Regency Old Sheffield silver on copper oval chafing dish with two ornate handles and a gadrooned border. The liner comes out and coals or hot water can be placed inside which then keep the food on the liner warm. The handles are decorated with shells in typical Georgian fashion.

Made in Sheffield, c. 1820's.

Old Sheffield Plate is the process of fusing a layer of silver on to a layer of copper. The process was discovered by Thomas Boulsover in 1742; it was replaced by cheaper electroplating around 1840.

1050 g

9 cm tall to lid handle
26.5 cm handle to handle
23 x 16.5 cm body

Very good antique condition. Copper bleeding and scuffing commensurate with age and use; scratches inside; very shallow depression to base.