Featured Got two sterling silver ware today, anyone please tell me how roughly they worth? Thanks

Clobbered ?

 

Clobbered = trade slang for later decorated, see the thread about a silver tea set. Same OP

 

Gussied up.(LOL) The coffee pot with the eagle would sell at an even bigger premium in the USA; since it could be billed as an American Eagle it would jack the price up.

 

Can't comment on the Irish piece, but here is the exact Gorham pitcher with some info about pattern, etc.

https://www.trocadero.com/stores/ra...188/Gorham-Sterling-Silver-Pitcher-Cinderella

 

they give an email.......mail em & ask what it went for !!!

 

And back to the Irish piece. Just for my education (I never find pieces like this, so just curious... ) is it being suggested that the three-dimensional decoration on this was added later? It seems like all the Edward Power coffee pots online are similarily ornate -- can someone explain this "clobbering" to me? Thanks!

 

Just one explanation...... of many !

 

ahhhh, c'mon.......

 

I've heard that selling clobbered silver in the UK is problematic. Since it involves extensively reworking the silver, the items cannot be sold as sterling unless they have been re-assayed.

 

Thanks for your information. However, how can we know that piece is clobbered? Thanks

 

Nope, doesn't need a re-assay. There's no chemical impact on the silver. The problems is that it's no longer the original design and that puts off the purists.