Tag Archives: Old Sheffield Plate

Out dammed spot

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Editor

Can you imagine living in a world where certain decorative items purchased for the home – came with a large sticker announcing – this person has TASTE and MONEY? From the 1950s until some time in the 1970s New Zealand … Continue reading →

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Old friends and old rivals reunited

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Editor

  The other day while looking at an Old Sheffield Plate salver, a friend identified the marks, a pair of suns, as those of Mathew Boulton. Boulton was, he said, ‘a highly regarded Sheffield plate maker.’ I was fascinated. Why was … Continue reading →

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