I acquired this very unusual 29” tall floor vase from an old estate here in Georgia, USA. I have spent many hours researching this hallmark to no avail. The hallmark is just below the outer top rim of the vase. Please help me identify this beautiful and unique piece. Thanks in advance.
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I see no one is jumping on this one, and probably for the same reason: no clue what the mark signifies.
It’s fairly easy to say what the mark is not. It’s not a sterling hallmark from the U.K. And unless the word “STERLING” appears somewhere on the piece, it’s unlikely to be sterling from North America.
Given the size of the piece, it’s almost certainly silverplate. If it were sterling, it would have cost a small fortune. Unlikely to be U.K. silverplate, because after 1896, using a crown logo on silverplate was illegal, and I believe the larger mark is a crown of some description, but it might be something else entirely.
When you look at it, do you have any idea what the two smaller marks are? From the photo, they’re just vague shapes.
Of course, there’s always the possibility that it’s not a vase at all, but a repurposed diesel airhorn.
Or something swiped from a bass trombone.
No? Best I can do at the moment, I’m afraid. 
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Thank you Jeff. I’m not sure what those other two marks are but a friend said the middle one could be a bust of a queen or king. The third mark possibly a castle…but I’m not totally convinced that I see that but, then I turned the image upside down I thought I could see the a head figure on that middle mark. LOL!