Biscuit barrels all with touches of silver from around 1900. Get one of these and you’ll have to upgrade your dessert to live up to them. Various makers, two by WMF. Made in Germany and England.

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Silver plate biscuit barrel with clear glass ‘U’ shaped liner, engraved with grapes and fern. ca. 1900. German. Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF), maker. Maker’s marks: Indistinct WMF mark to foot. Image © 2023 Colin Pender Antiques. Fair use license. https://www.colinpender.co.uk/ourshop/prod_6537512-Art-Nouveau-Biscuit-Barrel-and-cover-by-WMF-SOLD.html
Biscuit barrel with a blue glass insert hand- painted with enamel in a naturalistic Jugendstil style with floral and Bacco decorations. Silver plate handled four-footed stand and lid. ca. 1890. German. Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF), maker. Maker’s marks: WMF factory marks on the bottom. Image © 1995-2023 eBay Inc. Fair use license. https://www.ebay.com/itm/314170475849?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A10NjB1rT1TKqgVbpVr0TtxA2&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=314170475849&targetid=1587262742097&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9001997&poi=&campaignid=19894961968&mkgroupid=148855406073&rlsatarget=pla-1587262742097&abcId=9307911&merchantid=114806601&gclid=CjwKCAiA9ourBhAVEiwA3L5RFgzCEfnc0Rsm3Yo_GUo78K5atD2TTXAXHex_LY3f2rxvPrK8WmIxABoCrfgQAvD_BwE
Silver plate sphinx biscuit box with removable sphinx shaped finial, goat head handles and ball feet. Victorian. Made in England by Mappin and Webb. Maker’s marks: Marks for Mappin and Webb to the base. Image © 1995-2023 eBay Inc. Fair use license https://www.ebay.com.my/itm/225092585788
Silver plate mechanical clamshell biscuit barrel. Ball handle and thee triangular shaped drop down sections each with a pierced cover, the sections having scalloped stylized raised scroll designs held at the top with a simple ring and ball mechanism. Three raised feet. Made ca. 1920 in a Victorian style. Presumed to have been made in England. Maker not known. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2023. Fair use license. https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/sheffield-silverplate/antique-english-silver-plated-mechanical-biscuit-barrel-biscuiteer/id-f_30268032/

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