{"product_id":"vintage-meneses-spanish-silverplate-serving-tray","title":"Vintage Meneses Spanish Silverplate Serving Tray","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThere is a particular pleasure in a tray that does one job well. This Meneses serving tray is a generous oblong in bright silverplate, wide enough to carry a full coffee service, with molded scroll-and-shell mounts anchoring a pair of open loop handles. Meneses was one of Spain's great plate houses, founded in Madrid in 1840, and the English export mark on the reverse places this one in the mid-twentieth century. The form is clean and confident: a reeded rim, a broad flat well, nothing fussy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Maker | Meneses (Plateria Meneses), Madrid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Material | Silverplate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Origin | Spain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Age | Vintage, mid-20th century, circa 1940 to 1970 on the maker's mark format and style\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Tray Size | 21.5 in. W x 14 in. D, handle to handle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Depth | 1 in. at the rim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Format | Twin-handled oblong serving tray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Handles | Cast open loop handles on molded scroll-and-shell mounts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Marks | Stamped MENESES SPAIN to the reverse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Style | Mid-century, with earlier Rococo revival detail in the handle mounts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[condition]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBright, clean plate overall with an even reflective surface. Light surface scratching runs through the well, the kind of fine wear that comes from normal serving use, most visible when the light rakes across it. A few small dark specks are scattered on the well. The rim edges and the raised high points around the handle mounts are the places most likely to show plate wear on a piece like this, so please check those closely in the photographs. The handles are crisp and the scroll-and-shell mounts are sharp. I am not making any claim about re-plating in either direction. Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#162\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51624741994774,"sku":"AMD-03812","price":450.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/Belgium_France_Inventory_Continued-10508.jpg?v=1785430470","url":"https:\/\/austyn-marie.myshopify.com\/products\/vintage-meneses-spanish-silverplate-serving-tray","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}