Silverplate Footed Bowls with Applied Shell Border, Set of Four, Mid-Twentieth Century

A set of four silverplate footed bowls, each ringed with a band of applied shells in deep relief — scallops and conch worked into a continuous wreath around the body of every bowl. The kind of object that lived on a sideboard in a Connecticut shingle house, brought out for the first course or the last. The form is a Revere shape, the decoration is mid-century, and the use is open: finger bowls at a long dinner, individual sorbets between courses, nuts and olives at a cocktail hour, berries and cream on a quiet morning.

Sold as a set of four. They belong together.

Origin: Sourced at an estate sale in Connecticut. Unmarked, as much mid-century silverplate was — sold through department stores and given as wedding silver, used for decades, then passed on. The shell border is applied work, hand-finished rather than machine-stamped, with the recesses antiqued to give the relief depth.

Condition: Excellent. Silverplate bright and intact across all four. The dark patina set into the recesses behind the shells is original — applied at the time of manufacture, and exactly what should be there. No dents, no repairs. One of the four shows very light plate wear to the interior, visible only on close inspection and consistent with use over decades. No dents, no repairs.

Dimensions: Each bowl is 4.75" diameter at rim, 2.5" height.