Featured Unusual large silver hammered bowl

I’ve had very little time for treasure hunting recently with ageing parents to look after but I got out today to a local car boot and found this bowl from a house clearance man.
It’s unmarked except for ‘Total 14.07 Troy Oz’ in wax crayon scribbled on it. and is so badly tarnished I thought it was copper or bronze from underneath.
I’m about to start polishing it but so far I haven’t been able to find anything similar on Google so wonder if you have any ideas.
It’s large at 20cm across and 7.5cm deep with a rounded base.
405g.
It tests very strongly bright red with acid. It has a roughly soldered on rim.
It be looks to have been shaped by hammering.
Any ideas please? Thankyou

 

Great find, Kate! And good to see you of course.
I can't help with the origin, but hope marks will turn up while you're polishing it.

 

Copper bowls have been used for centuries for various purposes . In the 18th and 19th C. they were very commonly in European and American households. My guess yours late 19th. Very nice and a great find.

 

This one is silver.

 

It looks just like copper but you can see the bit I’ve polished in the last photo and it tests positive for silver,it goes bright red with acid although I haven’t scratched it as I can’t bring myself to damage anything!
I too thought it was copper before my spidery sense made me turn it over!

 

‘this is what I get for skim reading. Couldn’t detect the “red” through my red bloodshot eyes. , thanks for hitting me in the back of my head to wake me up.

 

Please DO share when you get through the tarnish.
Even if it's only SP, or 'just' copper...it's a lovely bowl. Thanks for sharing!

 

I will! Thankyou

 

Something made me think India . I hope you find a mark !

 

It’s 405g
I’ve got some serious polishing to do so a wheel would be a smart idea.

 

IF it isn't sterling, or coin silver, but silver-plate; a buffing wheel, unless very carefully used with minimum rouge, can damage the plating. Gently, gently, sister...

 

Can't wait to see it once it's polished!

 

Found Dead Center on the bottom! NOT that I know what it says!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Great bowl,also looking forward to seeing it cleaned up. Good luck with that polishing job!

 

great to have you back ksw, we have all missed you and your super finds, and back with a belter !!!!!!

love how you've used the clues with this one, think i would have missed that with the 14.07

but not with that patina

 

Ooh yes, look at that, but to the eye there isn’t anything! I’ll look closer when polished!
Thankyou

 

An update after the first polish!
I’m still very confused by this
It’s completely unmarked unfortunately.
It looks a bit like a student piece as the rim is so roughly soldered on.
I broke my own rule and did give it a scratch right up under the rim and it still tests as silver but…..on the solder I can see faint specs of green so….If it’s silver, could the solder have some copper in the alloy?
The hammering looks to have been done with a fair amount of skill but the rim soldered on by a total amateur, why use silver if you aren’t skilled? Sort of points to plated.
Is it plated copper and I didn’t scratch deep enough Aagh!!