BIRMINGHAM !! Antique Silver Plated Circular Tray Pierced with Detailed Grape Embossed Rim

ANTIQUE 1900 CIRCULAR SILVER PLATED PRESENTATION / DISPLAY TRAY WITH PIERCED RIM & DETAILED GRAPE AND GRAPE LEAF EMBOSSED APPLICATION

A RARE ANTIQUE VERSION OF THE EMBOSSED GRAPE AND GRAPE LEAF DESIGN WHICH DEPICTS THE GRAPE BUNCHES AND LEAVES IN A DETAILED MANNER WITH PIERCED SCROLL MOTIF FOR VINES BETWEEN THE BUNCHES.   THE AGE OF THIS ITEM HAS RESULTED IN THE MARK UNDERNEATH BEING INDISTINCT AND ALTHOUGH "EPNS" IS VISIBLE, THE MANUFACTURERS STAMP ABOVE THIS SHOULD BE EXAMINED UNDER MAGNIFICATION.   THE MARK APPEARS TO BE THAT OF BIRMINGHAM MANUFACTURER S.J LEVI & Co, A FIRM WHICH USED THE SQUIRREL BRAND AND EXISTED FROM 1900 TO 1935.      PLS TAKE NOTE HOWEVER THAT THIS IS MERELY AN ASSUMPTION

THE TRAY HAS ALSO BEEN DECORATED WITH ETCHED SCROLL PATTERNING WITHIN THE CENTER WHICH IS HOWEVER FADED DUE TO AGE.    THE FACT THAT THIS LOVELY ITEM HAS NO PLATE LOSS ALTHOUGH LETTERING AND ETCHED PATTERNING FADED THROUGH AGE, ATTESTS TO THE SUPERIOR QUALITY OF THE SILVER PLATE USED IN ITS MANUFACTURE

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE (Pls see pics below)

CONDITION : A SMALL AMOUNT OF POLISHING IS REQUIRED ASIDE FROM WHICH THIS ITEM IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO RUST, DENTS, PLATE LOSS OR DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : 2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....19.4cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....25.8cm DIAMETER OF RIM

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