Garage sale silver!

[diggingthe1]

After years of searching I found a piece. 5 dollars for a Roden Sterling plate! 309 grams!! The sale had tons of plated stuff and I just flipped pieces over and saw the mark. It was a good summer for garage sales. I bought an industrial globe meat slicer in amazing shape for 10. And a great spinning wheel for 20!

 

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[niffler]

wow nice one!

 

[tamrock]

Looks like a service for deviled eggs. Nice piece of silver.

 

[diggingthe1]

It was a great yard sale moment for me. Hopefully not the last!!

 

[Rented Mule]

Maybe for oysters on the half shell?

 

[Red-Coat]

That's a lovely piece of silver. With the reticulated piercing it won't be for serving anything messy. Usually, these are called "comport" dishes/plates (often mis-spelled/confused with "compote" dish, which is a wholly different thing.)

They can be footed (as bowls) or flat (as plates) and were used for serving/presentation of solid foods such as bread rolls, fruit or whatever... but sometimes no more than decorative centre-pieces.

 

[diggingthe1]

That's a lovely piece of silver. With the reticulated piercing it won't be for serving anything messy. Usually, these are called "comport" dishes/plates (often mis-spelled/confused with "compote" dish, which is a wholly different thing.)

They can be footed (as bowls) or flat (as plates) and were used for serving/presentation of solid foods such as bread rolls, fruit or whatever... but sometimes no more than decorative centre-pieces.

Thank you Red coat for the description. I love learning about these things. If you have time my grandmother found this in Germany a long time ago. I have always wondered about this. It has names inscribed around the edge are, Swartze, Mosebach, HaberKorn, Willie are the names around the edge. It is a Henniger piece. Thank you in advance if you have time.

 

[Red-Coat]

Neat centre-piece. I would be sure that it’s “German Silver” (ie doesn’t contain any actual silver), although it might have been silver-plated.

The brothers Henniger jointly achieved (along with Ernst August Geitner, working independently) the goal set by a competition in Germany in 1823 to perfect a process for manufacturing a cheaper substitute for silver. The resultant alloy (of copper, nickel and zinc) was referred to by various names and was initially known as “German Silver” outside the country where it originated.

I would put it mid- to late-1800s. Early pieces are plain alloy, but electro-plating to further improve the appearance at little extra cost began in the 1840s. There’s a similar one available on ‘Ruby Lane’ at the moment for $360 but it’s in much better condition, although it also has the top glass insert missing.

https://www.rubylane.com/item/2055329-RLT-148/Antique-19th-Century-German-Silver-Henninger

Originally, it would have had a conical glass insert to create a vase for flowers, like this:



No idea about the names, except to say they’re custom additions post-manufacture. Ostentatious pieces like this were popular as wedding and anniversary gifts, as service awards, for retirement presentations and such, so they often have engraved names which relate to that.

 

[diggingthe1]

Thank you so much for the response Red Coat, I did not know about the insert piece. I sure enjoyed learning about the company. Especially the part about the names. They have always intrigued me but they don't anymore. I appreciate your time with this.