Silver dish

Hi I have a dish with lid and handle , looks like silver not silver pleated. There is a winged lion carved on the top and some markings on the side. There is silver crumb sweeper inside with the same markings and logo SHIEFFIELD REPRODUCTION. Please take a look at the photos. Thank you for any help.

 

Those are sliver plate marks. If it is a genuine reproduction of 'old Sheffield plate', the silver is rolled onto the copper in sheet form, so is much thicker than EPNS.

 

Thank you. How can I value that?

 

Compare actual sales only to others that are silverplated. But this is a tough sell. Old fashioned item that no one wants to have to polish.

 

If memory serves me correctly this is called a "silent butler' or a "crumb tray". I think they originally came with a brush and a person could brush crumbs off of a table into this lidded pan, empty ashtrays into it, etc.
Hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

 

The maker was Forbes Silver Co Meriden Conn

 

20th century US made "Sheffield Reproductions" are not (and were not) made in the rolled metal manner of the original "Sheffield Plate."

 

So they are telling fibs with the mark too - as bad as the Chinese lol!

 

Eh, those marks are just the company's trademark, certainly less 'fibs' than the electroplate pseudo-marks used British manufacturers, since the U.S. has no actual hallmarks. There were numerous 'deceptive marketing' complaints regarding the American silverplate manufacturers use of 'Sheffield Reproduction' from the early 20th century and well past mid century, since items marked as such were not made Sheffield, nor were they fused plate, most often not on copper, or sometimes not even in the style of Old Sheffield Plate - but they continued to be produced and advertised...

~Cheryl