Category
Silver and Silver Overlay
Medium
Silver
Distinguishing marks
EG Webster & Sons spiderweb mark w/number 3 beneath
Condition
Fair
Size and dimensions of this item
4-1/2" round at widest part, 2-3/8" tall
Long Description
2-piece silver dish; top has hole approx 1-7/8" in diameter and the top nests into the bottom piece. Edges of hole are "beaded" as is the rim around the widest part of the bottom piece and the base. The bottom has the E G Webster & Sons spiderweb & star mark with the number 3 underneath it.
History
In a box of stuff I bought at a flea market.
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For Sale?
No
Re: What is this object and what is is worth?
This looks like a hair receiver. I dont know the value.
Re: What is this object and what is is worth?
I agree that it is a probably a hair receiver (used for storing additional locks of hair to augment the women's own hair), silverplated more than likely. Classic Webster gadrooning along edges.If they patented designs in numerical order then this might be one of their first.
Dylan