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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Late Georgian Sheffield Plated twin inkstand with central taper stick holder.
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£149.00
Georgian, set of four Sheffield Plated, crested, butter shell dishes.
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£198.00
Elkington late Victorian pair of high relief classical scene silver plated candlesticks. Dated 1896.
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£163.00
Late Georgian, matching set of four Sheffield Plated candlesticks.
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£259.00
Late Victorian/Edwardian silver plated centrepiece, depicting winged beasts. Norblin & Co, Warsaw, Poland.
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£249.00
Victorian silver plated regimental trophy cup and cover for the 6th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, dated 1886. James Ballantyne & Son, Glasgow.
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£559.00
Highly detailed novelty silver plated salt in the form of a crab.
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£198.00
Beautifully cast silver plated rearing horse atop a silver plated globe.
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£141.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate pair of open sauce tureens and stands. Circa 1775.
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£440.00
Pair of Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate candlesticks, with silver drip trays. Circa 1770
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£239.00
Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate lidded tankard, circa 1760.
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£230.00
Excellent quality mid Victorian large silver plated trophy cup and cover, circa 1869.
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£316.00
George III, pair of Old Sheffield Plate meat domes, with crest and motto of Farquharson.
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£579.00
Georgian, Old Sheffield Plate, wire work basket with bale handle, circa 1820 -1830
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£169.00
Late Georgian Old Sheffield Plate punch bowl circa 1820 -1840
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£567.00
Rare Georgian, George III, Old Sheffield Plate, feather edge soup ladle.
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£161.00