Georgian Wine Cooler in Old Sheffield Plate


Date: Circa 1820

Country: England

Stock: 8810

Description

A large antique wine bucket with detachable top and classical border. Attractive plain design with barrel shape and half ribbed decoration. The quirky lions mask side handles are very appealing. There is a crest hand engraved to the front.

Height 23cm. Diameter 20cm (outside), 13cm (inside).
Circa 1820.
Old Sheffield Plate*.

Literature: *Old Sheffield plate was a process used in Georgian times to make articles from a sheet of copper fused with a thin sheet of sterling silver. This process predates the silver plating done today (electroplating) which started in the 1840s. The majority of these silverwares were made in Sheffield, UK (hence the term Old Sheffield plate) which was a major UK centre for silver production.

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Condition

This attractive antique wine cooler is in good condition. The engraved crest and applied mounts are crisp. This buckett has been used and there is some copper showing on the crest and the highlights. It still has the original detachable top and liner.

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