Georgian Sheffield Plate Sauce Boats

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Georgian Sheffield Plate sauce boats.  Unmarked, English, circa 1820-30.  Crested with a stylized sea serpent.

6 3/4" by 4", 6 1/4" high 

$2200 for the pair.

Sheffield Plate, often called Old Sheffield Plate, is a historical material and technique created by fusing a thin sheet of sterling silver onto a base metal, usually copper. Discovered in the 1740s in Sheffield, England, it provided an affordable alternative to solid sterling silver.

More information on the full history of Sheffield Plate is available on wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Sheffield_Plate