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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 1591590, member: 29&quot;]Dixon were a high end maker. I honestly can&#039;t see them marking something as poorly as that. Hand done marks would have been done with a proper engraving tool. I think it&#039;s whoever owned it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also don&#039;t think this is as late as the 1920s: that hammered and planished thing was big late 19th into early 20th, as part of our Arts and Crafts movement. Still think it looks pewter. </p><p><br /></p><p>It occurs to me that this may have been meant to be weighted with sand&nbsp; - if not a troph then some other kind of stand, such as a lamp base. I can&#039;t see it being salt: that corrodes both silver and plate, so it ought to have had a liner if it were meant for that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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