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Sheridan Silver EPS Silverplate Teapot — Footed Bail-Handle Pot, c. Mid-Century

Name: Sheridan Silver EPS Silverplate Teapot — Footed Bail-Handle Pot, c. Mid-Century
Brand: The Vintage Rose Boutique
SKU: HDRK-VR-0029
Price: 34 USD
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Mid-Century (1940s–1960s) Silverplate Good

HDRK-VR-0029

A small, characterful piece of mid-century American silverware: a footed silverplate pot from Sheridan Silver Co. of Taunton, Massachusetts, marked Sheridan Silver / EPS on the underside. The squat, bulbous body sits on four ornate scrolled feet, each crowned with a tiny floral cartouche. A domed lift-off lid wears a flame-leaf finial; an arched bail handle swings overhead, hinged on porcelain insulator beads — the giveaway that this was meant to carry hot tea or hot water from sideboard to table. So, to answer the question on the working tag: this is a pot, not a pitcher. The integrated pour lip is short and shaped, set into the body the way a small teapot or hot-water pot is. It would have lived alongside a matching creamer and sugar in a Sheridan tea service of the 1950s through the 1970s.

Highlights

Marked Sheridan Silver / EPS (electroplated silver) on the underside
Footed bulbous body with four scrolled feet and floral cartouches
Lift-off domed lid with flame-leaf finial
Overhead arched bail handle with porcelain insulator beads at the hinges
Small integrated pour lip — teapot or hot-water pot from a Sheridan service

Condition

Honest vintage condition. The plating carries the soft fogging and faint contact spotting that comes from decades of use and display — visible in the photos and read here as character, not damage. No dents, no losses, lid sits true on the rim, bail swings cleanly.

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Sheridan Silver EPS Silverplate Teapot — Footed Bail-Handle Pot, c. Mid-Century

Mid-Century, c. 1950s–1970s

American Silverplate Tea Service

Sheridan Silver Co. of Taunton, Massachusetts produced silverplate tea and coffee services through the middle decades of the twentieth century, marketed to American households that still set a sideboard for company. EPS — electroplated silver — was their working language: a layer of fine silver applied over a base-metal body, struck "Sheridan Silver / EPS" on the underside in plain block letters. The mark on this pot is exactly that, clear and unmistakable.

This little footed pot would have travelled with a matching open creamer and lidded sugar, the three pieces sharing a tray as a Sheridan tea service of the 1950s through the 1970s. The squat bulbous body, scrolled feet with floral cartouches, lift-off domed lid, and overhead bail handle on porcelain insulator beads all point to a teapot or hot-water pot — the short integrated pour lip is the vocabulary of pots, not pitchers. By the time the company was absorbed into Taunton Silversmiths, sets like this one had already begun migrating from daily service to display, where their honest plate and sturdy hands-on shapes earned a quieter second life.

Materials Electroplated silver (EPS) over base metal. Lift-off domed lid, footed bulbous body, overhead bail handle on porcelain insulator beads.

Care Hand-wash with mild soap and warm water; dry with a soft cloth. Skip the dishwasher. For brightening, use a gentle silverplate polish sparingly — the soft fog is part of its age.

Specifications

Dimensions: 5 × 5 × 7 in
Weight: 1.6 lbs
SKU: HDRK-VR-0029

There's a particular kind of American silverplate that came out of Taunton, Massachusetts, in the middle of the last century — quietly well-made, more decorative than precious, designed for the dining rooms and sideboards of a country that still set the table for company. Sheridan Silver Co. was one of the houses behind it. The mark on the underside of this little pot — Sheridan Silver / EPS, struck in plain block letters — places it firmly in that tradition. The form is the part that draws you in. A small, almost cauldron-bodied vessel, bellied out to catch the light, set on four scrolled feet that each end in a tiny floral cartouche the size of a thumbprint. The domed lid lifts off cleanly and is topped with a finial that wants to be a flame and almost manages it. Over the top, an arched bail handle swings on porcelain insulator beads at the hinges — the small, telling detail that this pot was meant to carry something hot. In its day, it would have shared a tray with a matching open creamer and lidded sugar, the three of them part of a Sheridan tea or coffee service of the 1950s through the 1970s. To the working-tag question: this is a pot, not a pitcher. A water pitcher would stand tall and narrow with a side handle. This is squat and lidded, with an overhead bail and a small integrated pour lip — that vocabulary belongs to teapots and hot-water pots. Sheridan made both, and the form is shared between them.

Details

Maker: Sheridan Silver Co., Taunton, Massachusetts
Mark: Sheridan Silver / EPS stamped on the underside
Material: EPS (electroplated silver) over a base-metal body
Form: Small footed teapot / hot-water pot from a tea service
Era: Mid-century American, c. 1950s–1970s
Approximate dimensions: roughly 7 inches tall to the top of the bail, 5 inches across the body

Condition

Honest vintage condition with the soft plating fog and faint surface spotting that comes from decades of being used and shown. Visible in the photographs — please take a careful look — and read here as character, the way old plate is supposed to wear. Structurally sound: no dents, no losses, the lid sits true on the rim, and the bail handle swings cleanly through its full arc. A piece with miles in it still.