Antique Old Sheffield Silver Plated Wine Trolley Coaster, 18th Century

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This is a very attractive English George III Old Sheffield silver on copper wine trolley coaster, circa 1790 in date. The circular twin wine trolley coaster features exquisite gadrooned borders, draught turned wooden bases with central silvered boss and raised on barrel shaped castors. Each part bears an engraved crest with a unicorn above the word "Forward" Add an elegant touch to your next dining experience with this lovely trolley coaster with historical provenance. Condition: In excellent condition. As antique items, the trolley shows signs of use commensurate with age, these minor condition issues are mentioned for accuracy and, as seen in the accompanying photographs, the trolley coaster displays beautifully.. Dimensions in cm: Height 6 x width 36 x depth 16 Dimensions in inches: Height 2.4 x width 14.2 x depth 6.3 Old Sheffield plate - or ‘fused plate’ as it is sometimes known, was the first commercially viable method of plating metal. The material was accidentally invented by Thomas Boulsover, of Sheffield's Cutlers Company, in 1743. While trying to repair the handle of a customer's decorative knife, he heated it too much and the silver started to melt. When he examined the damaged handle, he noticed that the silver and copper had fused together very strongly. Experiments showed that the two metals behaved as one when he tried to reshape them, even though he could clearly see two different layers. Boulsover set up in business, funded by Strelley Pegge of Beauchief, and carried out further experiments in which he put a thin sheet of silver on a thick ingot of copper and heated the two together to fuse them. When the composite block was hammered or rolled to make it thinner, the two metals were reduced in thickness at similar rates. Using this method, Boulsover was able to make sheets of metal which had a thin layer of silver on the top surface and a thick layer of copper underneath. When this new material was used to make buttons, they looked and behaved like silver buttons but were a fraction of the cost. The technique Boulsover developed was to sandwich an ingot of copper between two plates of silver, tightly bind it with wire, heat it in a furnace and then mill it out in to sheet, from which objects could be made.

Dimensions:
Height: 2.37 in (6 cm)Width: 14.18 in (36 cm)Depth: 6.3 in (16 cm)
Style:
George III (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Sheffield Plate
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
1790-1799
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1790
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: A15871stDibs: LU950621993932

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