Antique Sheffield Plate Silver on Copper Serving Tray Vegetable Dish Tureen
Antique Sheffield plate Silver on Copper serving dish. Three piece silverplate serving dish including a lid with detachable handle, base and warming stand with twin handles. Elegantly shaped with foliate and shell trim and branch handles and finial. Silver on a copper base, known as Sheffield plate, was an early technique where sheets of silver where rolled and bonded to a copper core. Starting in 1840, the new, more cost effective process of electroplating was used for silver plating most items, making Sheffield plate pieces rare. Mark on base denotes it was made in England, and is silver on copper. There is a thistle mark though I have been unable to identify the maker based on this. Similar pieces date to the early 1800s. Uncommon to find four piece serving dishes of this kind. Good condition overall condition for age. Some general scuffs and scratches to surface from use. Copper shows through silver in a few places, known as’bleeding’ or’bloom’ and is considered desirable by some collectors. See photos for more detail. Measurements: 14 3/4″ x 10″ x 7.
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