in the England of 1700 there was a demand by the middle classes of tableware at a lower cost silver representing the highest aspirations of all social classes, Thus was born by the silversmith Thomas BOULSOVER (1704/1788) Sheffield, had to name the city of residence BULSOVER.
It consists of superimposing a sheet of copper as a base and another silver were then welded together at high temperature, the plate could be obtained worked like a silver plate with the same systems, cantilever, stamping, and engraving .
There was however a problem adattabbilità to contain food and drink because of the exposed parts of copper, was another such entrepreneur MATTHEW BOULTON (1728/1809) which solved the problem by inserting two sheets of silver in the middle of the copper plate aggiuggendo also the points of greatest friction another layer of silver.
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