Arts & Crafts style silver teapot with unknown mark

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Arts & Crafts style silver teapot with unknown mark

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I just picked this up at a local auction and it's found a great place in our house. It measures 4.5" tall and 8.75" in total length. My guess is that it's from around 1900 and coin silver; maybe from the US...it looks A&C or Edwardian to me. Can anyone teach me anything else about it from the tiny, indiscernible (to me) mark? thanks
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Thank you silverly, I finally figured it out.
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I don’t really know anything about this item, but maybe Colon, Panama is some place to start.
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Hi,

Welcome to the Forum.

Yes, typical of South American marking. Compare with examples here:

The 19th-20th Century South And Central American Trade

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Ah, thank you both for setting me on the right course. Will be fun to see what I can learn about it.
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'Colom' is likely an abbreviation of Colombia...

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I was thinking the same, dragonflywink. The shield pattern seemed to be used there from what I could find. Does anyone want to venture a guess as to when it was made? It seems 1900-ish to me by the look of the mark and the overall design. Was it maybe earlier or later? thanks
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Personally, not seeing anything particularly dististinctive about it - would guess early to mid 20th century...

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That makes sense to me. Thanks again for all the help. I'll see if I ever stumble across the same mark in my search so I can learn more.
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