3\o?al Worcester Ifvor? porcelain, i63 … Old Sheffield Plate. v§ OLD Sheffield plate, much as it is now esteemed bycollectors, was, in its origin, a sham. It was anattempt to suggest the value and splendor of solidsilver by a thin veneer, as one might say, of theprecious metal upon a foundation of baser metal. Itwas a pretense. Still, it…
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