
"Old Sheffield Plate" Valuable Antique English Centerpiece
This gorgeous centerpiece, urn shaped bowl was made in the late 1700's or the early 1800's and is a rare and valuable collectible! It is difficult to find "Old Sheffield Plate". It was made in England over 200 years ago during a short period of time before electroplating was discovered. This lustrous piece is gleaming with sterling silver sandwiched with copper in between sheets of silver. It's pedigree as authentic and collectable "Old English Plate" is easily able to be identified by it's rolled edges and soldiered joints. This magnificent centerpiece has the most gleaming silver. Because of the age, there are some spots where the copper shows through, and see the photos of the interior basin of the bowl, there is wear. 13.5"l x 14"w x 9" tall. 'Old Sheffield Plate', an exquisite and rare craftsmanship not to be mistaken for the later and inferior 'SHEFFIELD PLATE' items, stands as a testament to the ingenuity of mid-18th-century British artisans. This unparalleled process in