What were silver dishes used for?

These pieces served specific functions in nineteenth-century dining, holding butter, sugar, sweets, strawberries, or salt during formal meals. Covered versions kept food protected, while open baskets presented fruit and confectionary on the sideboard. Smaller trinket boxes and pin trays sat on dressing tables to store jewellery, calling cards, or small personal items. Their dual utility as decorative art and practical tableware made them staples of middle and upper-class households.

Are silver plated dishes marked?

Silver-plated items often carry manufacturer marks, trade names, or codes that differ from official sterling silver assay hallmarks. Makers used symbols, initials, and numerical stamps to indicate plating quality and the underlying base metal. While they lack lion passant or crown sterling marks, these maker stamps help identify the producing firm and approximate period of manufacture. Researching the specific device reveals the workshop history.

How can I tell the date of a piece?

Sterling silver items carry a date letter hallmark stamped alongside the assay office mark and maker's initials. Consulting standard date tables for London, Birmingham, Sheffield, or foreign assay offices pinpoints the exact year of production. Silver-plated items rely on style, registration numbers, and known active dates of the maker rather than official assay date letters. Stylistic shifts from Victorian naturalism to Edwardian neoclassical designs help narrow down the decade.

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A victorian silver dish brings nineteenth-century craftsmanship to the table, combining heavy metalwork and cut glass for serving or display.

Impressive Antique Victorian Circular Cairoware Brass and Mixed Metal Bowl

19th century

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Impressive Antique Victorian Circular Cairoware Brass and Mixed Metal Bowl

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£460

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Antique Anglo-indian Burmese Silver Repoussé Tazza Footed Bowl 685g 21.5cm

19th century

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Antique Anglo-indian Burmese Silver Repoussé Tazza Footed Bowl 685g 21.5cm

From Bushells Antiques

£2,500

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1900 - 1920

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Art Nouveau Wmf Silver Plated Centrepiece with Green Vaseline Glass – Circa 1900

From Kingsdown Antiques

£285

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19th century

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Modernist Silver Plate and Ebonised Wood Tureen by Christopher Dresser for Hukin & Heath

From Morgan Strickland Decorative Arts

£5,950

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silver

19th century

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19th Century Silver Plated Knife Tray

From David Pickett Antiques

£120

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silver

19th century

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Antique Silver Bon Bon Dish London 1892

From Treehouse Antiques

£265

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Nice Antique Edwardian Twin Cranberry Preserve Bowls – Circa 1905

1900 - 1920

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Nice Antique Edwardian Twin Cranberry Preserve Bowls – Circa 1905

From Kingsdown Antiques

£235

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Silver Plate Candelabra Centrepiece Palm Tree Dish Sheffield

19th century

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Silver Plate Candelabra Centrepiece Palm Tree Dish Sheffield

From Canonbury Antiques

£1,150

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Fine Quality Antique Doulton Burslem Bowl

1900 - 1920

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Fine Quality Antique Doulton Burslem Bowl

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£465

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19th century

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Late 19th Century Silver Plated Floral Charger

From David Pickett Antiques

£135

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Several Victorian dishes incorporate novelty animal forms, featuring silver squirrels clutching nuts, dolphins supporting shells, and Mr Punch characters.