Featured Pictures first, polishing later! Can you help with marks?

Well another item arrived in the mail today, and I can't wait to show you. This was another blind purchase, without knowing for sure what I was buying. I went off the feel/look/tone of the items and I think I'll be happy with what I got. Here's a few photos of a pair of lovely large peacocks. If anyone can help with the marks, that would be wonderful. I had a country of origin in mind, but I haven't found the marks yet to confirm. Off to polish!

 

Wow! These are lovely!! Good for you! And great polish-up too

 

I LOVE them!

 

I actually hadn't polished them, I think one was dipped in a solution to get the tarnish off (not my preferred look since it takes all the age out of the cracks and crevices which I like on these pieces). Here's the finished polish, I hope you all enjoy these as much as I do!

 

Were you wearing something blue?

Can we get another look at the marks post polish?

 

Hi bakersgma I wasn't wearing blue, in fact i'm not even in the room when the photo gets taken; I have a blue backdrop that covers my photo area.

Here's the extra photos as resquested:

 

Well I found their cousins...but doesn't appear to list the maker, only purity and time frame:

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/d...e-german-silver-peacock-dishes/id-f_21192932/

 

My original supposition was Hanau, because there really isn't any other (unless they were plated and not solid.) So "German" in that listing title does make some sense to me. Hanau makers are not all documented unfortunately.

 

Eh, believe that seller decided they're German 800 silver because of the pseudo-marks - seems much more likely to me that they're 19th century Anglo-Indian (Indian Colonial), have seen marks similar to the 'duty-head' bust and the spiky critter-looking thing, but the Prince-of-Wales feathers/fleur-de-lis seems unfamiliar. Look here at Poignand marks for similar:
https://www.925-1000.com/AngloIndian_02.html#M


I only have one book on Indian silver, and it's not usually useful, but will check it...


Gorham/Durgin produced versions of these, and I've seen them in silverplate as well, but would think they were based on earlier Indian pieces:


https://www.nelsonandnelsonantiques.com/items/1252986/Gorham-Sterling-Silver-Peacocks-1920



~Cheryl

 

Thank you Cheryl,

As usual you add some really great info to our discussions. I noted the gorham pieces when I was deciding to gamble on buying this set. I reached the conclusion that gorham must have copied some previous works, and hopefully this would turn out to be one of those previous works. I definitely agree that Poignand has a lot of similarity in the marks, thank you for sharing those.

I'm going to see if I can get lucky more search, but I may have to accept that origin and maker will not be perfectly matched.

 

Lovely finds as always. I’d kill to see your hoard in person!

 

I would love to show you...or any silver enthusiast...None of my family has the passion for it like I do, so it's very satisfying to share pictures with all of you. If you saw the hoard, you'd quickly realize how many items never make it on the forum (but I should...it just takes time).

 

YAY you are back and another great find.

I do look forward to your posts and finds. It is such a thrill

Once again congrats on a beautiful item.

 

Can I throw into the mix that these are wildly popular in Spain?

 

They are pretty! Will they be dinner party guests, as the auction link suggests? How will you display them?

 

Figtree, right now my pieces get rotated on display..Typically I like to display recent pieces; the ones I'm truly in love with stay in the collection.