Stem Cup

Can we make something out of the stamps?

 

Looks black paint stamped - I think it says "Don't drink out of this" SORRY, just funin but yeah, don't drink out of that!

Looks turned on a lathe and not a polished cast - may be newer

 

Kard, are those letters painted or stamped in??? If stamped, did you try a bit of flour or baking soda in them??

 

It looks to me as if it might say:

KIRK
SILVER
G...???
GENUINE
A-1 PLATE

 

The first line cannot be KIRK - there is no second K there. Looks more like KIRIS (which means nothing to me BTW)

 

Agree with @SBSVC, good call and yes it looks like KIRK to me too ..(here we go again!)

 

'KIRK'S SILVER GUILD', haven't seen 'GENUINE' before and can't quite make that out, but 'A-1 PLATE' is typical - it's mid to late 20th century from the British firm Kirk's Ltd.

http://www.silvercollection.it/electroplatesilverKL.html

~Cheryl

 

Thanks. The letters are painted.

 

Hm. Have never seen or heard of that one before. Learned something today. Now if I can just remember it.

 

Could it perhaps say GEORGIAN instead of GENUINE? It looks as if there might have been a line by that name:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kirks-GEOR...528323?hash=item3b2e5710c3:g:DG8AAOSwhmdc1vHX

 

It does look like the beginning of 'GEORGIAN'...

~Cheryl