Victorian Silverplate Roll Top Server

From marrow spoons and sweetmeat baskets to nutmeg graters and grape shears, the Victorian Era was a time when every item of food had its specific utensil, serving piece or means of presentation. 

Standing prettily on decorative legs, this elegant Victorian Silverplate Roll Top Server with its whimsical bovine imagery, was originally designed to present artfully created molded butter or hand-crafted curls. Rolling the delicately engraved lid back via the stunning finial reveals a lovely curved cavity, ideal for supporting a crystal dish filled with individual pats of butter. Adding crushed ice below the a vessel not only helps to keep your butter cool, but suddenly transforms the server into an exquisite presentation for caviar. 

With all the gracious charms of a bygone era, this elegant roll top dish is sure to make a welcome addition to your serving collection as it assumes pride of place atop the dinner table, at afternoon tea for butter or clotted cream or poised prominently as part of Sunday's brunch display. With its shapely embellishments and footed details, this handsome and graceful heirloom promises to captivate and charm guests for generations to come.

Strictly one-of-a-kind and subject to prior sale. In very good antique condition. 9.5"W x 5.5"H.