Featured Silver plate coffee pot

Hi all. This has been in my "backlog" for a while so I thought Id see what its about. I normally dont buy plate,but the "USN" intrigued me. Its 10 inches tall and about 4 wide,and I cant make heads nor tails of the markings. Any input is always appreciated.

 

Wow,dont know how that happened ! Sorry !

 

Oh, wait till KOT gets a load of this !!!

Nice pot Johnny !!!!

You could serve a Rear Admiral with it !!!

 

Hi
Silver soldered means that the handle and the spout were soldered with silver instead of copper solder. It looks like a demitasse pot. You and your camera are blocking the fouled anchor so it is very hard to see. No name of a ship anywhere?
I miss the good old days.
greg

 

Sorry about that Greg! My pic skills arent the best. No name that I can see,maybe this pic is better?

 

Hi,
I am perplexed. I do not think it is a "real" USN piece. I am thinking of a "fantasy" piece. If from an officer's mess I am probably sure it is a fake. have to think about it for a while.
greg

 

Nice piece, the '28' indicates the year of manufacture...

~Cheryl

 

I guess I didnt put in the right search terms last night,now Ive found several examples. Go figure. http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-NAVY-COF...IQUE-CIRCA-1900-AMERICAN-MARKED-/181991452977

 

The seller says it's rare and for that price it better be !!

 

Hi,
Okay now that I thought about it. It seems to be the real thing, it just seemed to be too perfect and I was concerned.
greg

 

Please,how rare could it be when theres at least a dozen ?!?

 

The USN looks like it was die stamped,what does the inside look like under the USN?

 

Coated with layers of what I hope is coffee! Its blacker than black.I dont feel any bumps though.

 

Well....maybe all the rest are at the bottom of the sea in Davey Jones locker !!!

 

I like it, that one is a keeper!

 

Haha! I have the same coffee Urn. mine was made by Gorham . It was made in 1927. My family had several U.S. Navy officers. This item most likely belonged to Dr. William P. Mull, a U.S. Navy Doctor who served in Ww1 and Ww2.
it is in nearly perfect condition. I'd really like to know it's value.

 

ok. we took some photos of ours.
Apparently it was made in 1927 by Gohram.

 

I suppose it may be from 1927, but I am not familiar with any date marking by Gorham on silverplated wares. Their date codes for sterling holloware were pictorial during the 20th century.

 

ok. I'm only going by what I have read so far today. Thanks!

 

Gorham often date-coded their silverplate holloware, including hotelware, but as Bakersgma points out, it wouldn't have been a number, even though 1927 is very close to the '28 dating on Johnny's smaller International Silver pot - suppose there's a possibility that the number was stamped by the Navy...

~Cheryl