Antique Silver Plates: Safer Than Your Old China

Before you pull out your your great-aunt Gretchen's china for the holidays, you may want to take a look at this article on how old china may be toxic to eat off of. If you're in the mood for a grand antique dining spread, sterling silver is the better choice. Antique sterling silver is inert and food safe, and makes a marvelous statement on a festive table! Nelson and Nelson has a beautiful collection of antique silver holloware dinner plates to choose from, including this beautiful Georgian antique silver plate collection circa 1925.

This set was made by the International Silver Company and is comprised of 8 dinner plates and 8 bread-and-butter plates, each in the Georgian Style, with applied cast and chased shell, shield and gadroon border. This set, in excellent condition, is typical of many sets of dinner and bread plates produced in the first half of the 20th century in that it is designed in the style of the late 18th century. This set is very versatile in that the plates can be used in many other ways: the dinner plates can be used individually to serve hors d’oeuvres or pies and desserts, while the bread-and-butter plates can be used for individual hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and petit fours.The diameter of the dinner plate is 10 1/2 inches and the diameter of the bread-and-butter Plate is 6 1/2 inches. The total weight of the set is 224 Troy ounces.