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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help figuring out my antique

« on: May 10, 2010, 07:33:12 pm »

Or better yet, is there an approximate value for this item? Does anyone have any idea, even roughly, how much this object would be worth?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help figuring out my antique

« on: May 10, 2010, 01:18:09 pm »

Believe you will find out about it from here.

The Napierian  brewer was much preferred in England, and stunningly beautiful silver-plated versions continued to be made into the early part of the twentieth century.

http://baharris.org/coffee/History.htm
http://www.coffeesalon.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=11784


I have been collecting tea and coffee memorabilia for years and have seen this before.  Don't see many up for sale because they are prized by families to stay in the families.
This is a using the "balancing siphon" technique - coffee in one and water in the other.  The round globe is heated and thus forces it out into the cup.  The flame goes out ( Usually a spring activation was added to counterweight and have this happen) and cools the liquids....thus sucking the contents back into the globe and is dispensed.  These were originally made in glass - but due to the frailty of the glass at the time would explode or bread if the flame didn't go out.

Believe yours is made by Williams Padley & Sons  http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_P.html  Do these resemble your marks?

Thomas Smith & Son (Elkington & Company, Ltd., successors) began to manufacture at Glasgow, Scotland, about 1870, the Napierian vacuum coffee machine which had been invented in 1840—but never patented—by Robert Napier of the celebrated firm of Clyde shipbuilders. This machine makes coffee by distillation and filtration. It employs a metal globe, and a brewer from which the coffee is syphoned over into the globe through a tube, around the strainer-end of which, as it rests in the coffee liquid in the brewer, there is tied a filter cloth. It is still being manufactured by Elkington & Company.

However, yours looks a lot like the one in this thread!
http://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000735.html

THAT'S IT!

Ok so now for the big question, how much would this possibly go for?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help figuring out my antique

« on: May 10, 2010, 10:21:08 am »

I took these pictures as well to give an idea of the size of the unit

Hope this helps

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help figuring out my antique

« on: May 10, 2010, 10:19:17 am »

Ok so i took some more pictures and got some more hallmarks for you guys ...

First off the 4 symbols on the bottom of the base appear to be "P P & S" and they are in their own individual boxes. Secondly underneath the burner, the numbers "357" are scratched into it.

I have also added 3 pictures of the writing on the bottom of the unit, some of the design on the "cup" object and a picture of the spout with the ivory handle

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What do you think the value of this is?

« on: May 10, 2010, 09:07:28 am »

Cool little box , cjolly .

Would you please post it's approx. dimentions ?

It is 4.5" x 6"

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Need help figuring out my antique

« on: May 09, 2010, 06:41:47 pm »

cjolly, are there any other markings?  bottom of either of the articles or stand? check in unlikely places.

BTW, welcome and it's fun seeing another "what is it?"

Ummm, actually there are some markings on the bottom of the stand itself

Engraved in the silver it says "723" which looks like it was melded in, right underneath there are four symbols which are hard to make out, possibly the symbols the type of silver? I'm not sure
To the right of the line of the four symbols there is another symbol which is larger and it looks like the palm of a hand, it looks like a hand being stuck out to shake someones hand
As well it looks as though someone has scratched in "357"

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Antique Questions Forum / What do you think the value of this is?

« on: May 09, 2010, 05:43:07 pm »

Hello,

I have this small trinket box supposedly from India. It has a lion on top of the box, a heart on the back and some of the ivory straps on the side are broken. It has ivory feet as well.

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Antique Questions Forum / Need help figuring out my antique

« on: May 09, 2010, 05:38:13 pm »

Hello everyone,

I have this device that is similar to tea peculator if there is such a thing. I really have no idea what it is.

It is sterling silver, the approximate age of the device is supposedly from the 1930's. It was made in Glasgow Scotland.
On both sides there is writing saying "NON RECEDAM" and above it there is an individual that looks to be covered by a shield.

I have no idea what this is, and I don't have any idea of the approximate value of it, so any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks