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Re: what is this?
« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2011, 03:10:49 pm »
FYI, most hot water pots didn't have insulators....you got a cloth or moved real quickly!  :)
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Re: what is this?
« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2011, 04:50:13 pm »
      Another thing to note is most silverplate was not made to be placed on or near a fire, Quick way to ruin a nice piece of silverplate.  From the pics it appears that this was done cause it appears the plate is missing on the bottom half.  I have seen a few silverplate items with warmer under them, but I don't think it was made to heat water or liquid in it, maybe serve heated liquid.
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Re: what is this?
« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2011, 10:23:51 am »
thanks for your thoughts! Do you know what type of metal they plated over?
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Re: what is this?
« Reply #18 on: April 13, 2011, 01:51:11 pm »
From the looks at the plate loss on the Bottom it appears to be Copper, Nickle Silver was also used but that is a dull silver color.
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Re: what is this?
« Reply #19 on: April 13, 2011, 05:45:36 pm »
Silver plate over copper was fairly common !!
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Re: what is this?
« Reply #20 on: April 13, 2011, 06:58:05 pm »
yeah, this one is silver inside.  ;)
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