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Rare 18th Century Old Sheffield Plated Wirework Tray
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Rare 18th Century Old Sheffield Plated Wirework Tray

18th century
Sold 27 September 2024 · David Pickett Antiques
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This Old Sheffield Plated oval tray has very rare wirework edging. Bearing no makers mark but dating to c1790-1800. With blank cartouches and standing on four bun feet. Of substantial proportions.

The condition is very good overall with slight copper bleed to the raised edges and one tiny patch to the surface. An old repair to the lower rim and one strut has become detached (see photograph), otherwise still a very useable object.

Measures approx 48cm x 29cm.

Height approx 9cm at highest point.

Weight approx 1.4kg

Date of Manufacture

David Pickett Antiques has dated this Old Sheffield Plated Wirework Tray to the 18th Century.

Physical Dimensions
Height
9cm (3.54")
Width
48cm (18.90")
Depth
29cm (11.42")
Reference Numbers
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SA1067733
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This Old Sheffield Plated oval tray has very rare wirework edging. Bearing no makers mark but dating to c1790-1800. With blank cartouches and standing on four bun feet. Of substantial proportions.
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The condition is very good overall with slight copper bleed to the raised edges and one tiny patch to the surface.
David Pickett Antiques

An old repair to the lower rim and one strut has become detached (see photograph), otherwise still a very useable object.

Measures approx 48cm x 29cm.

Height approx 9cm at highest point.

Weight approx 1.4kg

Date of Manufacture

David Pickett Antiques has dated this Old Sheffield Plated Wirework Tray to the 18th Century.

Height
9cm (3.54")
Width
48cm (18.90")
Depth
29cm (11.42")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1067733
David Pickett Antiques
David Pickett Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Sep 2020

Specialists in old sheffield plate

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An oval Old Sheffield plated wirework tray featuring an openwork loop gallery, mirrored base, and small ball feet. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I An oval Old Sheffield plated wirework tray featuring an openwork loop gallery, mirrored base, and small ball feet. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Rare 18th Century Old Sheffield Plated Wirework Tray

Archive II An oval Old Sheffield plated wirework tray featuring an openwork loop gallery, mirrored base, and small ball feet. View II
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An oval Old Sheffield plated wirework tray featuring an openwork loop gallery, mirrored base, and small ball feet.
Rare 18th Century Old Sheffield Plated Wirework Tray
Ref: SA1067733
An oval Old Sheffield plated wirework tray featuring an openwork loop gallery, mirrored base, and small ball feet.
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  • ObjectServing Trays
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialFused silver and copper, Old Sheffield Plate
  • ColourSilver
  • MotifsPierced wirework loop gallery, Oval mirrored base, Applied blank cartouches, Ball feet
  • SizeH 9 cm (4 in) x W 48 cm (19 in) x D 29 cm (11 in)

Old Sheffield Plate is an early form of silver plating created by fusing a sheet of silver to a copper ingot, predominantly produced in Sheffield, England, from the mid-18th century until the introduction of electroplating in the 1840s.

These items were constructed using a base of copper fused with sterling silver, shaped through hand-soldering and wire-drawing techniques to form intricate pierced or openwork galleries, often supported on small ball or bracket feet.

Authentic pieces often reveal a faint yellowish copper bleeding line along exposed edges or seams where the silver layer has worn thin over time, and they typically predate official silver hallmarks, bearing makers marks instead.

Such pieces can be utilised as reflective surfaces on coffee tables or sideboards to display small decorative objects, or styled centrally to introduce metallic texture and historical contrast into modern spaces.

Preservation requires gentle cleaning with specialized silver cloth and non-abrasive polish to avoid wearing through the thin silver layer, storing them in low-humidity environments away from direct sunlight.
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