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18th Century Old Sheffield Plated Sweetmeat Basket C1790
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18th Century Old Sheffield Plated Sweetmeat Basket C1790

18th century
For Sale by David Pickett Antiques (Reserved for a buyer)
Description

This beautiful Old Sheffield Plated basket for sweetmeats, dates to c1790. Bearing no makers marks, and with a lion crest to the front. With a gorgeous original gilded interior.

In good condition with some surface wear due to age and use. Some copper bleed to raised edges

Weight approx 382g

Height to top of handle approx 19cm

Height to top of bowl approx 12cm

Span approx 15.5cm

Depth approx 10cm

Physical Dimensions
Height
12cm (4.72")
Width
15.5cm (6.10")
Depth
10cm (3.94")
Declaration

David Pickett Antiques has dated this Sheffield Plate Sweetmeat Basket to the 18th Century.

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SA1205549
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Description
This beautiful Old Sheffield Plated basket for sweetmeats, dates to c1790. Bearing no makers marks, and with a lion crest to the front. With a gorgeous original gilded interior.

In good condition with some surface wear due to age and use. Some copper bleed to raised edges

Weight approx 382g

Height to top of handle approx 19cm

Height to top of bowl approx 12cm

Span approx 15.5cm

Depth approx 10cm

Height
12cm (4.72")
Width
15.5cm (6.10")
Depth
10cm (3.94")
Date of Manufacture

David Pickett Antiques has dated this Sheffield Plate Sweetmeat Basket to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1205549
David Pickett Antiques
David Pickett Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Sep 2020

Specialists in old sheffield plate

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An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior.
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Archive I An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior.

18th Century Old Sheffield Plated Sweetmeat Basket C1790

Archive II An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior. View II
Archive III An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior. View III
Archive IV An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior. View IV
Archive V An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior. View V
Archive VI An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior. View VI
Archive VII An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior. View VII
Archive VIII An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior. View VIII
Archive IX An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior. View IX
Archive X An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior. View X
Archive XI An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior. View XI
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An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior.
18th Century Old Sheffield Plated Sweetmeat Basket c1790
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An eighteenth-century boat-shaped silver plated sweetmeat basket featuring a pedestal base, swing handle, heraldic crest engraving, and a gilded interior.
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  • ObjectTableware
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialSilver Plate, Copper, Gold Wash
  • ColourSilver
  • MotifsNavette shape, Swing handle, Engraved crest cartouche, Pedestal foot
  • SizeH 12 cm (5 in) x W 15.5 cm (6 in) x D 10 cm (4 in)

This Georgian Old Sheffield Plated sweetmeat basket dates to around 1790. Formed in a navette shape with a pedestal foot, the piece combines silver and copper with a gold wash. The surface exhibits a silver exterior alongside visible copper bleed on raised edges, while the interior displays a warm golden tone. Decorative details include a swing handle, reeded rims, and an engraved heraldic lion crest centered inside an ornamental cartouche on the front. Surface wear is present across the metal from age and prior use. Measuring 12 cm high by 15.5 cm wide and 10 cm deep, the item functions as elegant tableware suitable for display upon a sideboard top in a dining room or living space.

FAQs

A sweetmeat basket is a small decorative vessel, widely produced during the Georgian era, intended to hold sweet delicacies, fruits, or candied confections at formal dining tables.

Old Sheffield Plate was manufactured by fusing a layer of sterling silver to a thicker copper ingot using heat and pressure, which was subsequently rolled into sheets for hand-crafting.

Authentic items frequently display subtle copper bleed-through on exposed rims, feature hand-engraved crests or inset sterling silver shields, and show visible solder seams from hand construction.

Place the basket on a sideboard, console table, or mantelpiece as an individual decorative highlight, or use it to hold small desk items or trinkets.

Clean gently using a non-abrasive silver cloth and mild liquid polish, avoiding harsh chemicals that can wear through the silver layer to the underlying copper base.
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