DISHES AND CREDENCES

An antique silver platter is a large round or oval dish. Platters were used for serving meals and occasionally have a simple but representative character. 

A credence, a présentoir or tazza is a tablet with feet and belonged most commonly in sets. The ceremonial life-style, before the eighteenth century, imposed the keeping of a distance between the gentleman and the servant already. This is why the credence was used as an “intermediary” object between the two classes. Moreover, credences were seen on the table during the ceremonial diner. Besides of this, women often used these objects for their daily toilet and morning beauty care.

COURTLY AND NOBLE SILVER DISHES AND CREDENCES

The lips of the silver plates are flat, curved and adorned with a raised laurel band. On the underside: engraved coat of arms of the House of Savoy, marks. Augsburg 1802-3, Gustav Friedrich Gerich....

Set of eighteen silver dinner-plates made in Augsburg, mid-eighteenth century. The only decoration on the smooth plate is the ten Passignano, curved, profiled roseleaf edge, with an ornately engraved coat of arms for Pierre-Alfred de Bardon, Marquis de Segonzac from France, and his wife Erlanger...

ANTIQUE SILVER DISHES AND CREDENCES

The lips of the silver plates are flat, curved and adorned with a raised laurel band. On the underside: engraved coat of arms of the House of Savoy, marks. Augsburg 1802-3, Gustav Friedrich Gerich....

The present round, antique silver plate is an excellent object of English silver of the late 17th century. Very strict and timeless, minimalistic design....

Set of eighteen silver dinner-plates made in Augsburg, mid-eighteenth century. The only decoration on the smooth plate is the ten Passignano, curved, profiled roseleaf edge, with an ornately engraved coat of arms for Pierre-Alfred de Bardon, Marquis de Segonzac from France, and his wife Erlanger...