Silver Platters. A platter is a large type of dishware used for serving food. It is a tray on which food is displayed and served to people. Its shape can be oval, round, rectangular, or square. It can be made of metal, ceramic, plastic, glass or wood. Plain and ornate platters suitable for more formal settings or occasions are made of, or plated with, silver, and antique examples are considered quite valuable. Especially expensive and ceremonial platters have been made of gold. Reference: Wikipedia
A late 18th century Italian silver platter maker’s mark ‘G.L’, Padua Shaped-oval outline with a shallow welled centre, banded borders and central motif of leafy scrolls with bead punch outline and stippled ground, length 31.5cm, weight 9.1oz.
Sold for £ 765 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2019
The Mildenhall niello platter
Silver platter with beaded rim (128 beads in total) on a high and wide vertical foot-ring. The central part of the vessel is slightly convex in profile, then steps up to a flat rim flange. The upper surface of the platter is mostly plain except for the central medallion and the flat ‘inner’ rim that are decorated with incised geometric designs inlaid with niello. The central medallion is decorated with rosetttes and quatrefoil motifs all enclosed within an anti-clockwise wave pattern. The ‘inner’ rim is decorated with 6 friezes divided by rosettes; each frieze is mirrored across the vessel and includes a variety of complex geometric motifs that include rosettes, lozenges and diamonds, all infilled with incised lines with curled terminals. 4th Century
Reference: © The Trustees of the British Museum
A REGENCY SILVER PLATTER MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH II AND JAMES SMITH III, LONDON, 1811 Shaped oval, the gadrooned rim with shells and acanthus at intervals, border engraved with a coat-of-arms flanked by angel supporters and with a crest and two coronets, the underside with monogram GvR, marked to underside 22 7/8 in. (58.2 cm.) long; 115 oz. (3,576 gr.)
Sold for USD 3,000 at Christies in 2018
George III Sterling Silver Platter Paul Storr, London, 1814 Shaped oval with gadroon border, with engraved heraldic crest in wreath. Length 13 1/4 inches (23.5 cm.), approximately 30 ounces.
Sold for $2,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle New York in 2018
Chinese antique silver platter in reticulated style engraved with dragon and cloud motif, wt. 194gm, 1.38″Hx7.85″dia
Sold for $100 at International Auction Gallery in 2019
South American Platter about 1780–1800
The large, raised, oval platter is embellished with wavy chased decoration at the edge and has a decorative rim. It shows many signs of regular use. Large and weighty, this substantial platter, characteristic of much late South American silver, is unmarked, making it difficult to pinpoint the place of manufacture. It undoubtedly graced a dining table in a wealthy late-eighteenth-century home, for it shows signs of having been put to good use.
Royal. A Victorian silver presentation salver, Paul Storr for Storr & Mortimer, London, 1838 shaped circular, the centre engraved with the cypher of Queen Victoria above two coats-of-arms accolee, crest, motto, supporters, motto and the insignia of the Royal Guelphic Order within a wide flat-chased ‘Union pattern’ band of roses, thistles and shamrocks below an applied border of foliate shells and flowers, on three cast openwork panel supports, the underside stamped: ‘STORR & MORTIMER 447’ 52cm., 20 1/2in. diameter 3557gr., 114oz. 7dwt.
Sold for 10,625 GBP at Sothebys in 2019
