Marlboro Antique Silver Plate Hexagonal Tray, C. 1930

This Lovely Hexagonal Antique Silverplate Serving Tray is electroplated on a heavy copper base and was manufactured in the 1930 period. It is very elaborate in its design in that it has a shell & scroll border with open work. It measures 15" Diameter.

COMMENT: This Large Silverplate Serving Tray is A Great Service Piece For Any Party Event and Will Definitely Get Great Reviews. It has a great antique aura.  It is most definitely great quality and has great weight. Marlboro Plate has been held in high esteem in Canada for many years attesting to the factory's quality.

CONDITION: This silverplate tray is in fine condition except for very minor rubbing near the center from years of use which is normal for most if not all silverplate. It shows a little bleeding of the base metal at the high points of the embossing or relief work. Afterall, it is some seventy five years old.

SILVERPLATE CONDITION NOTE:

Some minor conditional problems that are a common occurrence or commonplace with "antique and vintage" silverplate pieces which are considered acceptable and by general standards considered as "patina" are minor or light surface scratching and slight wear or minor bleeding of the base metal which is generally copper, brass or Britannica metal.

• Teapots, Coffee pots and Jugs generally show some interior discoloration and pitting due to the chemical interaction of the tea, coffee or other beverages with the various base metals if left sitting for long time periods and not properly cleaned after each usage. Teapots almost always have discoloration on the "interior" bottom.
  
• Trays normally have light surface scratching and bleeding of the base metal. Antique and Vintage Trays almost always show surface wear on the reverse side (back side).
• Flatware, for example forks, knives, spoons, etc., because of their usage, will on many occasions exhibit some light surface scratching.
• Candlesticks, at the insert top section, sometimes will exhibit slight discoloration where the candle burns too low; also sometimes on the underneath side of the base, wear will show.

"Antique and Vintage Silverplate" are not "new" and therefore will almost always exhibit slight wear (bleeding) and light surface scratching. Normally if there is any relief work, that is embossing or floral, many times it will show slight bleeding of the base metal.

Many Victorian Art Nouveau and Edwardian pieces of silverplate will almost always show bleeding and sometimes need re-silvering. Re-silvering is frowned upon and is not always recommended by purists, especially when it comes to Georgian and Early Victorian silverplate. Re-silvering of really early pieces, Georgian to Mid-Victorian, can devalue pieces. Generally speaking, "re-silvering" is a personal matter of choice.