Georgian Silver

The Georgian period extends from the beginning of George I's reign (1714) to the end of George IV's reign (1830). Often the reign of King William IV from 1830 to 1837 is also included however we will not look at this in this article.

Earlier I touched on the fact the Georgian silver has a simple beauty to it and a lot of the time this is correct, however, the Georgian period stretches to well over 100 years and, as such, the period contains a number of styles.

Lots of simple Georgian items were changed by the victorians into very fancy, decorated pieces. Some collectors call this process being Vickied. this usually lowers the value of the item.