Old English Pewter Sugar Bowl and What?

[KevinM]

This is another recent purchase that I'm a little puzzled with. It's an Old English Pewter Hand Hammered Footed Sugar Bowl and another footed bowl that I'm not sure would be used for?

Both the bottoms of the bowls have stamped Old English Pewter Hand Hammered. The "Old" seems to be stamped over with another hallmark or something on both bowls.

Both bowls measure about 2 1/2 inches in width and have cobalt blue glass inserts in each of them. The Sugar Bowl came with the hand hammered spoon. The Sugar Bowl also has a lot of numbers written on the bottom of it.

Does anyone know what the second bowl would be used for, what the stamp over the "Old" is, and when they may have been made (I'm thinking early 1900's)?

Thanks!
Kevin

[KC]

I'm wondering if you have a mustard pot with spoon or for preserves.  And actually you can find lots of open sugar bowls!

You don't usually see these lined for sugar but for acidic items.

[mart]

Possibly a master salt !!

[KC]

Agree Mart, that could be the master salt on the open one!

[KevinM]

Thanks mart & KC, I would have never guessed mustard pot with spoon or master salt, I did think about preserves.

[mart]

Looks kind of small for preserves or jam !!  I think mustard pot since you would use less as a condiment !!
Can you read the word after Old ??  Think that's just an error rather than an overstrike !!  Remember pewter is a soft metal !!

[KevinM]

mart, the word after Old is "English".

[KC]

Mart you can find all kinds of pieces from Old English Pewter on the internet.

Second line is Hand Hammered.

[mart]

Haven`t looked yet !! Could make all out but that second word !!

[bigwull]

mustard pot with spoon,...that has other uses..... ....and t,other is for salt....no jams,no preserves....no suker....

[KevinM]

.and t,other is for salt....no jams,no preserves....no suker....

Thanks bigwull! I'm convinced now and you've said a mouth full,,,,, again.. 

[KC]

If I owned then and I wanted to put jam and preserves in them.......

AND honestly with a glass liner...it could be caviar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mart]

True,, just wouldn`t hold very much !!   Or maybe they were thrifty back then !!  No metal spoon with caviar !!  But I am not a fan of fish eggs !!

[KC]

Right-o Mart.  I was meaning the open one!  I know very well you don't use silver with caviar!!!  It is sad that so many throw away the gorgeous shell, ivory, bone, horn spoons for caviar because they think they look "cheap" but THEY AREN'T!!!!

[mart]

No !!  Wish I had a few of those spoons !!