PEWTER !! Rare Antique 1839-1860 Lot of Yates & Birch Pewter Plate and 1 London Plate

RARE ANTIQUE 1839 - 1860 LOT OF TWO DECORATIVE PEWTER PLATES - YATES & BIRCH, BIRMINGHAM AND ONE LONDON PEWTER

THE LOT CONSISTS OF TWO IDENTICAL SIZED RARE ANTIQUE PEWTER PLATES, EACH FITTED WITH METAL WIRING TO BE HUNG UP.  ONE PLATE WAS MANUFACTURED BY YATES & BIRCH, BIRMINGHAM, BETWEEN 1839 AND 1860.  THE FIRM ORIGINALLY BEGAN AS JOHN YATES LISTED IN 1805 AS A SPOON MAKER. IN 1829 JOHN YATES ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THOMAS RAWLINS BIRCH AND LUCAS SPOONER.  IN 1837 THE BUSINESS WAS JOINED BY JOHN YATES' SON JAMES AND IN 1839 WHEN SPOONER DIED, JOHN YATES LEFT THE FIRM AND HIS SON JAMES CONTINUED WITH BIRCH AS "YATES & BIRCH"  IN 1857 BIRCH DIED AND WHEN HIS INTEREST LAPSED IN 1860 THE FIRM BECAME "JAMES YATES"    JAMES YATES DIED IN 1881

THE SECOND PLATE IS MARKED UNDERNEATH WITH AN ANTIQUE "LONDON" WITHIN A RECTANGLE AS WELL AS FOUR TOUCHMARKS OF WHICH THE FIRST AND LAST IS FADED FROM AGE.  ENGLISH PEWTER MANUCATURED AFTER 1877 HAD A CROWN TOUCHMARK AND THIS PLATE DOES NOT.  THIS WOULD INDICATE IT'S MANUFACTURE AS BEING BEFORE 1877.

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE FIRST PLATE IS IMPRESSED UNDERNEATH - "YATES & BIRCH, BIRMINGHAM" ALONG WITH THREE TOUCHMARKS.  THE SECOND PLATE IS IMPRESSED UNDERNEATH WITH "LONDON" FOLLOWED BY FOUR TOUCHMARKS

CONDITION : THE YATES & BIRCH PLATE HAS A DENT ON THE RIM.  ASIDE FROM THIS BOTH PLATES HAVE AGE WEAR BUT NO OTHER DAMAGES

SIZE : EACH - 1.5cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....23.6cm DIAMETER

ONE BID FOR BOTH PLATES AS A LOT

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