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Collectables => Metalware & Metalwork => Topic started by: Tigerchips on April 14, 2010, 06:09:30 PM

Title: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: Tigerchips on April 14, 2010, 06:09:30 PM: Gosh, i thought i had posted these before? Anyway, they are both identical so i'm only posting this one, not really, i just couldn't find the other one, lol.

They are not a pair actually as they are both facing the same way. Anyway, they clean up like silver. The black stuff you can see on it just flakes away when scratched with a finger nail. If it's tarnish, its a strange kind of tarnish. A flakey tarnish, odd.

They are really heavy, although they are hollow. It weighs 400 grams. They have two small holes in the base, breathing holes like you would find on pottery? There are no mould lines. No hallmarks either.

I did find a similar one...
http://www.925-1000.com/hx_U_L_crown.html

But that one is articulated where as mine is solid stiff. Yes, it's a stiffy fishy. :24:

I haven't got a clue what they are. I thought maybe knife holders or some kind of weight?

Weights for scales, fish scales. :24:
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: Anne on April 14, 2010, 11:18:55 PM: I honestly have no idea TC... I've never seen anything like these before. I can't imagine what they'd have been used for either!
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: antiquerose123 on April 17, 2010, 02:36:42 AM: Maybe they were just decorative.....or knife rests (??) What is the length, and height of them TC?? Never seen anything like it either....
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: Tigerchips on April 17, 2010, 05:46:08 PM: 7 inches long and 3 inches high.
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: keith on April 18, 2010, 09:26:22 PM: It reminds me of Stingray and the 'fish' people,not much help I'm afraid.
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: Tigerchips on April 18, 2010, 11:00:53 PM: Lol, i wonder if it could be a car mascot? Although the holes are not threaded. :-\
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: Anne on April 19, 2010, 02:52:09 AM: Rose's topic about mascots has some handy links which might be worth checking then TC: http://www.yobunny.com/pottery/index.php?topic=10924.0
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: antiquerose123 on April 19, 2010, 06:46:45 AM: I wonder TC, IF you contacted the V&A murseum too with a quick note, and a picture IF they would have any ideas at all of what it might be, or at least some more ideas, or even they might have a answer for you.

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/

Worth a shot -- and keep us posted...
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: Lustrousstone on April 22, 2010, 06:11:00 PM: Err the tarnish looks like a painted finish...
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: Tigerchips on January 09, 2015, 05:10:59 PM: Quote from: Lustrousstone on April 22, 2010, 06:11:00 PM
Err the tarnish looks like a painted finish...

It is kind of flakey, must be black paint. Maybe it's new then.
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: Anne on January 09, 2015, 08:07:11 PM: Just thinking sideways, TC, could they be handles of some kind? You said they had holes in the base - are the holes threaded?
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: Tigerchips on January 10, 2015, 02:10:28 AM: Quote from: Anne on January 09, 2015, 08:07:11 PM
Just thinking sideways, TC, could they be handles of some kind? You said they had holes in the base - are the holes threaded?

No not threaded, maybe they are just small breathing holes, the four fins on the base make me think it's meant to sit on a table or something. Perhaps it could be a paperweight?
Title: Re: Silver or silver plated Fish
Post by: Tigerchips on January 10, 2015, 02:37:38 AM: This is the first one i've found that looks similar.... Vintage-Antique-Heavy-Solid-Brass-Ornimental-Carp (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Antique-Heavy-Solid-Brass-Ornimental-Carp-/371166037639?pt=UK_Antiques_DecorativeAntiques_Collectables_EH&hash=item566b384687)

That one seems to have the same mould but mine looks sharper and the metal on mine isn't brass. It's some kind of white metal.