RARE c.1889 Barbour Bros USA Heavy Quadruple Silverplate 3PC Covered Dish

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Seller: johac_47 ✉️ (1,701) 100%, Location: Gastonia, North Carolina, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 195185109240 RARE c.1889 Barbour Bros USA Heavy Quadruple Silverplate 3PC Covered Dish.

RARE ANTIQUE c.1889-92 BARBOUR BROS. Co. OF CONNECTICUT, U.S.A. QUADRUPLE SILVERPLATE OVER HEAVY WHITE METAL / ACTUALLY NICKEL. 3 PIECE 1 1/2 QUART GAME PIE / COVERED SERVING TAUREEN.  INCLUDES ROUND FOOTED TAUREEN WITH HANDLES, REMOVABLE COLLAR, AND LID WITH ORNATE FENIAL KNOB HANDLE.  GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION, SUITABLE FOR USE, AND EXCELLENT FOR DISPLAY, NO REAL DAMAGE FOUND, IT JUST NEEDED POLISHING WHICH I MAINLY DID PRIOR TO PHOTOGRAPHING IT FOR THIS LISTING; MY WIFE KEPT IT POLISHED UNTIL SHE BECAME TOO ILL TO DEAL WITH IT, SO IT HAD NOT BEEN POLISHED IN ABOUT 8 OR 9 YEARS WHEN I POLISHED IT THIS TIME, IT'S FAIRLY EASY TO KEEP POLISHED IF YOU DO IT ABOUT 2 OR 3 TIMES A YEAR, ALSO USING IT WILL ACTUALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF POLISHING IT NEEDS, SILVER TARNISHES WHEN IT IS NOT USED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL HUMIDITY, BUT IT HOLDS IT'S POLISH IF YOU USE, AND WASH IT FAIRLY OFTEN.  THIS TAUREEN HAS CHARMING ENGRAVED FLORAL DECORATIONS ON IT'S LID, AND A DAISY & BUTTON SCOLL BANDING AROUND THE SIDE OF THE TAUREEN AND THE LID, IT'S BOTH LOVELY AND ELEGANT!  THE OUTTER DISPLAY AREAS OF THE LID, COLLAR, AND HANDLES HAVE BEEN HIGHLY POLISHED WITH WRIGHTS SILVER CREAM POLISH, AND THE RESULT IS JUST GORGEOUS, AS SHOWN IN THE LISTING PHOTOS, THE LOWER OUTTER BODY OF THE TAUREEN COULD USE SOME MORE POLISHING, BUT IT IS REALLY NOT NECESSARY SINCE THE FOCAL DISPLAY AREAS HAVE MAINLY BEEN POLISHED TO A BEAUTIFUL SHINEY SILVER PATINA.  I RECOMMEND ONLY USING A GENTAL SILVER CREAM POLISH, SUCH AS "WRIGHTS" FOR POLISHING THIS ANTIQUE ITEM BECAUSE "DIPS" THAT REMOVE TARNISH QUICKLY CAN ALSO REMOVE FINE LAYERS OF SILVER RESULTING IN DAMAGE.  MY LATE WIFE REFERRED TO THIS 3 PIECE SERVING TAUREEN AS A GAME PIE SERVING TAUREEN, AND SHE BELIEVED THAT THE BOTTOM DISH COULD BE PLACED IN A 350 TO 375 DEGREE OVEN WITHOUT DAMAGING IT WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BAKE A TRADITIONAL GAME PIE RECEIPE ALLOWING FOR THE PIE CRUST TO BROWN, SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE COLLAR WOULD BE PLACED ONTO THE BOTTOM DISH AFTER THE PIE HAD COOLED TO SERVING TEMPERATURE, AND THEN THE LID WOULD BE PUT IN PLACE TO HELP KEEP THE PIE WARM.  MY WIFE WAS AN EXCELLENT CHEF, AND HOSTESS, AND I BOW TO HER WISDOM, HOWEVER, I AM NO EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO COOKING, OR THE CORRECT OR PROPER SERVING DISH TO USE FOR SPECIFIC RECEIPES.  I THOUGHT THAT MY WIFE'S VIEW OF THE PROPER NAME OF THIS ANTIQUE SERVING DISH WAS INTERESTING, SHE CALLED IT AN ANTIQUE GAME PIE SERVING TAUREEN, AND CLAIMED THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED TO SERVE GAME PIE AT A FORMAL DINNER PARTY, ESPECIALLY FOR A FORMAL BUFFET SETTING, OTHERWIZE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TRUCKED AROUND A DINING TABLE ON A ROLLING BUFFET IN ORDER TO SERVE GUESTS DUE TO IT'S SIZE, AND WEIGHT, ESPECIALLY ONCE FILLED WITH FOOD, HOWEVER THAT IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PRACTICE IN LARGER DINING ROOMS.  MY WIFE HOSTED A GREAT MANY FORMAL DINNER PARTIES DURING THE YEARS OF OUR MARRIAGE, BOTH IN OUR HOME, AND AT LARGE VENUES THAT HAD BEEN LEASED TO HANDLE MORE GUESTS THAN THE DINING ROOM IN OUR HOME WOULD ACCOMMODATE, ESPECIALLY FOR SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS WEDDING REHERSAL DINNERS, AND SHE HOSTED A YEARLY FORMAL DINNER FOLLOWED BY A DANCE OR PARTY THE SATURDAY EVENING PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS EVE EACH YEAR UNTIL SHE BECAME TOO ILL TO HANDLE ALL THE WORK INVOLVED, SHE SPENT AT LEAST 6 TO 9 WEEKS EACH YEAR PLANNING, AND ORGANIZING THAT ONE. MY WIFE MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECT ABOUT THE PROPER NAME OF THIS COVERED TAUREEN, BUT I DOUBT IT, SHE WAS ONE OF THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE HOSTS I HAVE EVER KNOWN, SHE LITERALLY STUDIED WHOLE BOOKS ON ETIQUETTE, AND HOSTING DINING EVENTS, SHE KEPT SEVERAL GUIDES AND BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT THAT SHE STUDIED FREQUENTLY, I THINK IT WAS A KIND OF HOBBY FOR HER, SHE BELIEVED THAT PROPER ETIQUETTE, AND TRADITIONAL FINE DINING, WERE BECOMING A LOST ART FORM,  AND THAT YOUNGER GENERATIONS WERE LOSING INTEREST IN IT WHICH SHE FELT WAS A SHAME, AND A GREAT LOSS TO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.  I'M NOT SURE ABOUT ALL THAT, BUT I SURE MISS HEARING HER LECTURE ME ABOUT IT!  I LOST MY DEAR WIFE TO CANCER LAST YEAR AFTER 40 WONDERFUL YEARS OF MARRIAGE, I AM NOW DOWNSIZING AND SELLING THE GREAT MANY ANTIQUES  AND COLLECTIBLE ITEMS WE AMASSED OVER THE LAST 40 OR SO YEARS; I WANT TO SELL MY ANTIQUES WHILE I'M STILL HEALTHY AND ACTIVE ENOUGH TO LIST, PACK, AND SHIP THEM MYSELF.  THIS COVERED TAUREEN IS REALLY SPECIAL, I HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS ANOTHER ONE QUITE LIKE IT IN ALL OF MY YEARS COLLECTING, AND DEALING IN ANTIQUES.  AGAIN, MY WIFE CLAIMED THAT IT'S PROPER NAME IS A "GAME PIE SERVING TAUREEN," SHE CLAIMED THAT IF IT WERE MADE OF PORCELAIN OR POTTERY IT WOULD BE CALLED A GAME PIE DISH, BUT A HEAVY SILVER ONE WITH A REMOVABLE COLLAR IS CALLED A "GAME PIE SERVING TAUREEN" THAT WAS MADE, AND INTENDED TO BE USED FOR A LARGER, OR MORE FORMAL DINING EVENT, HOWEVER, SHE CLAIMED THAT IT COULD ALSO BE USED FOR SERVING OTHER RECEIPES AND DISHES ALSO, BUT THAT IT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED AND MADE FOR SERVING GAME PIE.  MY WIFE AND I DEARLY LOVED CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WE SPENT OUR WEDDING NIGHT THERE BEFORE LEAVING FOR OUR HONEYMOON THE NEXT DAY, AND WE RETURNED TO CHARLESTON JUST ABOUT EVERY CHANCE WE GOT OVER THE COURSE OF OUR YEARS OF MARRIAGE, I MENTION THIS BECAUSE IT WAS ON ONE OF  OUR TRIPS TO CHARLESTON IN ABOUT THE MID 1990'S WHEN WE ATTENDED A FINE ESTATE AUCTION AND SELL WHERE WE DISCOVERED, AND PURCHASED THIS TAUREEN, IT WAS PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF FINE ANTIQUE CHINA, CRYSTAL, AND SILVER.  WE PURCHASED SEVERAL VERY SPECIAL PIECES OF CHINA AND SILVER AT THAT SELL, AS WELL AS SOME FURNITURE, I STILL HAVE AN ANTIQUE PARLOR SET THAT WE PURCHASED AT THAT SELL, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ONES WE HAD EVER ATTENDED BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY UNIQUE ANTIQUE ITEMS OFFERED IN THAT PARTICULAR ESTATE COLLECTION, THIS TAUREEN WAS ONE OF THEM! MY WIFE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT THE SECOND SHE SAW IT, AND SHE TOLD ME TO BE QUIET, AND TO LET HER HANDLE BIDDING ON IT, SHE DIDN'T TRUST ME TO KEEP BIDDING UNTIL I WON IT, AND SHE WAS DETERMINED TO OWN IT, EVEN IF I THOUGHT THE PRICE WAS TOO HIGH!  MY WIFE WOULD BID HIGHER THAN I WOULD IF SHE REALLY WANTED SOMETHING BADLY ENOUGH, AND SHE REALLY WANTED THIS TAUREEN!  MY WIFE CLAIMED THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY RARE TO FIND AN AMERICAN MADE VERSION OF THIS TAUREEN SINCE GAME PIE IS A VERY "ENGLISH" TRADITIONAL ENTREE, HOWEVER THERE WERE A GREAT MANY ENGLISH BORN GENTLEMAN THAT RELOCATED TO THE SOUTHERN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE EARLY 1800'S AFTER PURCHASING LAND, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS IN OR AROUND CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND SAVANAH, GEORGIA, AND THEY BROUGHT THEIR TRADITIONS WITH THEM CREATING A MARKET FOR ITEMS LIKE THIS ONE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.  MANY OF OUR DINING TRADITIONS, ESPECIALLY OUR MORE FORMAL ONES, ORIGINATED IN GREAT BRITAIN, AND EUROPE CENTURIES AGO, THIS I ALSO LEARNED FROM MY WIFE!  MY WIFE STUDIED RECEIPES FOR GAME PIE, AND I THOUGHT IT INTERESTING WHEN SHE INFORMED ME THAT WHITE BURGANY SHOULD BE SERVED WITH THE GAME PIE COURSE IF THE MAIN INGREDIENT IN THE PIE WAS PHEASANT OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF BIRD, I MIGHT NOT CARE MUCH FOR THE GAME PIE, BUT THE WINE SOUNDED JUST FANTASTIC TO ME!  I WILL MISS SEEING THIS TAUREEN DISPLAYED IN MY COLLECTION OF SILVER, IT ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF MY WIFE, IT REALLY BELONGED TO HER, SHE WAS THE ONE WHO CARED ABOUT IT THE MOST, SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE LET ME SELL IT, BUT NOW I FEEL THAT THE TIME HAS COME FOR IT TO PASS TO ANOTHER COLLECTOR, NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, EVEN CAMELOT ONLY LASTED FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME.   ALL FINE ANTIQUES SHOULD PASS THROUGH FAMILY, OR TO OTHER COLLECTOR'S WHEN FAMILY IS NOT A GOOD OPTION, WHICH IS THE CASE WITH THIS ONE SINCE I NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN, AND I NO LONGER HAVE ANY CLOSE FAMILY LEFT TO PASS ANYTHING ON TO.  I DO HOPE THAT ANOTHER COLLECTOR WILL WANT TO OWN THIS TAUREEN, SOMEONE WHO CAN APPRECIATE HOW UNIQUE AND SPECIAL IT IS.  PLEASE SEE ALL OF THE LISTING PHOTOS, THEY ARE ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ITEMS DESCRIPTION, AND CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS PRIOR TO PLACING YOUR ORDER!  SHIPS TO YOU FAST, SAME DAY ORDERED IF POSSIBLE FOR ME, BUT NO LATER THAN THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY!  SHIPS TO YOU VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED BY AN EXPERIENCED SHIPPER OF FINE ANTIQUE CHINA, SILVER, AND CRYSTAL FROM A SMOKE FREE HOME; PLEASE SEE MY FEEDBACKS!  SEVERAL SHIPPING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT CHECKOUT INCLUDING BOTH USPS PRIORITY, AND ECONOMY USPS PARCEL SELECT GROUND SHIPPING FOR DELIVERY IN THE UNITED STATES, GLOBAL SHIPPING IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY, AND LOCAL PICKUP IS AVAILABLE FOR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE LOCATED NEAR ME HERE IN GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA; PLEASE MESSAGE ME PRIOR TO SELECTING LOCAL PICKUP TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE LOCATED CLOSE ENOUGH TO ME TO MAKE IT AN ECONOMICAL CHOICE!  THANK YOU KINDLY FOR TAKING TIME TO LOOK!

  • Brand: Barbour bros. Co.
  • Pattern: Nouveau
  • Composition: Silverplate
  • Type: Covered Serving Dish
  • Style: Art Nouveau
  • Age: 1850-1899

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