Punch Bowl - Silver markings real or not?! Please help...
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:03 am
Hello, my husband is a member of an amazing WW1 forum, whose members seem to always know the answer to everything, so I wonder if some 925-1000 members would be kind enough to have a look at my mysterious mark.
I was given this silver punch bowl about 25 years ago after a family friend died (he ran a silver service catering company) and was told that it was solid silver and probably bought from an auction. I don't know anything else about it!
A jeweller had a look at it a while ago and thought that it was solid silver, but couldn't confirm without sending it away for testing. I have not been able to identify the mark anywhere - I have even sent a picture to a well-known auction house, but no luck! I wonder if it could be a hybrid piece and the base has been replaced at some point.
Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated - many thanks!
Please find the URL link to the images below:
http://1drv.ms/1jsdc7X
I was given this silver punch bowl about 25 years ago after a family friend died (he ran a silver service catering company) and was told that it was solid silver and probably bought from an auction. I don't know anything else about it!
A jeweller had a look at it a while ago and thought that it was solid silver, but couldn't confirm without sending it away for testing. I have not been able to identify the mark anywhere - I have even sent a picture to a well-known auction house, but no luck! I wonder if it could be a hybrid piece and the base has been replaced at some point.
Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated - many thanks!
Please find the URL link to the images below:
http://1drv.ms/1jsdc7X