rim and spout, raised handle and knob on the lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 242.88 grams...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Silver key cut and crowned with English symbols
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver key cut and crowned with English symbols. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 126.35 grams. Dimensions: 12.8cmx0.9cm. Content: 835/1000. Assay ...
Silver
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Silver bell w/ a barbarian warrior figure on a pedestal w/ reliefs & garlands
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver bell with a barbarian warrior figure on a pedestal with reliefs and garlands. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Illagível. Weight: 197.48 grams. Dimension...
Silver
$1,750Sale Price|30% Off
Chiseled silver table bell with nobleman figure as handle
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Chiseled silver table bell with applications of a nobleman in perfect shape on a pedestal as a handle. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weigh...
Silver
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.