Can anyone provide guidance on the time period and country of origin of these items? As always, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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So the first questions are what are they and from what are they made. My immediate thought would be German silver and Hanau marks on two bowls designed for Haldi Kum Kum ceremony and aimed at the Indian market. The elephant feet and the very Germanic utterly inappropriate face masks point in that direction.
I am fairly clear F or T P isn’t an Indian silversmith and the European market for these items, unless you sell them as inconveniently-shaped salt pots, would be limited.
But you have them with you? Ae they silver or a base metal alloy? Easy to tell if you are handling them. Challenging from photos.
CRWW
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The head of a king wearing a crown, a face with coarse features and an unnaturally large nose.
E.P. - electro plated?
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Hello Guildhall,
Thank you for your comment. I was originally thinking of Hanau as well but not familiar with those marks. I do have them in hand and they feel like silver to me or at least a continental alloy like 833. I did not try to test them but I find the methods inconclusive and I don’t have access to a spectrometer. They came with a lot of mainly obscure silver. I can send more pictures of the other pieces but they’re all different so it may not shed light on these.
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