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Sheffield and Silverplate For Sale
Style: Art Nouveau
Style: Hollywood Regency
WMF Art Nouveau Plate
Located in Vienna, AT
WMF Art Nouveau plate silver plated brass
Germany about 1900-1910
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Art Nouveau French Silver Plate Mirror Plateau Tray, circa 1910
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique early 20th-Century Art Nouveau French Rococo silverplate mirror table plateau or footed tray. This lovely mirror tray is decorated with scrolls, leaves, shells, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
c. 1920 Electroplated Nickel Silver Salver by S.B. & Co.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Electroplated salver, circa 1920, made in London by S.B. & Co. Electroplated nickle silver marks. Marked Made in England. Fine condition - the border design repeated in the vine & gr...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Nickel
Antique English Silver Plated Tipping Hot Water Kettle with Chased Floral Motif
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hot water tipping kettle is unsigned by a maker, but originated from England and dates to approximately 1900 and done in an Art Nouveau style. The kettle and stand are d...
Category
Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Nouveau Wellner Chrome Fish Flatware Set, German, 12 Pieces for Six Persons
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Art Nouveau flatware set of 6 knife and 6 forks. A total of 12 pieces, made by Wellner in a beautiful Art Nouveau design. Made of chrome plate metal, it will make a nice ...
Category
20th Century German Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Chrome
English Silver Plated Sheffield Tureen, 19th Century
By Ellis & Co. 1
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
English Silver Plated Sheffield Tureen, 19th Century
English tureen covered in silver, reproduction of the Old Sheffield model, signed Ellis & Co, with representation of motifs of l...
Category
19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Walker & Hall 1906 Sheffield England Silverplate Salver Footed Tray Plateau
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Here is an elegant fine quality three footed Walker & Hall Sheffield salver with a lovely art nouveau raised floral and foliate decoration edging the ...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English Sheffield silver tureen, Le parole Je vis - 19th Century
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
English Sheffield silver tureen, Le parole Je vis - 19th Century
English tureen covered in silver, reproduction of the Old Sheffield model, with representation of flower and harves...
Category
19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Vintage Silver Plate Candy Dish Basket Tray, 1910s, Germany or Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Art Nouveau Candy Dish Basket with two handles. Hallmarked with numbers.Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria. Nice addition to any table.
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Art Nouveau Wine Bottle Holder by WMF
Located in Austin, TX
A beautiful wine or spirits bottle presentation holder of fine plate silver, featuring an Art Nouveau design. by the celebrated German metal-smiths, WMF.
Marked: WMF (Württembergisc...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Art Nouveau Silver-Plated Three Tier Cake Stand
Located in Montreal, QC
This an outstanding example. It is unusually tall and of distinctly Art Nouveau style with curling tendril-like supports. The ring-form plate supports are in graduated sizes. I assoc...
Category
1890s English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Silver Plate Footed Mirror Plateau, circa 1920
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique silverplate footed mirror plateau, circa 1920. No maker's mark. This beautiful plateau has a lovely silver patina, ornate feet, and an...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Georg Jensen Johan Rohde Sauce Boat 304
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
A rare and early Georg Jensen silver sauce boat, design #304 by Johan Rohde from 1919. Modern for its design year this elegant slightly hammered sauce boat has signs of early Art Dec...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Sauce Boat 303
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
A sterling silver Georg Jensen sauce boat, design #303 by Johan Rohde from circa 1919.
Additional information:
Material: Sterling silver
Style...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sterling Silver
An Extra-Large Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Grape Design Sauce Boats 296
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
An extra-large Georg Jensen grape design sauce boat, design #296 by Georg Jensen in 1924. Oval base with eight grape bunches on the vine pedestal that holds the sauce boat. The eleva...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sterling Silver
WMF Art Nouveau German Silver-Plated Metal Sugar Bowl.
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest that you read the entire description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to ensure the authenticity of our objects.
Exceptional and very distinctive German silver-plated metal sugar bowl...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English Silver Plated Art Nouveau Meat Carving Trolley Cart by Elkington
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine English early 20th century century Art Nouveau silver plated "Chariot à Viande" meat-carving trolley-cart on wheels, by Elkington Plat...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Nouveau French Silverplate Wine Tester Christofle's 'Paiva Strawberry Spoon'
By Christofle
Located in North Miami, FL
Art Nouveau french silverplate sommelier wine tester Christofle's 'Paiva Strawberry Spoon'
By: Chirstofle
Material: silver, copper, sheffield plate, sterling silver, silver plate, m...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal, Silver, Copper, Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Sheffield Plate
Art Nouveau Fan Wmf Silver Plate Flatware Set, German, 48 Pieces
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful Art Nouveau flatware set of 12 cake forks, 6 Coffee Spoons, 6 Soup spoon, 6 large knife and 6 smaller ones. also 6 large forks and 6 smaller ones. A total of 48 pieces, m...
Category
20th Century German Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
25 Antique Spoon English Silver Demitasse Coffee Tea Spoons 4 Set of 6
Located in Hampshire, GB
4 Set of 6 English Silver Plated Espresso Coffee or Tea Demitasse Spoons
Four beautiful sets of six English sterling silver espresso coffee o...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Metal
Early 20th Century Reed & Barton Samovar on Separate Base with Goblets
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate your bar, cellar or cabinet with this decorative silvered copper samovar. Crafted in England by Reed and Barton circa 1905, the tea drinking device stands on a tilt stand; t...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
WMF Roller Skating Cigarette Case
Located in Newark, England
Rare Roller Skating Cigarette Case
The Cigarette Case of slim rectangular form plated in Silver features a central front scene with three male figures r...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Art Nouveau 'Wave' Motif Silver on Copper Flagon by Kayserzinn
By Kayserzinn 1
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Nouveau 'Wave' Motif Silver on Copper Flagon by Kayserzinn
Germany, circa 1900s
This is a fine example of Art Nouveau with this exquisite 'Wave' motif silver on copper flagon by...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Copper
Antique WMF Silver Plated Sweets / Visiting Card / Key/ Tray Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful WMF Art Nouveau silver plated visiting card tray Circa 1900 in date.
Depicting a female figure in a long, flowing diaphanous dress, the train forming the double sided tray, with the impressed maker's mark and stamped '169' to underside.
This exquisite casket could house anything from trinkets, keys, sweets to jewellery.
Whatever you choose to use this item for you are sure to do it in style.
Condition:
In excellent condition with no dings, dents or signs of repair. Please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 22 x Width 34.5 x Depth 16.5
Dimensions in inches:
Height 9 inches x Width 1 foot, 2 inches x Depth 6 inches
WMF
In 1853, Daniel Straub, a miller from Geislingen, joined forces with the Schweizer Brothers to form the "Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer" in Geislingen.
This was the second company to be founded by Straub - previously in 1850, from the nucleus of a small repair workshop, which he had set up to work on the construction of Geislingen's famous railway incline, he had founded Maschinenfabrik Geislingen. This company was involved mainly in manufacturing mill turbines and traded throughout Europe.
As early as 1862, the young company distinguished itself by winning a gold medal at the World Exhibition in London. In 1866, following the departure of the brothers Louis and Friedrich Schweizer, the company was renamed Straub & Sohn" (Straub & Son). The company showroom, built in 1868 in Berlin, gradually evolved to become the company's first retail outlet. Three years later, the company was already employing 60 workers. By 1880, the number of employees had grown to approximately 200 and the company was already producing 960 different items.
1880 saw the merger between Straub & Sohn and "Ritter & Co.", Esslingen, to form a public limited company under the name of Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik. At the time of the merger, Ritter & Co.'s Esslingen factory was already using the electroplating method of silver plating and had the more modern production facilities at its disposal. Straub's company, on the other hand, was the more profitable of the two.
1892 saw the development of a special technique for silver plating cutlery, whereby the silver is distributed in a way that, at the points of the cutlery most exposed to wear and tear, the coating is twice as thick as elsewhere. This process was patented and is still in use today. Known nowadays as 'Perfect Hard Silver plating' the technique remains exclusive to WMF.
Under Carl Hugele the company gained international standing. At the turn of the century the factory in Geislingen employed 3,000 workers. By 1910, this number had already grown to 4,000, making WMF the largest company in Wurttemberg at this time. Sales catalogues were printed in twelve languages. Subsidiary companies in London, Warsaw and Vienna opened up export markets.
Under the direction of Albert Mayer the WMF studio was influenced by the art nouveau style. The product range was modernized and considerably extended. In 1905 WMF acquired a majority holding of the Cologne company Orivit AG, which manufactured products from "Orivit", a tin alloy.
As of 1925, products created by the Contemporary Decorative Products Department (NKA) made their debut on the market. This department was set up under the direction of Hugo Debach in order to establish the name of WMF amongst consumers interested in art and design. This department was responsible for producing the special "Ikora" finish, which has earned an important place in the annals of art history. The "Ikora" brand name referred to a specific method of treating the surface of the metal, by which layers of coating were applied in a partly chemical and partly heat induced process. A host of newly developed hand-finishing techniques enhanced the possibilities for adding decorative flourishes to the products. Despite being mass produced, every item looked as if it had been individually crafted.
At the end of the war the company had lost its foreign assets, associated factories...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Silver Plated Cup with Horse Head from Gucci, 1970s
By Gucci
Located in Kelkheim (Taunus), HE
A must have for all horse lovers. Outstanding Vintage Silver Plated Cup with Horse Head from Gucci from the 1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil Tea Service and Trey
Located in Gainesville, FL
WMF WURTTEMBERGISCHE METALLWARENFABRIK Art Nouveau Jugendstil tea and coffee service with the tray. All pieces marked with the WMF ostrich mark, G for Geslingen city of manufacture, ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Nouveau French Silver Overlay Glass Perfume Bottle, circa 1900
Located in Pearland, TX
A beautiful antique French silver overlay glass perfume cologne bottle with stopper, circa 1900. It has a gorgeous lobed shape and stylish Art N...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Antique Quality Silver Plated Copper Food Dome and Meat Platter
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A classic Oval Serving Dome by Elkington. With gadrooned middle band, incised crown motif and top loop handle. Along with an oval paw footed deep meat platter. Dome dimensions are gi...
Category
Late 19th Century Hollywood Regency Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Copper, Silver Plate
Silver-plate Ice Bucket by The Sheffield Silver Company with Lion Head Ring Hand
Located in New York, NY
Silver plate ice bucket by The Sheffield Silver Company. The ice bucket features lions head appliqués with ring handles, and original whi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Silver-Plated Lamb Carving Set
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very charming vintage French lamb carving set with silver-plated handles, comprising a carving knife, carving fork and leg-bone holder. Each implement features a beautifully fluted handle, entwined with a spray of olive leaves, and emblazoned with the engraved monogram 'PB'. The knife blade is steel. The leg bone holder is an unusual item...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
French Art Nouveau Silver Plate Dresser Vanity Table Easel Back Mirror, c. 1900
Located in Pearland, TX
An antique French silverplated dresser tabletop vanity easel back mirror with a lovely Art Nouveau floral design, circa 1900. It would be beautiful displa...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Antique Buffet Food Warmer From The Household Supply Bond St. London
Located in Morristown, NJ
London, England C. 1884 a Boyd's Patent Campaign Cooker Food Warmer, also known as The Universal Heater. This unit is larger than others, having four openings for warmers. It has a removable top with a scalloped edge, is silverplate and has interlocking monogram engraved on the top (the initials are LW/WL with a crown symbol). The stand bottom is marked, "BOYD'S PATENT" and has six turned wooden bun feet. The underside also has a plaque reading "THE HOUSEHOLD SUPPLY AND ATMOSPHERIC CHURN COMP'Y LTD, 119 NEW BOND ST, W". While missing the original spirit burners, modern day sternos would work well.
This is a very attractive and decorative item that could be used for a variety of purposes including food warming and display, a unique charcuterie board, for floral display and so on.
I have seen copper versions that comprised a cooker/warmer , two spirit burners with snuffer caps and a cast iron...
Category
1880s English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Silver Plated Shell Form Candy Dishes or Ashtrays, Pair
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of silver plated shell candy dishes or ashtrays. No makers mark or brand stamp.
Category
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Christofle Gilt & Silvered "Empreinte" Tray
By Christofle
Located in Paris, FR
Very rare two-colors Christofle rectangular tray. Made with the "Empreinte" technique, created in the late 19th century by Christofle to capture the beauty of nature, allowing to imp...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Very Fine Silver Plate Water Urn
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine Art Nouveau style silver plate water urn.
Dimensions: height 17 1/2" x width 14 1/2" x depth 13"
CW4891
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Copper
Rose Pattern Silver Plated Tea Cookies Basket Bowl Vintage, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful tea cookies or small fruit bowl basket. It is in a nice 'Rose and Leaf' design. Made of silver plated metal, it will make a nice addition ...
Category
20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Kayser Engelbert, Sheffield Serving Tray, Art Nouveau, Germany, Late 19th C
Located in Torino, IT
KAYSER Engelbert
Sheffield serving tray
Art Nouveau, Jugendstil
ORIGIN
Köln, Germania
PERIOD
Late 19th c.,
very early 20th c.
BRA...
Category
Late 19th Century German Jugendstil Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
1890 Skinner & Co. Art Nouveau Engraved Silver plated English Tea Service
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Unusual Art Nouveau silver plate tea set by Skinner & co., Sheffield, circa 1890, oriental shape, good conditions overall, nice engraving in all four p...
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Late 18th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Liberty Oval Centerpiece in Silver Plate
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 1838 - Art Nouveau or Liberty rare oval centerpiece in silver plate, very elegant with flowers and arabesques.
Placed on a table or a cabinet : in...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Silver Plated Pierced Bottle Coaster or Chiller with a Cobalt Liner
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique lined bottle coaster is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1890 and done in the period Art Nouv...
Category
Early 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Saglier Frères Oversized French Art Nouveau Floral Table Forks & Spoons, S/24
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of twenty-four Art Nouveau period table forks and spoons made by Saglier Frères, circa 1900.
Scaled for the French table, oversized and heavy by todays standards, the silver...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
WMF Art Nouveau Silverplated Dragonfly Motif & Engraved Green Crystal Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
WMF Art Nouveau Silverplated Dragonfly Motif & Engraved green crystal box
Germany, 1900s
An exceptional example of the WMF Art Nouveau workmanship, combining the silvered figural m...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Gorham Silver Soldered Plate with Carlyle Hotel Logo, circa 1930
By Gorham
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Gorham silver soldered plate with Carlyle Hotel logo, circa 1930.
Period Hollywood serving piece with good weight and great style.
Condition:...
Category
Early 20th Century English Hollywood Regency Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
6 Vintage 1940s-1950s Silver Plated Shells, Place Card Holders, Fratelli Broggi
Located in London, GB
Vintage, precious and fun 1940s-1950s silver plated set of 6 place card holders / shells, by Fratelli Broggi, Milano.
Superb quality and condition...
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20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Wiskemann Art Nouveau Silverplate Belgian Tea Set, 3 Pieces
By Wiskemann
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A stylist art nouveau three pieces tea set made in Belgium by famous manufacturer Wiskemann, it's marked on the bottom.
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Nouveau Bronze Mirrored Plateau with Jardinière Centerpiece
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very fine Art Nouveau Silverplated over bronze mirrored Surtout de table (Plateau) and Jardinière Centerpiece, having a foliate sinuous form....
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Bronze
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...
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Early 1900s British Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English Silver Plate Barware Wine Cooler / Stand
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 20th century English barware / tableware silver plated champagne bucket / wine cooler on stand. The plated wine cooler / ice bucket features exterior dragon design details on t...
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Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
English Sheffield Mapping & Webb's Prince's Plate Silver Serving Piece
Located in Verviers, BE
English Sheffield Mapping & Webb's Prince's Plate Silver Serving Piece
Category
1930s English Art Nouveau Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Nouveau Silver Plate Centrepiece and Glass Bowl ca 1900
Located in London, GB
Centerpiece on a raised round base with plenty floral decoration and wide round glass bowl with facet decoration and stone cut.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of 4 Silver Plated Shell Candy Dishes
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of 4 silver plated shell candy dishes. Stamped on the underside “Made expressly for Douglass Lorie, Palm Beach Fla.”
Category
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English Wine Bottle Holder with Art Nouveau Floral Design
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome English wine and champagne bottle display holder or coaster of fine plate silver, featuring a rolled top edge, stylish opposing handles, an e...
Category
20th Century English Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Argentine Silver-Plate and Leather Serving Tray, Plata Lappas, Buenos Aires
Located in Buchanan, MI
An Argentine silver plate and leather serving tray
Plata Lappas, Buenos Aires, 20th century
the tray with a spot-hammered finish.
marked 'Pl...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Pewter Tankard Designed by Archibald Knox for Liberty Tudric No. 053, circa 1902
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Pewter Tankard, designed by Archibald Knox, for Liberty & Co and marked Tudric with stamped Number 053, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1902.
The tankard is...
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Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Pewter
Pair of Antique English Art Nouveau Candlesticks c.1900, Art Nouveau
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning pair of antique English silver plated candlesticks, quite stunning with a stylized naturalistic design with a definite Art Nouveau flair dating to c.1890/1900.
They com...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique American Middletown Silver Plated Figural Nut Bowl or Centerpiece
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique silver plated figural centerpiece was made by the Middletown Plate Company of the United States in approximately 1900 in a perio...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
A Very Good Art Nouveau Silver Plated Gallery Tray, England Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good & highly stylized Art Nouveau period silver plated gallery tray of navette form, showing an oval base surrounded by a striking open-work gallery of interlaced loop-shaped...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Albert Mayer WMF Art Nouveau Early 1900 Silver Metal ware Female Figure
Located in Brescia, IT
Original early 1900
Excellent condition
"WMF" mark impressed.
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal
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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