Biscuit Box
18th c. - George III
This rare neo-classic English Sheffield Plate biscuit or cookie box has been entirely handmade. Its navette or lozenge shape imparts an exceptional elegance to it. The hinged lid is slightly domed and decorated with a band of finely moulded reeding. The hinge and the reeding are most likely made of Sterling silver, a common practice as the production of Sheffield Plate hinges and embellishments were technically much more complicated, if not impossible, and therefore far more expensive to make. The Box dates from 1773 to 1784, the only period in which a parliamentary act prohibited the stamping of Sheffield Plate to prevent it from being passed on as silver under the cover of obscure and misleading marks.
Stand-away hinge
made of
Sterling silver
Dimensions: 17.4cm (6.75ins) wide, 11.5 cm (4.5ins) deep, 8.8 cm (3.5ins) high. Naturally, there are some expected slight wear-marks on the underside. The box is in a very good condition. Never having been electro re-plated, its surface is still in its original state and displays the typically fine, "liquid" lustre as antique silver objects do.
Ref 2839 - GBP550.00
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