Antique Danish Sterling Coffee Pot

[sonnyb49]

This sterling coffee pot was left over after an estate sale at my Aunt's house in Alabama, USA. Attached pictures are of the mark on the bottom and the coffee pot. Anyone have any idea of the vintage and maker? I was told by the woman running the estate sale that it is Danish Sterling (she took it to a gold and silver buyer to confirm sterling) from the late 1700s, but that is all I know. I did not find the maker's mark, which I think is L. & M. V., on the .925-1000 web site. The assay mark I believe is definitely Danish and at first looked like two towers (which, after 1893 would mean plate), but I think there is a third tower behind the one on the right. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Sonnyb49

[Qrt.S]

Sorry to disappoint you but there is no third tower. Your Danish made pot is silver plated and about 100 years younger than you estimate. It is made after 1893. The base metal is most likely German silver, an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc. The pot is electrolytically plated with a thin layer of silver (approx 1/1000-1/2000 mm ). Unfortunately I don't know the maker.

[sonnyb49]

Thanks Qrt.S. After I made that post, I called the woman who did the estate sale, and she said the gold/silver buyer she took the pot to did NOT confirm it was sterling......I misunderstood. I guess I was just hoping there was a third tower partially hidden behind the one on the right. Also, the metal on the inside of the pot is very pale yellow in color (I hadn't looked before), which corroborates your information about the base metal being probably a German silver alloy. Nonetheless, I think it is a beautiful piece and will proudly display it with some other family heirlooms. My father was in the US Military and stationed in Denmark when I was young, in the mid 1950s. I believe my mother may have gotten this pot for my aunt while there. Cheers, and thanks again for the useful and illuminating information.