Extremely Rare Cow Finial Silver Butter Dish Henry Wilkinson Sheffield 1833

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Extremely Rare Cow Finial Silver Butter Dish Henry Wilkinson Sheffield 1833:
$615.34

Extremely Rare Cow Finial Silver Butter Dish Henry Wilkinson Sheffield 1833
It is almost impossible to find one of these in almost mint condition with all three original parts.The Cow is fully hallmarked Sterling silver for 1833. However the base part of the top under the cow isOld Sheffield Plate as is the Underplate of the glass dish which was normal at this time to combinethe two methods.It sounds unusual to us now but apparently it displayed the skills of the maker.
The glass is in excellent condition, beautifully cut by a skilled hand and very heavy. This weight enabled the butter to keepcool when brought to the table. It is both cut and frosted,It is in total 15 cms tall and the diameter of the Underplate is 18cms and the top of the glass rim 15.5 cms.Total weight 1261 grams.Details on Henry Williamson & Co.

Henry Wilkinson & Co, Plate Worker, Norfolk Street, Sheffield entered its first mark in the Sheffield Assay Office on September 24, 1831.
Henry Wilkinson & Co was involved in the manufacture of Old Sheffield Plate and was the second firm in Sheffield to receive a licence for the use of the electroplating system (1843).
Various pieces of its production were successfully exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851
Since the 1850s Henry Wilkinson & Co was active in London with James Price as agent and from 1857 with a Showroom at 4 Bolt Court, Fleet Street (later, Ely House, 13 Charterhouse Street, Holborn Circus).
Hallmarks were entered in London Assay Office in 1857 (by Henry Wilkinson) and 1879 (by John Brashier).
In 1872 the firm was converted into a Limited Liability Company under the style Henry Wilkinson & Co Ltd.

In 1892 the business went into liquidation and was bought by Walker & Hall.

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