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Four Silver Playing Card Suit Dishes by a & J Zimmerman, 1898.
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Four Silver Playing Card Suit Dishes by a & J Zimmerman, 1898.

19th century
Sold 17 March 2025 · Harrington Antiques
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Description

A delightful set of four silver playing card suit dishes by A & J Zimmerman Ltd, Birmingham, 1898.

Each dish is well formed with a simple scalloped edge. There is some wear commensurate with age, namely rubbing to the hallmarks in areas and some small dinks but overall the set remains attractive.

DIMENSIONS

Diamond:-

Length: 10cm

Width: 6cm

Height: 1cm

Spade:-

Length: 7cm

Width: 7cm

Height: 1cm

Club:-

Length: 7cm

Width: 7cm

Height: 1cm

Heart:-

Length: 7cm

Width: 6.5cm

Height: 1cm

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Date of Manufacture

Harrington Antiques has dated these Silver Playing Card Suit Dishes to the 19th Century.

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SA1082610
Dealers Internal Reference
7577
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Description
A delightful set of four silver playing card suit dishes by A & J Zimmerman Ltd, Birmingham, 1898.

Each dish is well formed with a simple scalloped edge.

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There is some wear commensurate with age, namely rubbing to the hallmarks in areas and some small dinks but overall the set remains attractive.
Harrington Antiques
fig 1. Four small silver dishes shaped like the four playing card suitsdiamond, club, spade, and heartarranged diagonally on a dark wooden surface.
fig 1. Four Silver Playing Card Suit Dishes by a & J Zimmerman, 1898.

DIMENSIONS

Diamond:-

Length: 10cm

Width: 6cm

Height: 1cm

Spade:-

Length: 7cm

Width: 7cm

Height: 1cm

Club:-

Length: 7cm

Width: 7cm

Height: 1cm

Heart:-

Length: 7cm

Width: 6.5cm

Height: 1cm

DELIVERY

UK Mainland: FREE

International Delivery: Please contact us for a shipping quote.

Date of Manufacture

Harrington Antiques has dated these Silver Playing Card Suit Dishes to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1082610
Dealers Internal Ref
7577
Harrington Antiques
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Archive I Four small silver dishes shaped like the four playing card suitsdiamond, club, spade, and heartarranged diagonally on a dark wooden surface. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Four Silver Playing Card Suit Dishes by a & J Zimmerman, 1898.

Archive II Four small silver dishes shaped like the four playing card suitsdiamond, club, spade, and heartarranged diagonally on a dark wooden surface. View II
Archive III Four small silver dishes shaped like the four playing card suitsdiamond, club, spade, and heartarranged diagonally on a dark wooden surface. View III
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Archive V Four small silver dishes shaped like the four playing card suitsdiamond, club, spade, and heartarranged diagonally on a dark wooden surface. View V
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Four small silver dishes shaped like the four playing card suitsdiamond, club, spade, and heartarranged diagonally on a dark wooden surface.
Four Silver Playing Card Suit Dishes by A & J Zimmerman, 1898.
Ref: SA1082610
Four small silver dishes shaped like the four playing card suitsdiamond, club, spade, and heartarranged diagonally on a dark wooden surface.
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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectTrinket Trays
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialSilver
  • ColourSilver
  • MotifsPlaying card suits, Scalloped rims, Indented bowls

FAQs

Antique silver card suit dishes are small decorative trays shaped to represent the four suits of playing cards: hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs. Frequently produced during the Victorian and Edwardian periods, they were often utilised as pin trays, ash trays, or bridge table accessories.

These items are typically crafted from sterling silver, manufactured using traditional silversmithing techniques such as stamping, pressing, and hand-chasing. Makers often applied scolloped or beaded rims to add texture and finished the pieces with a polished surface.

Authentic pieces bear legible hallmarks stamped directly into the metal, which typically include the makers mark, a standard mark indicating sterling silver, a date letter corresponding to the assay year, and an assay office mark such as the anchor for Birmingham or the leopards head for London.

These versatile small items can be displayed on a coffee table as catch-alls for small objects, placed on a bedside table for jewellery, or arranged on a mantelpiece as decorative accents that add metallic contrast to contemporary schemes.

Silver should be cleaned infrequently using a specialist non-abrasive silver polish and a soft cloth to remove tarnish without harming the metal. Storing them in a dry environment away from direct sunlight helps prevent rapid re-oxidation.
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