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Sheffield and Silverplate For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1870s
Antique Oak Biscuit Barrel
Located in Port Chester, NY
A charming oak biscuit barrel from the late 19th century. The metal is stamped “EPNS”, or Elecro Plated Nickel Silver, a metal alloy that is then s...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
EPNS
Victorian Sheffield Plate Footed Two-Bottle Cruet Set by William Hutton and Sons
Located in New York, NY
Victorian, Sheffield plated, footed, two bottle cruet set (consisting of the two bottles, stoppers and stand), Sheffield, England, circa 1878, William Hutton and Sons...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Meriden Britannia Company Victorian Silver Plate Coffee Set
Located in Pasadena, CA
Meriden Britannia company Victorian silver plate coffee set with coffee pot cream, sugar, and matching jar with lid.
Measures: Coffee: 6.5 x 9.5 x 11.5
Jar with Lid: 7 x 6 x 8.5
Cream: 6x 2.5 x 6.5
Sugar: 6 x 3.5 x 5
The Meriden Britannia company was formed in 1852 in Meriden, Connecticut[1] as a manufacturing company focused on producing wares in Britannia metal.
By 1876, the Meriden Britannia company had grown a great deal and the company made significant efforts at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in that year. The company won the First Place medal for plated wares. According to Sotheby's in New York, "The publicity of the award and the impression the firm made on the fair's 8 million visitors was continued by the catalogues and other intensive marketing; by the end of the 1870s Meriden Britannia Co. was considered the largest silverware company in the world."[2]
By 1891, Meriden Britannia had warerooms in New York (46 East 14th Street, Union Square); Chicago (47 State Street); San Francisco (134 Sutter Street); London, England (7 Cripplegate Buildings, Wood Street, E.C.); and Paris, France (26 Avenue De' L'Opera). The main factories were in Meriden and a branch factory was in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[3]
By 1893, the company had expanded production with its floor surface covering over eight acres of space in Downtown Meriden.[1]
In 1898, the Meriden Britannia company became part of the larger International Silver company corporation headquartered in Meriden.[4] Afterwards, while part of ISC, many designs were produced under the Meriden Britannia brand with design trade catalogues specifying Meriden Britannia wares.
Meriden Britannia company designs are included in many museum collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, New York; Dallas Museum of Art; Davis Museum at Wellesley College, MA; Jewish Museum, New York; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT; Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; Wolfsonian FIU, Miami Beach, FL; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.[5]
Recent museum exhibitions featuring Meriden Britannia designs...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Copeland Toast Rack Silverplate, c1860s, England
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1860s, Silverplate, by Copeland, England. Wonderfully unusual, this gorgeous toast rack by Copland is an Art Deco pre-curser. Think Dr, Dresser meets William Morris. Perfect fo...
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1860s Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of 19th Century Georgian Sheffield Plate Candlesticks
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of 19th century Georgian Sheffield plate candlesticks with gadroon borders and removable bobehces.
Category
19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Aesthetic Period Antique Silver Plate Candelabrum by Hukin & Heath, Circa 1880
Located in London, London
Made circa 1880 by Hukin & Heath, this stylish, Victorian, antique silver plated candelabrum, is a fine example of the Aesthetic Movement, featuring a textured base, and will hold 6 ...
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1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century Silver Plated Wine Bottle Carrier / Caddy, U.K. Circa 1890
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A most handsome silver plated wine bottle carrier, showing a reeded tri-corner base fitted with a conforming gallery that securely accommodates 3 B...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Pair Silver Plated Coasters by William Howe & Co, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A superb antique pair of silver plated wine coasters bearing the makers mark of William Howe & Co, and dating from the mid 19th Century.
The shaped circu...
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1850s Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English Officers Equestrian Silverplate, Enamel & Hoof Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
English Officers Equestrian silver plate, enamel and hoof inkwell, an exquisite example with a portrait of the beloved horse, expertly mounted, possibly b...
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1890s English High Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English 19th Century George III Sheffield Silver on Copper Champagne Bucket
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English George III period Sheffield silver on copper champagne bucket from the early 19th century, with grape motifs. Created in England dur...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Copper, Silver, Sheffield 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
Silver Plate Aesthetic Movement Hot Water Urn Samovar, American 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An Aesthetic period silver plate on brass hot water urn samovar. Wonderfully detailed and a very fine example of this style. American, late 19th century (1...
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Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Victorian Silver Plate Claret Jug by Elkington, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fine Victorian silver plated claret jug, bearing the makers' mark of the renowned silversmiths, Elkington of Birmingham and dated 1864.
This claret jug has a charming ...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Aesthetic Period, Antique Silver Plate Candelabrum, Hukin & Heath, Circa 1880
Located in London, London
Made circa 1880 by Hukin & Heath, this stylish, Victorian, antique silver plated candelabrum, is a fine example of the Aesthetic Movement, featuring a plain base, and will hold 6 can...
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1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Sheffield Silver Candelabra with Etched Hurricane Shades, English, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine and unique Sheffield silver plate on copper three light candelabra with etched glass hurricane shades, adjustable to a single candle stick. English, circa 1850.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
English Victorian Late 19th Century Melvin Pratt Silver Cake Basket with Handle
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period Melvin Pratt round silver cake basket from the late 19th century, with pierced design and foliage motifs. Created in England by Melvin Pratt during the later years of the Victorian era, this silver piece features a circular basket...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Antique Silver Plate Novelty 'Boat' Spoon Warmer, Design Registered in 1870
By T. Woolley 1
Located in London, London
Made circa 1880 by Thomas Wooley, this remarkable, Victorian, Antique Silver Plate Spoon Warmer, is modelled to resemble a boat, and carries ...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique English Sheffield Silver Goblet, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Sheffield silver goblet, circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Quality Antique English Cut Glass & Silver Plate Biscuit Box / Barrel, c.1860
Located in Bath, GB
A particularly good and unusual cut glass biscuit box which would equally make a wonderful ice bucket or pail.
Earlier than most of this type, it dates to around 1860, mid-Victori...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English R.F. Mosley & Co Round Silver Plated Tray with Pierced Scalloped Border
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English circular silver plated tray from the turn of the century signed R.F. Mosley & Co, with decorative pierced border. Created in England during the late 19th-early 20th centur...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Mappin & Webb Qajar Style Silver Plated Biscuit Box
Located in New York, NY
English Quajar style heavy silver plated biscuit box made by Mappin & Webb. The piece features a series of oblong portraits on the cylinder am...
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1870s English Anglo-Indian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Monumental Silver Tea Urn Samovar in Victorian Style
Located in New York, NY
One of a kind massive and monumental 19th century Victorian style silver plate tea urn / samovar from the 19th century by Hartford-based silversm...
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19th Century American Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Silver Plate Meat Platter
Located in New Orleans, LA
This fine silver plate meat platter exhibits the finest Georgian-inspired design, with a gracefully scalloped border edged by precise gadroo...
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Old Sheffield Silver Plate Venison Dish with Cover
Located in New Orleans, LA
This grand venison meat dish is masterfully crafted of fine Old Sheffield silver plate. A product of Regency ingenuity, this dish is crafted with ...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Pair of German Late 19th Century Jugendstil Silver Plated WMF Cherub Candelabras
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of German Jugendstil late 19th century silver plated candelabras from the Wurtemberg Metalware Factory, with cherubs holding the bobèches. Born in Germany in the Württembergis...
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Late 19th Century German Jugendstil Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique English Silver Plated Serving Tray with Ornate Engraving and Handles
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated serving tray was made by the Elkington & Co. of England in circa 1890 in the period Victorian style. The tray has a nicely engraved outer band with a swirl...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal
Antique Silver Plated Sugar Spoon
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique silver plated sugar spoon has a leaf-like bowl and a handle embellished with Victorian flowers, leaves and tassels. Stamped Rogers...
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Late 19th Century American Late Victorian 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
Antique English Silver Plated Revolving Breakfast Dome with Figural Ram Accents
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated revolving breakfast domed server was made in England in cicra 1890 in the period Victorian style. This server features four ornately cast figural rams head...
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal
Rare Setting for 18, Fruit / Desert Knives and Forks, c.1860
By Martin Hall
Located in Bath, GB
So rare to find a complete set for eighteen, in their top quality original presentation case made from Mahogany with the top veneered in lovely burl walnut, complete with it's origin...
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1860s European Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Triple-Plated Silver Engravable Napkin Rings with Presentation Case
Located in New York, NY
Triple-plated silver engravable napkin rings with presentation case. Barnby & Rust makers label.
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Elkington Silver Plated Claret Jug with Etched Shore Bird & Cattails
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very well executed engraved crystal and silver plated claret jug is hallmarked by the renowned Elkington & Co. of England and dating to approximately 1880 in the period Victoria...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
19th Century French Louis XVI Silver Plated Tray with Repousse Decor and Handles
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique tray was created in France, circa 1880. The silver plated serving piece has two side handles decorated with foliage, and features scroll decor with repousse moti...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Silver Plate Drum Biscuit Box Elkington & Co, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite silver plate biscuit box bearing the makers of the renowned silversmiths Elkington & Co, and bearing the Victorian Lozenge Registration mark that dates it to 185...
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1850s English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Exquisite Early Victorian Silver Plate Flatware Set for Dessert, Fruit and Nuts
Located in New York, NY
Elaborate silver and mother-of-pearl, silver plate flatware set. Original box with shield crest and fittings and was originally commissioned...
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1850s English Early Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Pair French Doublé Wine Coolers 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exceptional pair of antique French Silver Plated on copper wine coolers bearing the mark of the renowned silversmith / plaqueur, GD, circa 1830 in date.
The wine cooler...
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1830s French Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Fabulous Hand Chased English Sheffield Silver Plate Trophy or Loving Cup
Located in Charleston, SC
Fabulous antique English Sheffield silver plate trophy or loving cup with exceptional crisp hand chasing on cup and on base. Two large cartouches on either side suitable for engravin...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Centerpiece in Old Sheffield
Located in Palermo, IT
Epergne in old sheffield. Centrepiece one large cut glass bowl and four smaller ones. The main receiver has a band. The centrepiece has four removable arms which support the smaller cut glass bowls...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Pair of Adam Style Neoclassical Candlesticks, 19th Century
Located in valatie, NY
A pair of Adam style neoclassical candlesticks, 19th century. With fluted tapering sides decorated with swags, rams heads, and leaf garlands topped with bows. The rectangular bases w...
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1850s English Adam Style Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Old Sheffield Plate Armorial Tureen
By Sheffield
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century old Sheffield plate armorial tureen
English, early 19th century. Old Sheffield plate silver covered tureen in the Rococo taste having a s...
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19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Pair of English Victorian Silver Plate and Cut Glass Centrepieces, 1883s
Located in London, GB
This is an intricate and exquisitely made antique pair of English Victorian parcel gilt silver plated and cut glass centrepieces by the renowned silversmiths Elkington & Co., dated 1...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
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
Victorian Silver Plated Novelty 'Drum' Spoon Warmer, 1875 Wilson & Davis
By Wilson & Davis
Located in London, London
Made circa 1875 by Wilson & Davis, this handsome, Victorian, antique silver plate spoon warmer, is modelled as a drum and stands on drum stic...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English 19th Century silver plate box with fish on top and blue glass, 1866
Located in Delft, NL
English 19th Century silver plate box with fish on top and blue glass, 1866
The box is raised on 4 legs and has a hinged lid.
2 Fish crossed as knob
Dated and marked with the Engli...
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19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of 19th Century Sheffield Silver Plated Covered Tureens
Located in Stockton, NJ
A pair of 19th century English Sheffield silver plated covered tureens. Heavy construction with beaded trim, removable scrolled acanthus d...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Aesthetic Movement Silver Plated Serving Tray with Warriors and Serpents
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and ornate silver plated serving tray is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the United States in circa 1900 in the period Aesthetic Movement style. The tray ...
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Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal
Pair of Sheffield George III Sterling Silver Candlesticks, English, circa 1800
By John Green, Roberts, Mosley & Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of George III sterling silver candlesticks with weighted bases made by I G & CO., John Green, Roberts, Mosley & Co. Fully hallmarked on the bases and the bobeche, England, lat...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 English Oak and Silver Plate Biscuit Box by John Grinsell & Sons
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome and very stylish biscuit box dating to circa 1890 by the top notch silversmith, John Grinsell & Sons of Sheffield.
Made from solid English oak, the box is fitted with e...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Four Antique English Wine Decanters in Stand, circa 1890
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous antique English decanter stand / Tantalus, Victorian in era, dating to circa 1890.
The decorative stand is pierced and hand chas...
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1890s English Late Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Victorian English Sheffield Sterling Silver Wine Ewer Claret Jug
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Martin Hall and Company sterling silver ewer claret jug with gold wash inside with one handle, circa 1854. The family crest Macte in Latin.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Old Sheffield Plate Geo III Neoclassical Two-Light Candelabra circa 1800
By Adams
Located in valatie, NY
Pair of old Sheffield plate Geo III neoclassical two-light candelabra, circa 1800. The branch arms are removable to convert the candelabra into a pair of candlesticks. The oval bases...
Category
Early 1800s English Adam Style Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
English 19th Century Silver Plated Pierced Bread Basket with Vine and Foliage
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English silver plated pierced bread basket from the 19th century, with vine and wreath motifs. Born in England during the 19th century, this exquisite silver plated bread basket f...
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19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Meriden Silver Plate Aesthetic Figural Lemonade Ice Water Tilting Pitcher
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A Meriden Brittania Co. Silver plate figural tilting covered pitcher on stand with two cups and drip cup / bowl, circa 1880
Meriden Britannia Company, Mer...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Sheffield Silver Plated Crested Salver Early 19th Century
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Large 18 inch oval Sheffield English footed silver over copper plated crested salver, circa 1810 with a cast edge.
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Early 19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver, Copper
Very Good Pair of 19th Century Silver Plated Wine Coasters by Elkington & Co.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome pair of mid-19th century silver plated wine bottle coasters by Elkington & Company of London, showing swelled and pierced latticework bodies rising from turned satinw...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Silver Plated Biscuit Barrel
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century silver plated biscuit barrel with handle. Signed PFM Sheffield. Made in England, circa 1870. Engraved surface floral des...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Sheffield Soup Tureen with Handles and Lid, Late 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Sheffield soup tureen with handles and lid, late 19th century.
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19th Century English 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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