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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 271526, member: 2844&quot;]It looks like a quaich, but it isn&#039;t. It is a Dutch &#039;brandewijnkom&#039;, brandy bowl. It was used the same way as a quaich, but with brandy instead of whisky.</p><p>These are pewter, early 17th century:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcT55C5rXPXxo-08X_iaKMDbVadGjYSnTPJehftOOD7w4CdI0VgjTQ&amp;sp=e5848f6849b098fd1d8c07cd67849ef1&amp;anticache=945513" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/nl/geheugen/view?identifier=NISA01%3A884" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/nl/geheugen/view?identifier=NISA01%3A884" rel="nofollow">http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/nl/geheugen/view?identifier=NISA01:884</a></p><p>(This site is called &#039;memory of the Netherlands&#039;, it shows Dutch items from several museums and private collections.)</p><p><br /></p><p>They also made them in silver, but those usually have thinner walls and more decorations:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhaffmansantiek.nl%2Fmedia%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct%2Fcache%2F1%2Fsmall_image%2F232x280%2F9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95%2Fi%2Fm%2Fimgp6160.jpg&amp;sp=5c60fd89c48109b855ca41d7ff5dc942" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://haffmansantiek.nl/zilveren-miniatuur-brandewijnkom-17e-eeuw-dolls-house-miniature-brandy-bowl-smidt-van-gelder.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://haffmansantiek.nl/zilveren-miniatuur-brandewijnkom-17e-eeuw-dolls-house-miniature-brandy-bowl-smidt-van-gelder.html" rel="nofollow">http://haffmansantiek.nl/zilveren-miniatuur-brandewijnkom-17e-eeuw-dolls-house-miniature-brandy-bowl-smidt-van-gelder.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the classic Scottish quaich. Note the shape of the handles, it is seen on most quaichs, and is also seen in evelyb&#039;s link:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.og-cdn.com%2Flg%2F963825%2Fantique-scottish-quaich.jpg&amp;sp=5858c5b1f0004fdd480bd50a49b83ccc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some are more like the Dutch brandewijnkom, which I have been told is due to the influence of the town of Culross, near Edinburgh, which had a strong trade connection with the Netherlands.</p><p>Edinburgh silver quaich:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft2.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQ964HXUseo_06JqEEsl_p_vlW44Ee7w9mlBoyFSurgs-Y3vlV1Kg&amp;sp=cf25677a9817640e2c4f2c27d7d244c7&amp;anticache=840938" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/antique-victorian-scottish-silver-quaich-edinburgh-1884-by-marshall-%26-sons-edinburgh/215810" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/antique-victorian-scottish-silver-quaich-edinburgh-1884-by-marshall-%26-sons-edinburgh/215810" rel="nofollow">http://www.onlinegalleries.com/art-and-antiques/detail/antique-victorian-scottish-silver-quaich-edinburgh-1884-by-marshall-&amp;-sons-edinburgh/215810</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are similar bowls across Europe, one of the ways to tell the difference is the ears or handles.</p><p>I agree with Shangas, your bowl doesn&#039;t look silver. To me it looks like pewter, but if it is silver it should be worth quite a lot.</p><p>General rule for Dutch brandewijnkommen: you don&#039;t polish the pewter ones, you do polish the silver ones. If yours is silver, let it shine.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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