Collection: Old Sheffield Plate & Silver Plate

Old Sheffield Plate, or fused plate as it is sometimes known, was the first commercially viable method of plating metal. The method itself was invented by a Sheffield cutler named Thomas Boulsover in 1743. Boulsover discovered that when applying sufficient heat to silver and copper the two metals fused. This, in effect, meant that the two metals acted as a single one, and when worked or hammered out the proportions of silver to copper remained the same. 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. 
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Georgian, George III, Large Old Sheffield Plate Armorial Salver. Smith & Co. Birmingham, circa 1780 - 1790.
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£398.00
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£398.00
Georgian Old Sheffield Plate Salver. Arms of Joseph Boulderson, Honourable East India Company. Circa 1810 - 1830.
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£384.00
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£384.00
Early Victorian Pair of Old Sheffield Plate Candlesticks, circa 1840 - 1850.
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£94.00
Victorian Silver Plate on Copper Crested Salver, circa 1850 - 1860.
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£74.00
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£74.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate Candlestick, circa 1785.
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£110.00
Large Pair of Silver Plated Models of British Soldiers in Early Nineteenth Century Uniform.
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£143.00
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£143.00
Victorian Neoclassical Silver Plated Inkwell. Elkington, Mason & Co. Circa 1860.
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£267.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate Cup & Cover, circa 1780 - 1810.
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£322.00
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£322.00
Silver Plated Relief Plaque of Windsor Castle.
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£56.00
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£56.00
Silver Plated Relief Model of Gibraltar & Harbour.
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£78.00
Large Victorian Silver Plated Wrestling Trophy Cup. Henry Bourne, Birmingham circa 1890.
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£540.00
Ornate Pierced Gallery Silver Plated Inkstand.
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£149.00
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£149.00
Early Victorian Old Sheffield Plate Mug. T & J Creswick, Sheffield. circa 1840 - 1860.
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£73.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate Tankard, circa 1770 - 1790.
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£118.00
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£118.00
Late Georgian Old Sheffield Plate Meat Dish. Matthew Boulton, circa 1820 - 1840.
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£146.00
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£146.00
Edwardian Silver Plated Lamp Post Table Lighter. Barker Brothers, Birmingham.
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£118.00
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£118.00
Georgian, George III, Pair of Old Sheffield Plate Bottle Coasters, circa 1810 - 1820.
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£72.00
Early 20th Century Silver Plated Cigar Case.
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£87.00
Art Nouveau Silver Plated Ink Blotter. Plewkiewicz of Warsaw (WMF), circa 1890 - 1910.
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£82.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate, Coffee Pot, circa 1760 - 1780.
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£156.00
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£156.00
Georgian, Pair of Old Sheffield Plate Crested Candlesticks, circa 1820.
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£147.00
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£147.00
Silver Plated & Fluted Monteith Bowl with Lion Mask Handles.
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£89.00
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£89.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate Galleried Teapot Stand, circa 1780 - 1800.
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£98.00
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£98.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate Caddy Spoon.
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£32.00
Victorian Silver Plated Oval Fluted Bowl with Lion Mask Handles. John Round & Sons.
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£228.00
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£228.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate Cake Basket circa 1810 - 1820.
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£137.00
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£137.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate Caddy Spoon.
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£34.00
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£34.00
Georgian, George III, Two Old Sheffield Plate Caddy Spoons.
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£28.00
Georgian Old Sheffield Plate Cream Jug. D & G Holy & Co. of Sheffield, circa 1815.
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£72.00
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£72.00
Georgian Old Sheffield Plate Cream Jug, circa 1820.
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£76.00
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£76.00
Silver Plated Sandwich Box. Swaine & Adeney Ltd of London, circa 1910 - 1943.
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£119.00
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£119.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate, Tea Caddy. Circa 1800.
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£97.00
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£97.00
Silver Plated Serving Fork & Spoon. Elkington & Co. 1961.
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£49.00
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£49.00
First Half 20th Century Silver Plated Biscuit Box.
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£89.00
Victorian Silver Plated Soup Tureen. Elkington, Mason & Co. 1853.
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£772.00
Georgian Old Sheffield Plate Entree Dish, Arms of Rooper & Bonfoy. Circa 1820.
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£218.00
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£218.00
St Helena Interest. A Victorian Silver Plated Entree Dish & Cover for R.M.S. Papanui.
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£118.00
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£118.00
19th Century Silver Plate on Copper Wire Work Basket.
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£69.00
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£69.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate Rope Twist Cake Basket, circa 1770.
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£139.00
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£139.00
Georgian Old Sheffield Plate Large Gallery Desk Stand, circa 1820.
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£428.00
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£428.00