Grandest Pair Antique English Old Sheffield Plate Meat or Food Domes C.1840

Name: Grandest Pair Antique English Old Sheffield Plate Meat or Food Domes C.1840
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA248912
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Puckerings

Description

About as good as they get, so if like me, you have been waiting over a year for a great looking meat dome to come along, here we have a graduated pair.

Both "hand beaten", not cast but hand beaten from a flat sheet of copper into these magnificent domes with a cast "skirt" running around both and the most spectacular cast Pumpkin handles. It in under each of these handles (removed by unscrewing the bolt) that the makers mark is present (crossed keys into a shield) for the Sheffield silversmith, Henry Wilkinson & Co. and dating to the very early Victorian era, around 1840, making this pair nearly 170 years old.

The traditional way of incorporating a family or armorial crest into an Old Sheffield Plate piece is by sinking a solid sterling silver ingot into the area to be engraved, this way no base metal (copper) would show through the engraving. You can see a rectangular shadow to each dome where this was undertaken. Each has their original engraved Crest with the motto "Manus Justa Nardus".

Wonderful condition, a few minor spots of copper showing as it should do, mentioned purely for accuracy. You won't top these! The larger dome measures 18" x 13 1/2" and stands 11" tall; the smaller dome measures 14" x 10 1/4" x 8" tall to top of handle.

Item ID: 35250

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Declaration

Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA248912

Dealers Internal Reference

35250

Dealers Notes

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Description

About as good as they get, so if like me, you have been waiting over a year for a great looking meat dome to come along, here we have a graduated pair.

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Both "hand beaten", not cast but hand beaten from a flat sheet of copper into these magnificent domes with a cast "skirt" running around both and the most spectacular cast Pumpkin handles.

Puckerings

It in under each of these handles (removed by unscrewing the bolt) that the makers mark is present (crossed keys into a shield) for the Sheffield silversmith, Henry Wilkinson & Co. and dating to the very early Victorian era, around 1840, making this pair nearly 170 years old.

fig 1. Grandest Pair Antique English Old Sheffield Plate Meat or Food Domes c.1840 — fig 1. Grandest Pair Antique English Old Sheffield Plate Meat or Food Domes C.1840

The traditional way of incorporating a family or armorial crest into an Old Sheffield Plate piece is by sinking a solid sterling silver ingot into the area to be engraved, this way no base metal (copper) would show through the engraving. You can see a rectangular shadow to each dome where this was undertaken. Each has their original engraved Crest with the motto "Manus Justa Nardus".

fig 2. Grandest Pair Antique English Old Sheffield Plate Meat or Food Domes c.1840 — fig 2. Grandest Pair Antique English Old Sheffield Plate Meat or Food Domes C.1840

Wonderful condition, a few minor spots of copper showing as it should do, mentioned purely for accuracy. You won't top these! The larger dome measures 18" x 13 1/2" and stands 11" tall; the smaller dome measures 14" x 10 1/4" x 8" tall to top of handle.

Item ID: 35250

FREE Worldwide Registered Airmail Directly From London, England

Date of Manufacture

Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA248912

Dealers Internal Ref

35250

About the Dealer

Puckerings

Sellingantiques verified Since Jul 2009