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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9571658, member: 111"]Eh, they're nice folks, have bought from them in the past, but not always reliable in their info - lost some respect after running across a set of fairly dreadful known recast salad servers, only marked 'Sterling', but they IDed as by a prominent maker, even though they also had a genuine set in that pattern. Let them know, and received a politely patronizing response that they 'would look into it', been quite a while, but still remains in their inventory, still presented as genuine and still high-priced...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That said, would also describe as Art Nouveau rather 'Deco', and can't really see this as a wine coaster, the size of the interior is a bit small (3.25" diameter is about the minimum for a wine coaster, around 4" to 5.5" more typical) and the curved sides atypical, it's more likely a bonbon dish, pin tray, or even underplate - would expect straight sides along the lines of this earlier Gorham wine coaster:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.kensingtonhouseantiques.com/items/967412/Victorian-Gorham-Sterling-Silver-Wine-Coaster" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.kensingtonhouseantiques.com/items/967412/Victorian-Gorham-Sterling-Silver-Wine-Coaster" rel="nofollow">https://www.kensingtonhouseantiques.com/items/967412/Victorian-Gorham-Sterling-Silver-Wine-Coaster</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Would question the 'wine coaster' IDs of several that Antique Cupboard shows - as example, this Kirk & Son #407A 'wine coaster', which is clearly a dish/bowl and appears in the maker's catalog as a 'Candy or Nut Dish':</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://antiquecupboard.net/products/repousse-by-kirk-sterling-silver-wine-coaster-407a-1-1-2-x-5-1-2-7656?_pos=1&_sid=e79492616&_ss=r" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://antiquecupboard.net/products/repousse-by-kirk-sterling-silver-wine-coaster-407a-1-1-2-x-5-1-2-7656?_pos=1&_sid=e79492616&_ss=r" rel="nofollow">https://antiquecupboard.net/products/repousse-by-kirk-sterling-silver-wine-coaster-407a-1-1-2-x-5-1-2-7656?_pos=1&_sid=e79492616&_ss=r</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9571658, member: 111"]Eh, they're nice folks, have bought from them in the past, but not always reliable in their info - lost some respect after running across a set of fairly dreadful known recast salad servers, only marked 'Sterling', but they IDed as by a prominent maker, even though they also had a genuine set in that pattern. Let them know, and received a politely patronizing response that they 'would look into it', been quite a while, but still remains in their inventory, still presented as genuine and still high-priced... That said, would also describe as Art Nouveau rather 'Deco', and can't really see this as a wine coaster, the size of the interior is a bit small (3.25" diameter is about the minimum for a wine coaster, around 4" to 5.5" more typical) and the curved sides atypical, it's more likely a bonbon dish, pin tray, or even underplate - would expect straight sides along the lines of this earlier Gorham wine coaster: [URL]https://www.kensingtonhouseantiques.com/items/967412/Victorian-Gorham-Sterling-Silver-Wine-Coaster[/URL] Would question the 'wine coaster' IDs of several that Antique Cupboard shows - as example, this Kirk & Son #407A 'wine coaster', which is clearly a dish/bowl and appears in the maker's catalog as a 'Candy or Nut Dish': [URL]https://antiquecupboard.net/products/repousse-by-kirk-sterling-silver-wine-coaster-407a-1-1-2-x-5-1-2-7656?_pos=1&_sid=e79492616&_ss=r[/URL] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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