I Couldn't Identify This As Old Sheffield Plate if I Didn't Have the Makers Mark

[@richcincotta6702]

Thank you so much for the shout out and confidence! It actually made my day. I have a few reservations about your pot being old Sheffield plate. The form of the pot it's not like any form that I have seen.... and I have seen a lot! The fact that it is brass also gives me hesitation. OSP rarely used brass and it was only used in very specific applications. It was generally used where things were screwed in or the screw itself. If there is a way for you to share up close pictures of specific areas then I would be glad to look at them. Take a look inside the pot and look for a seam that would run from top to bottom right where the handle is soldered on. That is generally the first indication of OSP. I know that you have the marks on the bottom but many old Sheffield players reverted to electroplate later on unused the same marks. Either way, it's a lovely coffee pot. I'm interested to hear your response

[@gmgssilverplate]

I as well, it didn't seem to be OSP, and that while I found that the "bell" mark is the maker mark I was able to connect to an OSP maker, I didn't find any seems that seemed to indicate it, and since the company did appear long lived, it is certainly plausible that they switched to electroplating later. I also was wondering if a former owner replated it. Would they have used brass and then silver if they did? There's so many questions. I will look inside the piece and look for any indications of soldering the handle on, I could not find any on the finial.

[@richcincotta6702]

Oooh. The Atkins piece is a tea caddy which would hold dry loose tea!😊

[@gmgssilverplate]

Interesting. That makes a lot of sense, but it's kind of crazy how rare they seem to be. You would think there'd be one for most silver and silver plated sets but I don't think they even make them for a lot of the common patterns.

[@richcincotta6702]

@@gmgssilverplate they were much more common during Georgian times as tea was a very expensive commodity and was often kept under lock and key. As time went on they were less needed and often not included in tea sets. An accessory that seems to have replaced the tea caddy was the slop bowl. This was used to contain the used tea that collected in the tea strainer and residue in the bottom of the cup.

[@simon-oy6um]

Thats a coffee pot nickel plated otherwise it would tarnish 😊

[@gmgssilverplate]

I don't have any indications that it's nickel plated.

[@gmgssilverplate]

I mean it's possible someone plated it with nickel contemporaneously but that'd be a ridiculous thing to do and completely destroy any value it has.