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Sheffield and Silverplate For Sale
Place of Origin: British
Place of Origin: English
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
Asprey silver plated cocktail shaker art deco period
Located in York, GB
Asprey silver plated cocktail shaker art deco period
A fine art deco period circa 1920s cocktail shaker by Asprey & co London
stamped to base A...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,023 Sale Price
40% Off
Large Barker Ellis Oval Bowl with Menorah Hallmark Silverplate, Early 20th c
Located in valatie, NY
Large Barker Ellis Silverplated Oval Bowl with Menorah Hallmark. Barker Ellis silver, Birmingham England, manufacturer of silver, silver plate and electroplated ware date back to 1801, it is now one of the oldest silversmiths and electroplaters in Birmingham.
Trent Antiques has been a respected name in antiques for...
Category
Early 20th Century English Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English Sheffield Silver Plate Tea Caddy
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th century English sheffield silver plate footed tea caddy / thin biscuit with exterior design details and attached covered top. The tea caddy is in...
Category
1880s English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Antique Silver Plated and Engraved Glass Comport Centrepiece, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique English silver-plated and engraved glass table centre comport, dated with the registration lozenge for 10th September 1...
Category
1850s English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Mappin
Webb silver plate tray
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
A very elegant antique or vintage English silver plated oval tray/ tea tray by Mappin & Webb.
The underside inscribed 'Mappin & Webb Ltd. Prince's Plate, Triple Deposit, R71552' al...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century English Egg and Dart Silver-plate Butler
s Tray
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful and substantial 19th century English silver-plate butler's tray with a heavy egg and dart patterned rim. Perfect for your at-home bar set up o...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Hunting Flask, English, Silver Plate, Leather Case, Bottle, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique hunting flask. An English, glass and silver plate bottle in leather case, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Wonderfu...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Pair Entree Dishes Matthew Linwood 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite and rare antique pair of English silver plated entree dishes, bearing the makers mark of Matthew Linwood of Birmingham, circa 1820...
Category
1820s English 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...
Category
1890s English High Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$962 Sale Price
45% Off
Antique Sheffield Silver-Plate Fork
Knife Servers with Horn Handles Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Sheffield Silver-Plate Fork & Knife Servers with Horn Handles, Circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Antique Liberty
s of London Arts
Crafts Cake Stand With Botanical Etchings
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique Liberty of London Arts and Crafts Engraved Cake Stand With Decorative Botanical Etchings Early 1900's.
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Pewter
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
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 la...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
Antique Barker-Ellis Edwardian Silver Plated Octagonal Gallery Serving Tray
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique serving tray was made by the well known Barker Ellis Silver Company of England and dates to approximately 1900 and done in the period Edwardian style. The tray is compos...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Silverplate and Gilt Egg Cups - Set of 4
Located in Morristown, NJ
Four early 20th c.antique silverplate and gilt egg cups. These have a nice heft to them with a combined weight of 1lb. Whether in use or on a sideboard, these lovely egg cups are vis...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Sheffield Sugar Tongs, 1970s
By Sheffield
Located in New York, NY
This charming piece is from the midcentury. The stainless steel sugar tongs are an elegant accompaniment to your next coffee or tea service. Lovely elegant floral and trailing leaves...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Stainless Steel
Sheffield England Boxed Set for 6 Fish/Dessert Forke
Knives MOP Handles
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
Talk about elegant and classy! You're next fancy get together will be an extra special event using these forks and knives for the fish course or enjoying dessert and it comes in the ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English Sheffield Plated Curved Shape Barware Footed Tray
Located in Tarry Town, NY
English sheffield silver plated curved shape / butler barware / tableware serving gallery tray with sides handles. The butler tray is in great condition. Minor wear consistent with a...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate
Pair of Antique Silver Plated Dixon
Sons Sheffield Covered Entree Servers
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique silver plated covered entree servers was made in Sheffield England by the James Dixon and Sons Company in circa 1880 in the period V...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
English Sheffield Silver Plate Champagne Cooler or Ice Bucket
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Large English Sheffield tableware or barware silver plated champagne cooler with inserted removable ice bucket with handles and exterior design details. The cooler is just exquisite ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Old English Sheffield Plate Matthew Boulton Hand Engraved "Armorial" Dish Cover
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Very fine and rare Old English Sheffield plate hand engraved "Armorial" Dish Cover with maker's marks for Matthew Boulton and a later "married" sterling silver Rococo style handle.
...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
$1,295 Sale Price
22% Off
A Very Fine 19th Century Silver Plated Lidded Soup Tureen by Elkington
Company
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine
impressively large silver plated soup tureen by Elkington
Company of London with a capacity to hold 4 quarts.
The substantial oval body having open handles, richly decorated with embossed
engraved foliate motifs
centered by blank foliate cartouches, the conforming lid bearing engraved heraldic crests.
Raised overall upon a stepped oval foot, with the underside bearing impressed factory marks for Elkington
Co., together with date letter for 1884.
In extremely good overall condition, and priced competitively in comparison to similar examples in the marketplace.
ELKINGTON
COMPANY: George Richards Elkington
Henry Elkington were the first to discover and patent the silver plating process in the 1830's. They were subsequently awarded Royal warrants to several members of the British Royal Family including Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, Queen Mary
King George VI.
Elkington
Company were chosen as the suppliers of flatware on board the British Royal Yacht Britannia...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$2,100 Sale Price
30% Off
Art Deco Silver Plated Cube T-set With Tray, Sheffield, England, c1930
Located in Devon, England
This is a lovely Art Deco 'cube' silver-plated three-piece tea set made by Marples. Wingfield & Wilkins of Sheffield in England, made in the early 1930's. It is depicted in the stric...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
EPNS
Outstanding quality antique Victorian ornate silver plated candelabra and candle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Outstanding quality antique Victorian ornate silver plated candelabra and candlestick set having a fine quality antique Victorian silver plated candelabra accompanied by the matching...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$900 Sale Price / set
20% Off
A Lemon Squeezer by Mappin
Webb
By Mappin
Webb
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century, silver-plated lemon squeezer by Mappin & Webb.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$3,071 / set
English Sheffield and Bronze Three Tiered Eagle Taza, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
English Sheffield three tiered taza with a bronze ornamental spread wing eagle grasping arrows in claws, turned bulbous column, three hand chased pewter plates, and resting on a deco...
Category
1820s English George III Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate, Bronze, Copper, Pewter
English Silver Plated Barware / Tableware Ice Bucket
Located in Tarry Town, NY
English silver plated barware / tableware ice bucket with exterior design details and side handles. The ice bucket is in great condition. Maker's mark undersigned. The ice bucket is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
English Georgian Pyriform Sheffield Coffee Pot,
1750s
Located in Kenilworth, IL
English Old Sheffield Rococo pyriform coffee pot with carved boxwood handle. The foot, lid rim, and lid finial are cast in a reel molding. Rococo engraving and developed Rococo spout...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Victorian Period Hobnail-Cut Crystal Biscuit Barrel on Sheffield-Plated Stand
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful, Victorian, hobnail-cut crystal biscuit barrel on original Sheffield plated stand, Sheffield, England, circa 1870, Cooper Bros. & Son, Ltd.- make...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Crystal, Sheffield Plate
Large Antique English Silver Plated Serving Tray with Ornate Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large antique serving tray is hallmarked by an unknown maker and originated from England and dates to approximately 1920 and done in a Victorian style. The tray is composed...
Category
Early 20th Century English High Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Wonderful quality antique Edwardian silver plated entree dish
Located in Ipswich, GB
Wonderful quality antique Edwardian silver plated entree dish, having a quality silver plated entree dish with a removable lid and a ornate silver plated handle to the top.
D. 1900
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$229 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Victorian English Silver Plate
Horn Dinner Gong
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Large 19th century English silver plate and horn dinner table gong with the original oak striker and base in the victorian style. This fine dinner gong has a beautiful mellow tone an...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
An English Victorian silver plated tea/coffee set circa 1890
Located in Central England, GB
This most attractive large Victorian four piece English tea and coffee set is of the best quality. It is made from hard nickel with ornate cast and engraved decoration. It is in rem...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Revolving Old Sheffield Silver Plate Epergne
By Sheffield
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Old Sheffield silver plate epergne showcases a refined Georgian-period scalloped motif embellished with acorns and foliage. It rotates with ...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Art Nouveau Silver Plated Oval Serving Tray with Raised Floral Motif
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated oval serving tray is completely unsigned, but believed to have been made in England in circa 1920 in the Art Nouveau style. The tray has an elongated oval ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Nouveau Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Copper
Antique Silver Plated Wine Bottle Coaster with Grape
Leaf Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This silver plated antique bottle coaster is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1900 and done in a Victorian style. This bottle coaster ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Copper
Pair of Antique English Silver Plated Candlesticks in a Corinthian Column Style
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique candlesticks are hallmarked by an unknown maker, and presumed to originate from England and date to approximately 1920 and done in a Greek Revival style. The can...
Category
Early 20th Century English Greek Revival Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Large Sheffield Silver Plate Punch Bowl Signed by William Adams, England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Large Sheffield Silver Plate Punch Bowl Signed by William Adams, England, Item featured Floral and Foliage Repousse Design, very clean Line Design Resting on a Round Base
Dim...
Category
1930s English Vintage Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Silver Leaf
Hallmarked Silver Plated Keepsake Box, Sheffield, UK, circa 1900
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a stunning silver plated keepsake box dating to 1900, with associated hallmark. This small box includes a wooden interior with two slots and a blank square on top where initials could have been engraved. A well maintained, elegant piece, this antique silver box is an excellent addition to any silver or home decor collection.
Trinket or keepsake boxes have taken on many forms since their first conception in ancient times. However their purpose remains the same; to store jewelry and other items precious to the owner. Originally, these boxes were used specifically for jewelry. These were in common use as early as 5000 BC in Ancient Egypt, when the majority of Egyptians, both male and female, wore jewelry. Boxes were used to keep these gemstone encrusted items safe. In Ancient Rome, jewelry was a status symbol. Rings and brooches were utilized to represent ones status in society. Again, boxes were needed for security and storage purposes. Finding early examples of these are quite rare.
Victorian and Edwardian examples of trinket boxes are far more common. This is because owning jewellery was a luxury until the Victorian era- let alone possessing so much a box was needed to store it all. Fine jewelry and other items became available to the masses after the industrial revolution due to the reduction in production costs. This led to a demand for trinket boxes, which were much smaller than jewelry boxes and therefore better suited to the needs of the middle class who did not yet possess an abundance of jewelry.
In Victorian households, collectables and other items of interested were also stashed inside these boxes. This is why they are known as trinket or keepsake boxes, rather than just jewelry boxes, although of course jewelry was also stored in them. Trinket boxes were produced in large numbers around this time. Many were lined with colored plush or velvet or rich wood. More elaborate designs had interior divisions and trays for rings and other pieces of jewellery. It was also common to see trinket boxes so small that they could only contain one item, such as a single ring. Ornate exteriors were created to reflect the value of the trinket boxes contents.
The Edwardian era saw the introduction of new styles of trinket box. These included small circular or oblong boxes...
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Early 1900s English Art Deco Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Beautiful Antique Victorian Silver Plated Tea
Coffee Service
Located in Ipswich, GB
Beautiful 19th Century Victorian antique silver plated tea and coffee service including a coffee pot, tea pot, cream jug and sugar bowl. Lovely engraved decoration. Good antique cond...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$453 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique English Old Victorian Horn Handle Carving Set in Case, Circa 1860.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Old Victorian Sheffield Silver and Horn Handle Carving Set in Fitted Case, Circa 1860. Hallmarked.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Antique Victorian Round Silver Platter by Mappin Brothers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique English Victorian round silver serving tray or platter standing on three feet, featuring beautifully engraved and embossed foliate with a letter "F" at the center / Made in E...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$540 Sale Price
40% Off
20th Century English Silver Round Footed Plateau / Dessert Stand
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 20th century English silver plated round shape footed tableware serving plateau / dessert stand with exterior floral design details . The plateau is in great vintage condition. M...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
English Sheffield Engraved Interior Silver Plate Barware Serving Tray
By Sheffield
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Immerse yourself in the refined elegance of the 19th century with this exceptional English Sheffield Engraved Silver Plate Barware Serving Tray. Meticulously crafted, this tray encap...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Elegant antique Edwardian silver plated jam pot and spoon
Located in Ipswich, GB
Elegant antique Edwardian silver plated jam pot and spoon, having an elegant cut glass jam pot with a silver plated rim standing on a silver plated stand with a shaped handle to the ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$294 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of English Regency Sheffield Candelabras, Matthew Boulton, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
A complete pair of English Regency Sheffield three-light candelabras with removable intertwined scrolled arms, original hand chased removable shell motif bobeches, beaded floral tape...
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate, Copper
Edwardian Quality Silver Plated Rectangle Entrée
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian quality silver plated rectangle entrée dish having a quality rectangle silver plated entrée dish with a lift off lid with two handles.
D. 1900
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Silver Plated Wine Coaster Pen Holder 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A very attractive antique silver plated wine coaster with pierced and embossed decoration, bearing the impressed makers mark JD on the base and dating from Circa 1920.
A highly vers...
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Early 20th Century English Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Elkington
Co. Silverplate Charger by Morel-Ladeuil
Located in New Orleans, LA
An important antique silverplate charger created by Elkington & Co., based on a sculpture by French artist Morel Ladeuil. Cast by one of the most significant and highly respected English silver firms in history, the classically-designed repoussé form displays an intimate scene of a lady being dressed by her attendants. Surrounded by a border of Greek anthemions and supported its elm and mahogany solid wood frame, this plaque is a tour-de-force of silver plate artistry.
Elkington & Co. patented the first commercial electroplating process and held Royal Warrants for Queen Victoria, King Edward VI...
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19th Century English Other Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Sheffield Reproduction Silver Plated Serving Tray with Grapes
Leaves
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique serving tray was made by an unkwown maker and presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1920 and done in a Victorian style. The tray is done in silver plate and has applied grape and leaf decoration around the outer edges with ornate stylized scrollwork and flowers engraved on the top. The tray is clearly signed "Sheffield Reproduction...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique silver plated tray by Queen Victoria Sheffield, England, 1900s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
he antique tray marked "Queen Victoria Sheffield" belongs to the English tradition of producing tableware and serving items in the style of the Victorian era. Such items were produce...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Monumental Silver Plated Three Part Mirrored Plateau with Eagle Feet
Located in Milford, NH
A fabulous and monumental silver plate three part mirrored plateau with foliate and shell decorated border, supported by eagle feet. The sections are held together by metal pins (one...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Silver Plated Dinner Bell or Gong with Figural Twig
Branch Motif
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated dinner gong or bell is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Edwardian style. The fr...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Sheffield Plate Mirrored Table Centerpiece / Plateau, Attributed Boulton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Sheffield Plate Mirrored Table Centerpiece / Surtout de Table / Plateau, Attributed to Mathew Boulton Workshop, William IV Period, Circa 1830
An exceptional and rare Sheffield...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate, Iron
Elegant English 19th Century Sheffield Silver Plate Embellished Mirrored Plateau
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful 19th century silver plate plateau has a rich floral embellishment with circular mirror. The beautiful patina adds to the look of this an...
Category
Late 19th Century English Baroque Antique Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Copper, Silver, Silver Plate
Pair of Large Antique Silver Plated Bottle Coasters with Repousse Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of large bottle coasters are hallmarked by an unknown maker, and presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1920 and done in a Victorian style. The ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Ellis Barker, Antique Silver Plate Candlestick, England, Early 20th Century
By Ellis Barker
Located in Chatham, ON
Ellis Barker Silver Co. - antique single silver-plate candlestick - large size - finely chased - weighted base - menorah hallmark / stamp to the base rim ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Mappin
Webb Princess Sheffield Silver Plate Basket with Handle
By Mappin
Webb
Located in Miami, FL
Mappin & Webb Princess Sheffield Silver Plate Basket with Handle
Offered for sale is an English Sheffield silver-plated reticulated b...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Sheffield Plate, Silver Plate
$295 Sale Price
25% Off
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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