Title: Rare Antique Silver hand hammered Dish By John O. Bellis
Shipping: $39.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 19th Century
History: N/A
Origin: North America > United States
Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1880 to 1920
Item ID: 3121
Silversmith John O. Bellis, Early Twentieth Century: Antique silver hand hammered victorian dish. It has a plain circular base. Condition: It is in very good condition apart from one having a few very very minor dings in the plain base, but these are very minor. This is a lovely Solid Silver Dish. It is made from a good guage of silver and is clearly signed by John O. Bellis. The sterling mark is also stamped on the base. A hammered sterling silver cuff dish plate by John O. Bellis in a classic Arts and Crafts design. This cuff dish plate by Bellis, who worked for the San Francisco company, Shreve, is made of hammered Sterling silver with an applied 'name'. Very good condition, great patina. Marked John O. Bellis Sterling inside.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_silver
The term "Sterling Silver," in reference to the .925 grade of silver, emerged in England by the 13th century. The terms "sterling" and "pound sterling", seem to have acquired their meaning over a while, and from several convergent sources. The first mention is that of "sterilensis" in 1078, and by the thirteenth century (the 1200s) the term sterling had appeared. "Sterling" is believed to come from the Old Norman French esterlin (meaning little star) and Old English stiere (strong, firm, immovable).
