1860/70 Silver Plated Bread Fruit Basket Centre Piece Pierced Ornate Handle
1860/70 Silver Plated Bread Fruit Basket Centre Piece Pierced Ornate Handle. Stunning large silver centre-piece dating to around 1850/60, by r. It uses a late Georgian design featuring flowing vines and berries. Created before the wide spread development of EPNS, Elkington used an o. Ld plating process, this involved heat fusing solid silver plate onto a the copper body. It makes for a noticeable high-quality appearance, much heavier silver coating, harder wearing surface, as apposed to later electro plated (EPNS) process which was to follow. All together, this is a magnificent high-quality piece of silver plate, that is difficult to match by sheer table display style and quality across any age. Diameter: 30cm x 26cm (handle up), handle down 13cm.
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