Silver/Silverplate covered dish

I can't find any marks on this at all. On one handle there's a series of blobs that look intentional, but I can't make anything out.

 

Perhaps it is my bad eyesight but it looks stamped from beneath the handle?

 

My mother had a couple of these that I cleaned up and sent to auction with the rest of her things that none of us "kids" wanted. Plus I have a couple of my own I bought for peanuts at estate sales. The marks from the 1930's and later can very shallow and hard to see without a lot of scrutiny in just the right light. If you really feel it's important to find the maker, I would suggest strong lighting and looking on every square inch of the underside of the bigger one, including the rim, from a slant.

I've never seen a "top" with marks.

 

A nondescript mark

 

Looks like typical "wear and tear" on the handle. I sincerely doubt it's a mark.

The handles on a lot of less than high-end and even medium grade hollowware are not silver plated, but rather made of "white metal." The handles are subject to the most "abuse" and would lose plating sooner than an owner would like. Also a poor place to position a mark.

One of Mom's was very nice but was only marked B. Altman (the NY retailer.)

As AF is wont to say - "just some blokes in a shed." But classic design, nice gadrooned edge. They have wide appeal even without a maker's name.

 

Around here we can't even give those away. It was somebody's wedding gift in the late 50s to the late 60s. No matter where I go, there's always one sitting around.

 

They are handy however. Not only for their original purpose as vegetable dishes, but as holiday decor. At Christmas I used to fill several of the with glass balls, and/or tiny, elegantly wrapped and beribboned boxes, or candles in holders cuddled up with leafy pachysandra twigs. At St. Patrick's Day the largest one gets an assortment of every kind of potato I can find, and my little group of leprechauns sit atop the pile. Makes a fun centerpiece.

 

That's a good thing to do with them. No one serves that formally any more. I'm not sure what you'd do with a tea set, besides take up a lot of real estate.

 

I have about 8 of them,different makers,some with the removeable finial on the lid. When new they came with glass inserts. I only have 3 with the original glass. Like everly said,they are everywhere but so handy

 

Originally just marked with a sticker

Bird bath

 

Bottom for water and the lid for cat food