Victorian Sheffield Plate Assembled Pair of Champagne Coolers

Victorian Sheffield plate assembled pair of champagne coolers.  One of them is engraved with a serpent crest.

10” high.  On the left is 9 1/2” across the handles.  On the right is 8 3/4” across the handles.

$3200 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

Used in Season 2 of Anne.