Antique English Oak and Silver Plate Butter Dish C.1890 - Cow

Name: Antique English Oak and Silver Plate Butter Dish C.1890 - Cow
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA583666
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Puckerings

Description

A lovely and highly sought-after oak and silver plate butter dish in the form of a coopered pail or bucket with a fabulous figural lid with the model of a Cow to the top/

The dish has the original removable ceramic liner, which is marked with a cupid over the motto Semper Paratus.

The silver plate is marked with a cupid in a shield, along with the model number 2129 for the well renowned Birmingham company of John Grinsell & Sons with the cupid on a scroll registered in 1879. Their factory was at Victoria Works, 57 Tower Street, St. George's and they also had showrooms in Charterhouse Street, Holborn Circus, London and West Nile Street, Glasgow.

Grinsells were also silversmiths but offered a large line of items that combined electro plated mounts on oak with ceramic liners. They termed the items British Oak Work. Circa 1890/1900.

Excellent conditon measuring 5 1/2" in diameter x 4" tall.

Item ID: 40683

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Physical Dimensions

Height

10.2cm (4.02")

Width

14cm (5.51")

Depth

14cm (5.51")

Declaration

Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA583666

Dealers Internal Reference

40683

Dealers Notes

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Description

A lovely and highly sought-after oak and silver plate butter dish in the form of a coopered pail or bucket with a fabulous figural lid with the model of a Cow to the top/

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The dish has the original removable ceramic liner, which is marked with a cupid over the motto Semper Paratus.

Puckerings

fig 1. Antique English Oak and Silver Plate Butter Dish c.1890 - Cow — fig 1. Antique English Oak and Silver Plate Butter Dish C.1890 - Cow

The silver plate is marked with a cupid in a shield, along with the model number 2129 for the well renowned Birmingham company of John Grinsell & Sons with the cupid on a scroll registered in 1879. Their factory was at Victoria Works, 57 Tower Street, St. George's and they also had showrooms in Charterhouse Street, Holborn Circus, London and West Nile Street, Glasgow.

fig 2. Antique English Oak and Silver Plate Butter Dish c.1890 - Cow — fig 2. Antique English Oak and Silver Plate Butter Dish C.1890 - Cow

Grinsells were also silversmiths but offered a large line of items that combined electro plated mounts on oak with ceramic liners. They termed the items British Oak Work. Circa 1890/1900.

Excellent conditon measuring 5 1/2" in diameter x 4" tall.

Item ID: 40683

FREE Worldwide Registered Airmail Directly From London, England

Physical Dimensions

Height

10.2cm (4.02")

Width

14cm (5.51")

Depth

14cm (5.51")

Date of Manufacture

Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1890s.