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Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C

Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
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  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
  • Antique Old Sheffield Plated Fruit Basket by Matthew Boulton 19th C | Ref. no. A4520 | Regent Antiques
Ref: A4520
Price: £385.00
This is a stunning George III Old Sheffield Plate swing handled cake/fruit basket bearing the sunburst makers marks of the world...
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This is a stunning George III Old Sheffield Plate swing handled cake/fruit basket bearing the sunburst makers marks of the world renowned silversmith Matthew Boulton, circa 1820 in date.

The basket features a swing handle, is  chased and engraved with flowers, scrolling stiff leaves and fruiting vine and has a wonderful engraved coat of arms in the centre.

The attention to detail is absolutely fantastic and it is certain to attract attention wherever it is placed.


Condition:

In excellent condition with clear makers marks and no dings, dents or signs of repair. Please see photos for confirmation.

 


Dimensions in cm:

Height 24 cm x Width 30 cm x Depth 30 cm

Dimensions in inches:

Height 9 inches x Width 1 foot x Depth 1 foot

Our reference: A4520

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Matthew Boulton
 
Boulton was not a "goldsmith" or a "silversmith" in the accepted sense, yet for his achievements and services to the craft of goldsmithing he is fully worthy of inclusion in the list of great English goldsmiths.
Matthew Boulton was born in Birmingham on 3 September 1728. His father Matthew Boulton (senior) was a "toy maker" and silver stamper specialized in the production of shoe-buckles.
Boulton junior was taken into partnership in 1749 and was left in sole charge of the business after the death of his father in 1759.
Boulton had the ambition to establish a manufacturing complex where craftsmen in the various branches of the "toy" trade would work together under one roof, enabling him to reap both wholesale and retail profits. In 1761 he realized his project purchasing a one-hundred- year-lease of the "Soho" estate at Handswoth Heath (two miles from Snow Hilton the Wolverhampton Road).
In 1762 Boulton took into unofficial partnership John Fothergill who would act as a travelling salesman to advertise his wares and the factory moved to Soho in the same year.
The partnership concentrated in the production of steel "toys" a little later on buttons and buckles made in a variety of substances, including , of course, silver. In 1762 Soho factory began to produce articles in "Sheffield" plate and one of the first to adopt "Sterling silver thread" edging which prevent to reveal the underlying copper.
Boulton soon became the largest manufacturer of "Sheffield plate" of the country expanding the business of Soho manufactory in the production of bijouterie, objects d'art and de virtue, in ormolu, pinchbeck and shell, and in clocks.
In 1765 Boulton began the manufacture of pieces in solid silver, being obliged to send every piece of plate to Chester to be marked (Chester was the nearest assay office, 72 miles away from Birmingham). Boulton was the promoter a petition obtaining in 1773 the Royal Assent to assay silver in Birmingham (the same was for Sheffield).
Boulton & Fothergill entered their joint mark consisting of their initials, MB before IF. After the death of Fothergill (1782) Boulton punched his plate with his initials alone.
When manufacturers of plated ware were permitted to register their marks at the Assay Office in Sheffield (1784), Boulton registered his mark of "twin suns" under the name Boulton M. & Co.
The most important designers for Boulton plate in the neo-classic taste were Robert Adams and James Wyatt.
Matthew Boulton died on 17 August 1809.
The mark MB continued to be used by Matthew Boulton Plate Co until 1832. 

Old Sheffield Plate - or ‘fused plate’ as it is sometimes known, was the first commercially viable method of plating metal. 

The material was accidentally invented by Thomas Boulsover, of Sheffield's Cutlers Company, in 1743. While trying to repair the handle of a customer's decorative knife, he heated it too much and the silver started to melt. When he examined the damaged handle, he noticed that the silver and copper had fused together very strongly. Experiments showed that the two metals behaved as one when he tried to reshape them, even though he could clearly see two different layers.

Boulsover set up in business, funded by Strelley Pegge of Beauchief, and carried out further experiments in which he put a thin sheet of silver on a thick ingot of copper and heated the two together to fuse them. When the composite block was hammered or rolled to make it thinner, the two metals were reduced in thickness at similar rates. Using this method, Boulsover was able to make sheets of metal which had a thin layer of silver on the top surface and a thick layer of copper underneath. When this new material was used to make buttons, they looked and behaved like silver buttons but were a fraction of the cost.

The technique Boulsover developed was to sandwich an ingot of copper between two plates of silver, tightly bind it with wire, heat it in a furnace and then mill it out in to sheet, from which objects could be made. 

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Dimensions in cm:

Height 24 cm x Width 30 cm x Depth 30 cm

Dimensions in inches:

Height 9 inches x Width 1 foot x Depth 1 foot

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