{"id":8095395840228,"title":"Georgian era Old Sheffield Plate soup tureen | Delacour Chatham","handle":"georgian-era-old-sheffield-plate-soup-tureen-delacour-chatham","description":"late Georgian era Old Sheffield Plate soup tureen \u003cbr\u003eA true statement piece that sits on classical Paw feet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnusual to find an unengraved example - however this one has no engraving\u003cbr\u003eMarked under lid Supplied by Delacour Chatham [and a small personally inscribed GRFOS which is  perhaps a jewellers mark]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGeorge Delacour who was a clockmaker and watchmaker from 1823 - 1855, based in Chatham, Kent. The business continued after his death and became a well known jewellers in the area specialising in nautical pieces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ec.1830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApprox 41.5cms (16 1\/2\") handle to handle\u003cbr\u003eApprox 26cms (10\") tall to top of handle\u003cbr\u003eApprox 26.5cms (10 1\/4\") across\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn original, truly superb condition\u003cbr\u003eEven inside the tureen is remarkable (usually they can be very worn and scratched through to the copper)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note: this is a very heavy item, it weighs some 5 kgs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat is Sheffield Plate?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSheffield plate, in metalwork, is generally an item made of copper coated with silver by fusion. The technique was discovered about 1742 by Thomas Boulsover, a Sheffield  cutler, who noted that the combination of fused silver and copper retained all the ductility possessed by both metals and acted as one in response to manipulation.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSheffield plate was produced as follows. An ingot of copper, slightly alloyed with zinc and lead, was covered on both top and bottom with a sheet of silver and fired. When the silver began to melt, the ingot was removed from the furnace, cooled, and rolled. The edges of pieces made were rolled over to hide the copper that was visible when the sheet was cut. At first Boulsover produced only buttons, but his former apprentice, Joseph Hancock, later applied the process to other articles.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe production of fused plate was not restricted to Sheffield alone. In 1762 Matthew Boulton began producing Sheffield plate at Soho, Birmingham, and various workshops in London, Nottingham, and Dublin. Factories in several European countries and North America also made pieces by Boulsover’s method. After 1830 “German silver,” nickel alloyed with copper and zinc, often replaced copper as the base metal. 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feet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnusual to find an unengraved example - however this one has no engraving\u003cbr\u003eMarked under lid Supplied by Delacour Chatham [and a small personally inscribed GRFOS which is  perhaps a jewellers mark]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGeorge Delacour who was a clockmaker and watchmaker from 1823 - 1855, based in Chatham, Kent. The business continued after his death and became a well known jewellers in the area specialising in nautical pieces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ec.1830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApprox 41.5cms (16 1\/2\") handle to handle\u003cbr\u003eApprox 26cms (10\") tall to top of handle\u003cbr\u003eApprox 26.5cms (10 1\/4\") across\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn original, truly superb condition\u003cbr\u003eEven inside the tureen is remarkable (usually they can be very worn and scratched through to the copper)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note: this is a very heavy item, it weighs some 5 kgs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat is Sheffield Plate?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSheffield plate, in metalwork, is generally an item made of copper coated with silver by fusion. The technique was discovered about 1742 by Thomas Boulsover, a Sheffield  cutler, who noted that the combination of fused silver and copper retained all the ductility possessed by both metals and acted as one in response to manipulation.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSheffield plate was produced as follows. An ingot of copper, slightly alloyed with zinc and lead, was covered on both top and bottom with a sheet of silver and fired. When the silver began to melt, the ingot was removed from the furnace, cooled, and rolled. The edges of pieces made were rolled over to hide the copper that was visible when the sheet was cut. At first Boulsover produced only buttons, but his former apprentice, Joseph Hancock, later applied the process to other articles.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe production of fused plate was not restricted to Sheffield alone. In 1762 Matthew Boulton began producing Sheffield plate at Soho, Birmingham, and various workshops in London, Nottingham, and Dublin. Factories in several European countries and North America also made pieces by Boulsover’s method. After 1830 “German silver,” nickel alloyed with copper and zinc, often replaced copper as the base metal. With the introduction of plating by electrolysis in the 1840s, the production of Sheffield plate declined and by the 1870s had all but ceased.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e"}