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Fine Quality Victorian Silver Sweetmeat Dish
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Sturmans Antiques

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    Specialists in antique walnut & oak furniture, upholstered chairs, globes, boxes & tantaluses, clocks & barometers, old moorcroft & silver
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Fine Quality Victorian Silver Sweetmeat Dish

19th century
Description

A fine quality Victorian embossed and engraved silver sweetmeat dish, hallmarked Birmingham 1896. The oval dish with swept rim to the top and small feet to the underside. The sides of the dish embossed with a superbly detailed floral scroll design along with relief engraving. Matching decoration to the feet and blank cartouches to both sides. Bears the makers mark for Birmingham silversmiths Henry Matthews and readable but rubbed hallmarks. Heavy quality and presented in immaculate condition. Keep up to date via our Instagram channel - sturmansantiques.

Date of Manufacture

Sturmans Antiques has dated this Victorian Silver Sweetmeat Dish to the Victorian era.

Physical Dimensions
Height
6.5cm (2.56")
Width
14.5cm (5.71")
Depth
9cm (3.54")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1245152
Dealers Internal Reference
Stock number 44311
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Description
A fine quality Victorian embossed and engraved silver sweetmeat dish, hallmarked Birmingham 1896. The oval dish with swept rim to the top and small feet to the underside.
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The sides of the dish embossed with a superbly detailed floral scroll design along with relief engraving.
Sturmans Antiques

Matching decoration to the feet and blank cartouches to both sides. Bears the makers mark for Birmingham silversmiths Henry Matthews and readable but rubbed hallmarks. Heavy quality and presented in immaculate condition. Keep up to date via our Instagram channel - sturmansantiques.

Date of Manufacture

Sturmans Antiques has dated this Victorian Silver Sweetmeat Dish to the Victorian era.

Height
6.5cm (2.56")
Width
14.5cm (5.71")
Depth
9cm (3.54")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1245152
Dealers Internal Ref
Stock number 44311
Sturmans Antiques
Sturmans Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Sep 2012

Specialists in antique walnut & oak furniture, upholstered chairs, globes, boxes & tantaluses, clocks & barometers, old moorcroft & silver

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An oval Victorian silver sweetmeat dish featuring openwork scroll patterns and floral repousse ornamentation supported by small feet.
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Archive I An oval Victorian silver sweetmeat dish featuring openwork scroll patterns and floral repousse ornamentation supported by small feet.

Fine Quality Victorian Silver Sweetmeat Dish

Archive II An oval Victorian silver sweetmeat dish featuring openwork scroll patterns and floral repousse ornamentation supported by small feet. View II
Archive III An oval Victorian silver sweetmeat dish featuring openwork scroll patterns and floral repousse ornamentation supported by small feet. View III
Archive IV An oval Victorian silver sweetmeat dish featuring openwork scroll patterns and floral repousse ornamentation supported by small feet. View IV
Archive V An oval Victorian silver sweetmeat dish featuring openwork scroll patterns and floral repousse ornamentation supported by small feet. View V
Archive VI An oval Victorian silver sweetmeat dish featuring openwork scroll patterns and floral repousse ornamentation supported by small feet. View VI
Archive VII An oval Victorian silver sweetmeat dish featuring openwork scroll patterns and floral repousse ornamentation supported by small feet. View VII
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Sturmans Antiques

Sturmans Antiques
Telephone 01969 667742 or 07572 889651
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Sturmans Antiques Ltd
Main Street
Hawes
North Yorkshire
DL8 3QW
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/sturmansantiques
Verified Since Sep 2012
Items For Sale 181
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An oval Victorian silver sweetmeat dish featuring openwork scroll patterns and floral repousse ornamentation supported by small feet.
Fine Quality Victorian Silver Sweetmeat Dish
Ref: SA1245152
An oval Victorian silver sweetmeat dish featuring openwork scroll patterns and floral repousse ornamentation supported by small feet.
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  • ObjectBowls & Dishes
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialSterling Silver
  • ColourSilver
  • MotifsPierced scrollwork, Floral repousse, Cast feet, Scalloped rim
  • SizeH 6.5 cm (3 in) x W 14.5 cm (6 in) x D 9 cm (4 in)

This Victorian sterling silver sweetmeat dish takes an oval form with a swept, scalloped rim and sits on small cast feet. The silver object displays an embossed floral repousse pattern, pierced scrollwork decoration, and blank cartouches on the sides. Birmingham hallmarks from 1896 and maker marks for Henry Matthews appear on the silver. The heavy piece has a reflective silver finish and measures 6.5 cm high, 14.5 cm wide, and 9 cm deep. In a contemporary interior, this item sits on a sideboard top to serve sweets, small chocolates, or nuts. Alternatively, it serves as a decorative accent piece on a dressing table or display shelf in an English Country House setting.

FAQs

A sweetmeat dish is a small vessel designed during the Victorian period to serve candied fruits, nuts, or confections at dining occasions. These items often featured decorative techniques such as piercing and repousse scrollwork characteristic of 19th-century silversmithing.

Victorian sweetmeat dishes were commonly crafted from sterling silver. Silversmiths employed decorative methods including hand-chasing, embossed repousse work, hand-piercing, and cast foot construction to create detailed ornamental patterns.

Authentic Victorian silver features official British hallmarks, including a makers mark, town mark, date letter, lion passant purity mark, and often a monarchs head duty mark. Sharpness of detail in the chasing or engraving and appropriate wear consistent with age also aid identification.

A small silver dish functions well as an accent piece on a sideboard, coffee table, or dressing table. It can serve as a display tray for small accessories or jewellery while introducing metallic texture to modern interior schemes.

Regular dusting with a soft microfibre cloth prevents dust accumulation, while occasional cleaning with a specialised silver cream removes surface tarnish. Harsh chemical dips should be avoided, and storing the item in an anti-tarnish cloth bag helps prevent oxidisation.
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