Sold 24 September 2025 · Honey Tilley Antiques

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Description

This is an antique silver plated and glass butter dish. This has a circular wavy shaped tray. The original white glass bowl sits inside. It has two raised lugs to hold the lid in place. The lid is engraved with scrolls and leaves and is pierced. On top sits a reclining figure of a cow.

Diameter of dish: 18cm (7")

Declaration

Honey Tilley Antiques has dated this Silver Plated Butter Dish to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1152496

Dealers Internal Reference

A37670

Dealers Notes

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Description

Diameter of dish: 18cm (7")

Date of Manufacture

Honey Tilley Antiques has dated this Silver Plated Butter Dish to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA1152496

Dealers Internal Ref

A37670

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Honey Tilley Antiques

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An antique silver plated butter dish featuring an opalescent glass liner, a domed engraved lid, and a figural cow finial resting on a scalloped undertray.

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London
N1 8EF
United Kingdom

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Antique silver plated butter dish c1880

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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing

ObjectTableware
Period19th century
StyleVictorian
MaterialSilver Plate, Glass
ColourSilver
MotifsFigural cow finial, Engraved foliate scrolls, Scalloped tray rim, Fluted glass body

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Victorian butter dishes, popular during the late 19th century, were designed to keep butter cool and clean on formal dining tables using ice chambers or ventilated domes, often featuring whimsical animal finials.

These pieces typically combined electroplated nickel silver (EPNS) mounts, domed lids, and undertrays with pressed or frosted glass liners designed to hold dairy products safely.

Authenticity is determined by hallmarks or makers marks stamped on the silver plate, heavy gauge glass liners, natural tarnish patterns, and traditional manufacturing marks such as old casting seams.

Such decorative tableware can be displayed open on a dining sideboard, utilised as a jewellery holder on a dressing table, or integrated into a tablescape as a focal point.

Clean gently with a non-abrasive silver polish and a soft cloth to avoid wearing away the thin silver plate, and store in a dry environment to prevent excessive oxidisation.