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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 35680, member: 85"]Oh, very nice. I'm guessing the metal is pewter and not silverplate.</p><p>I would date this from the mid to late 1800s</p><p><br /></p><p>My gut reaction was English or French. But before I commented I googled, Didn't come up with very much. Possibly German, but I didn't check that out.</p><p><br /></p><p>American - Manning Bowman company did a lot of enamel with silverplate and some pewter. But none of the handles I see are done in that shape. However, they did do a lot of pots with the metal one third up dividing the pot in two.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I can not find them doing is anything with a person's head on top. More the 1870s-80s filigree and flowers (which I cannot think of the name for the period at the moment - something revival?)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I'm sticking with gut reaction of European.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 35680, member: 85"]Oh, very nice. I'm guessing the metal is pewter and not silverplate. I would date this from the mid to late 1800s My gut reaction was English or French. But before I commented I googled, Didn't come up with very much. Possibly German, but I didn't check that out. American - Manning Bowman company did a lot of enamel with silverplate and some pewter. But none of the handles I see are done in that shape. However, they did do a lot of pots with the metal one third up dividing the pot in two. What I can not find them doing is anything with a person's head on top. More the 1870s-80s filigree and flowers (which I cannot think of the name for the period at the moment - something revival?) So, I'm sticking with gut reaction of European.[/QUOTE]
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