Silver Plated EPNS Sugar Caster with Pierced Foliate Cover by Regis Plate
Tall pedestal form with a removable domed cover.
Silver-plated metal with a bright reflective finish.
Pierced foliate and scrolling decoration.
Stepped circular foot and ribbed finial.
Stamped Regis Plate and EPNS.
Approximate dimensions
Height to top of finial: 165 mm (6½")
Condition
The silver-plated surfaces have scattered darkened patches, tarnish and surface marks. Further darkening is present around the pierced cover, moulded borders and foot. The interior has warm-toned discolouration. The tarnish may be polished if preferred.
Description
A tall silver-plated sugar caster or muffineer, made in England from electroplated nickel silver. The vessel consists of a hollow pedestal body and a separate pierced cover.
The rounded lower body narrows into a short moulded stem and stands on a spreading circular foot. The foot is formed from concentric stepped and rounded bands with a projecting outer rim. A broad collar defines the upper edge of the bowl.
A tall neck rises above the lower body. Its sides curve gently inward before widening towards the upper and lower junctions. Narrow concentric mouldings around the top form the seating rim for the removable cover.
The deep domed cover has a repeating pierced design arranged in vertical panels. The openings form stylised foliate sprays above paired scrolling motifs, together with pointed, crescent-shaped and curved apertures. The dome rises through shallow stepped bands to a small finial with a rounded horizontally ribbed terminal.
The recessed underside is formed with concentric circular mouldings and is stamped:
“MADE IN ENGLAND
REGIS PLATE REG
E.P.N.S
N 1243”
Sugar casters of this form were traditionally used at the dining table for dispensing finely ground or caster sugar. Pierced pedestal examples were particularly associated with tableware produced during the early and middle decades of the twentieth century. The vessel could alternatively be used as a decorative table container.
Object Type: Sugar Caster
Age: 1900–1940
Era / Period: Early 20th Century
Material: Electroplated Nickel Silver
Finish: Silver Plated
Production Technique: Pressed and Assembled Metalwork
Decoration Technique: Pierced
Pattern: Foliate Scroll
Style: Traditional
Sugar Caster Silver Plated EPNS Regis Plate Pierced Foliate Cover