A superb antique sterling silver serving dish with matching cover and warming base. Amazing basket of flowers design handle. The elegant plain styling has a broad band of ribbing with gadroon and shell borders. Excellent quality and good gauge silver. The lid has a large hand engraved armorial to the front and a double crest to the reverse. Silver weight 3350 grams, 107 troy ounces. Total height 24cm. Dish measures 33x24cm. London 1808. Maker Benjamin Smith.
This handsome tureen is in very good condition with no damage or restoration. The dish and cover, warmer stand and oil reservoir are marked with matching English silver hallmarks, (the finial is part marked). The oil reservoir has 1 small dent.
Please note that this item is not new and will show moderate signs of wear commensurate with age. Reflections in the photograph may detract from the true representation of this item.
“waxantiques” is a family business run by husband and wife team Lou and Ann Wax.
Our shared interest in antiques led us to change career and start dealing in general antiques shortly after we married. We spent many happy years selling at the world famous Bermondsey antiques market and at the larger UK fairs. As the years progressed our interest became more focused on antique silverware and its domestic history and twenty five years ago we moved on to Camden Passage to open our specialist silver store “waxantiques”.
In 2018 we finally made our move to the London Silver Vaults.
Our website www.waxantiques.com launched in 2011 now accounts for a substantial and growing proportion of the business to the extent where Ann needs to concentrate on maintaining our online presence, while Lou is responsible for the day to day running of the shop and customer liaison.
We are fortunate indeed to have a career which allows us to handle such lovely items, many of which would not be out of place in a museum environment. Perhaps best of all is that it keeps us in contact with customers from all over the world, many of whom we count as good friends as well as colleagues.