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Antique Victorian Silver Plated Shell Dish with Stylised Coral Handle – Circa 1880
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Antique Victorian Silver Plated Shell Dish with Stylised Coral Handle – Circa 1880

19th century
Description

A Nice Antique Victorian Silver Plated Serving Dish in the shape of a shell with a stylised coral handle. The body of the dish is modelled with flowing ridges and rippling contours that imitate the natural surface of a shell. The raised handle is cast in the form of coral, giving the piece a sculptural and distinctly marine character. The dish sits on three shell shaped feet – circa 1880.

* The design is both decorative and functional, making it suitable for serving sweets, nuts, chocolates, or small savouries.

Measurements:

Height (to top of handle): 5 1/2" (approx. 14cm)

Width: 12" (approx. 30.5cm)

Depth: 10" (approx. 25.5cm)

Total weight: 640g

In good condition – The piece shows only light surface wear consistent with age and gentle handling.

Date of Manufacture

Kingsdown Antiques has dated this Victorian Silver Shell Dish to the 1880s.

Independent Date Guide ID 09580894
Dealer's Item Date1880s
Sellingantiques Date1880s
Sellingantiques agingItem 125-155 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 1880s:
Stamped maker's mark with crossed arrows: Sheffield maker Thomas Bradbury and Sons.
Cast handle modelled as coral with a starfish: late Victorian marine design.
Applied cast shell feet soldered underneath: typical late nineteenth-century construction.
Gentle polishing wear in the dish: decades of domestic use.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Physical Dimensions
Height
14cm (5.51")
Width
30.5cm (12.01")
Depth
25.5cm (10.04")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1225842
Dealers Internal Reference
KD53355
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A Nice Antique Victorian Silver Plated Serving Dish in the shape of a shell with a stylised coral handle.
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The body of the dish is modelled with flowing ridges and rippling contours that imitate the natural surface of a shell.
Kingsdown Antiques

The raised handle is cast in the form of coral, giving the piece a sculptural and distinctly marine character. The dish sits on three shell shaped feet – circa 1880.

fig 1. A Victorian silver-plated dish featuring two fluted shell-shaped compartments joined by a central handle modelled as textured coral.
fig 1. Antique Victorian Silver Plated Shell Dish with Stylised Coral Handle – Circa 1880

The design is both decorative and functional, making it suitable for serving sweets, nuts, chocolates, or small savouries.

Measurements:

Height (to top of handle): 5 1/2" (approx. 14cm)

Width: 12" (approx. 30.5cm)

Depth: 10" (approx. 25.5cm)

Total weight: 640g

In good condition – The piece shows only light surface wear consistent with age and gentle handling.

Date of Manufacture

Kingsdown Antiques has dated this Victorian Silver Shell Dish to the 1880s.

Independent Date Report ID 09580894
Dealer's Item Date1880s
Sellingantiques dating1880s
Sellingantiques agingItem 125-155 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 1880s:
Stamped maker's mark with crossed arrows: Sheffield maker Thomas Bradbury and Sons.
Cast handle modelled as coral with a starfish: late Victorian marine design.
Applied cast shell feet soldered underneath: typical late nineteenth-century construction.
Gentle polishing wear in the dish: decades of domestic use.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
14cm (5.51")
Width
30.5cm (12.01")
Depth
25.5cm (10.04")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1225842
Dealers Internal Ref
KD53355
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Archive I A Victorian silver-plated dish featuring two fluted shell-shaped compartments joined by a central handle modelled as textured coral.

Antique Victorian Silver Plated Shell Dish with Stylised Coral Handle – Circa 1880

Archive II A Victorian silver-plated dish featuring two fluted shell-shaped compartments joined by a central handle modelled as textured coral. View II
Archive III A Victorian silver-plated dish featuring two fluted shell-shaped compartments joined by a central handle modelled as textured coral. View III
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A Victorian silver-plated dish featuring two fluted shell-shaped compartments joined by a central handle modelled as textured coral.
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Shell Dish With Stylised Coral Handle – circa 1880
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A Victorian silver-plated dish featuring two fluted shell-shaped compartments joined by a central handle modelled as textured coral.
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Cataloguer’s note

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  • ObjectDecorative Dishes
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian Naturalism
  • MaterialSilver Plate, Electroplated Nickel Silver
  • ColourSilver
  • MotifsFluted shell compartments, Coral handle, Scalloped rim, Relief texture
  • SizeH 14 cm (6 in) x W 30.5 cm (12 in) x D 25.5 cm (10 in)

This Victorian serving dish dates to circa 1880 and adopts the Victorian Naturalism style. Cast in silver plate over electroplated nickel silver, the piece has a bright silver colour and a highly reflective finish. The composition incorporates two fluted shell-shaped compartments featuring flowing ridges, rippling contours, and scalloped rims, joined by a central handle modelled as textured coral. Three small shell-shaped feet support the base, while visible details include fine relief texturing on the handle and light surface wear consistent with age and gentle handling. The dish measures 14 cm high, 30.5 cm wide, and 25.5 cm deep. In a modern home, this piece suits placement on a sideboard top, coffee table, or display cabinet within an English Country House interior. The serving dish functions as a decorative accessory or a practical container for presenting sweets, nuts, chocolates, or small savouries to guests during gatherings.

FAQs

During the late nineteenth century, Victorian silversmiths frequently drew inspiration from the natural world, producing silver-plated items featuring organic shapes such as seashells, coral, foliage, and fauna.

These pieces were typically constructed using electroplating, where a layer of pure silver was deposited onto a base metal alloy core, such as nickel silver, through an electrolytic process before hand finishing.

Authentic pieces frequently feature maker stamps, electroplate registration marks such as EPNS (Electroplated Nickel Silver), and characteristic signs of Victorian casting techniques along joins and handles.

A silver shell dish functions as a trinket holder on an entryway console, a card receiver on a hall table, or a decorative accent placed atop a stack of books on a sideboard.

To preserve the thin electroplated layer, clean gently using a soft cotton cloth and a non-abrasive silver cream, avoiding chemical dips and coarse scouring pads.
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