Unrecognizable Hallmarks - if thats what they are!

[Beege]

Good evening all: This is my first post so please be patients if I do things incorrectly.

Whilst my knowledge on silver is questionable at the best of times, I do know (with help from reference books) how to read hallmarks. However, I have a old coffee/tea pot which I believe to be silver but I simply cannot read the marks. Can somebody advise me on whether they have seen these before and whether my hopes of silver are dashed? I have revered the imaged below in the naive hope it may help!

Many thanks.

[caloundracats]

Hello and welcome to the forum. 

I'm afraid it's nothing I recognise, but that's not saying alot! It may well be foreign markings as it does not conform to UK hallmarks. Maybe if you posted a picture of the tea/coffee pot it may help. Have you any idea how old it is?

You could test the metal for silver with a rare earth magnet also known as a neodymium magnet (available on ebay and the like) and it should not stick to the metal, but slowly slide down it, not quickly. Of course your pot may be a base metal made to look like silver.

Hope someone can help you.

 

[Beege]

Thank you for your response Caloundracats, much appreciated. 

I called it a pot, but really I think it is a jug: I've posted a picture but I have not yet fully cleaned it (as you will see). The marking (the images I originally sent) are on the base. I think it is pretty old and I rather like the overall shape. I think the handle has been repaired.

Kind regards

[caloundracats]

That's a jug for sure!

[Beege]

Hi Caloundracats.

Just a couple of 'cleaner' pictures. Lovely design on the front of the jug. I wonder if they are Hanau hallmarks.

[caloundracats]

Wow what a lovely jug, more so now it's clean?. Had no idea what Hanau marks were so I've learnt something new (always a good thing) tonight.

You might like to look at these sites, they may or not be helpful. Wouldn't mind owning that jug by the way?

 

http://www.silvercollection.it/germansilverhallmarks4.html

http://www.ascasonline.org/articolox15.html

Be interested to find out where it's from,  once you find out.

[Beege]

Tis a beautiful thing caloundracats, the shape is so elegant. Might be interesting to identify the elaborate design on the front.

Thank you for the site suggestions, I will have a look and update this thread if I manage to identify anything. The mystery continues...