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Antique George III Old Sheffield Silver on Copper Basket 19th Century
About the Item
This is a fabulous antique Neo-classical George III Old Sheffield plate silver on copper bread basket / fruit dish, circa 1810 in date.
The rectagular swing handled basket features an engraved body in the Neo-Classical taste with foliate decoration.
It features the family crest with the motto Semper Paratus, a Latin phrase, meaning "Always Ready".
This item is of the highest quality with fabulous decorations ready to grace your dining table.
Condition:
In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 11 cm x Width 32 cm x Depth 21 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 4 inches x Width 1 foot, 1 inch x Depth 8 inches
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.
Our reference: A4380
- Dimensions:Height: 4.34 in (11 cm)Width: 12.6 in (32 cm)Depth: 8.27 in (21 cm)
- Style:Neoclassical (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1810
- Condition:
- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: A43801stDibs: LU950643775362
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