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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9783038, member: 76316"]The plate is ~5 3/8" diameter, ~1/2" high; the warmer is ~3 1/2" major diameter, ~2 3/4" rim height. Weight, the pair, is ~327 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is this wee pot correctly called a <i>butter warmer</i>, an' is the saucer correctly an <i>underplate</i>? Both are marked 20<font size="4">6, but many Danish Jensen items, such as jewelry pieces an' spoons, etc, are so marked, an' I fail to see any similarity with my piece among them, except for material.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Th handle shows the faintest <i>hint</i> of what might be wood-grain (I can't capture it well enough to show you) but otherwise it appears to be a synthetic material.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com" rel="nofollow">www.925-1000.com</a> has this maker's mark in New York, from 1941-1950; I cannot find anything descriptive about the lyre mark on both pieces. When I go searching for the USA Jensen, mostly I get the Danish stuff...so I'm at a loss to properly ID this piece beyond what you see; with the uncertainty about its design purpose, an' what to call the accessory plate, I'm feeling a bit stumped. I want to sell it on eBay, but wish to be scrupulously accurate in my listing description; silver folks tend to be fussy, in my limited experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll be very grateful for any an' all illumination you folks may be able to offer. Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]483952[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483955[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483956[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483957[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483959[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483961[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9783038, member: 76316"]The plate is ~5 3/8" diameter, ~1/2" high; the warmer is ~3 1/2" major diameter, ~2 3/4" rim height. Weight, the pair, is ~327 grams. Is this wee pot correctly called a [I]butter warmer[/I], an' is the saucer correctly an [I]underplate[/I]? Both are marked 20[SIZE=4]6, but many Danish Jensen items, such as jewelry pieces an' spoons, etc, are so marked, an' I fail to see any similarity with my piece among them, except for material. Th handle shows the faintest [I]hint[/I] of what might be wood-grain (I can't capture it well enough to show you) but otherwise it appears to be a synthetic material.[/SIZE] [URL='http://www.925-1000.com']www.925-1000.com[/URL] has this maker's mark in New York, from 1941-1950; I cannot find anything descriptive about the lyre mark on both pieces. When I go searching for the USA Jensen, mostly I get the Danish stuff...so I'm at a loss to properly ID this piece beyond what you see; with the uncertainty about its design purpose, an' what to call the accessory plate, I'm feeling a bit stumped. I want to sell it on eBay, but wish to be scrupulously accurate in my listing description; silver folks tend to be fussy, in my limited experience. I'll be very grateful for any an' all illumination you folks may be able to offer. Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]483952[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483955[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483956[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483957[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483959[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]483961[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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