Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Number 71, May 1922 . ?>2BSE~-- ^^ Cream and Sugar Pails by Richard Morton, 1785Sweetmeat Basket by J. Young & Co., 1783. Tableware of 1800, Reeded Silver Edges objects sprang up, as well as rolling mills for producing the sheetmetal for these factories. The pieces made from 1755 to 1770 areoften marked with devices and initials intended to imitate the hallmarks on real silver. The form of the objects made in this periodare usually flowing in outline and chased with rococo designs. In the middle period, from 1770 to 1790, the craft reached itsheight; the designs
Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin Number 71, May 1922 . ?>2BSE~-- ^^ Cream and Sugar Pails by Richard Morton, 1785Sweetmeat Basket by J. Young & Co., 1783. Tableware of 1800, Reeded Silver Edges objects sprang up, as well as rolling mills for producing the sheetmetal for these factories. The pieces made from 1755 to 1770 areoften marked with devices and initials intended to imitate the hallmarks on real silver. The form of the objects made in this periodare usually flowing in outline and chased with rococo designs. In the middle period, from 1770 to 1790, the craft reached itsheight; the designs are purest and the workmanship most satisfac-tory. The style of the classical revival introduced by the Adambrothers into England is reflected in the Sheffield Plate. The form isgraceful, the oval shape seems to predominate, and the ornamentationis restrained. The decoration was produced in a number of ways,sometimes by stamping with finely cut dies, by chasing with aninstrument so blunt as not to cut through the silver and so expose thecopper, or again by piercing borders or geometric patterns and usingblue glass liners to enhance the openwork d
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