Not all silver was marked, by any means. It cost money to have the assay office stamp, so you do get unmarked stuff.
It's a tea caddy shape, and I suspect it's mid to late 18th C. Any kind of shaker would have a pierced insert, be it talc or sand to blot. Tea...
That I very much doubt. There's a LOT of weights out there with 1880's canes, including 1887.
It's probably a meaningless date. A lot of makers did that sort of thing. It gave rise, for example, to the myth that Whitefriars made weights in...
It's not fake, exactly, but those date canes were put into weights to make them have a bit more validity, if that makes sense. Doesn't really mean...
Unglazed in the middle of the fishies, and inside the "vases", yes? Gut feel is fairly recent Asian, but nicely done.
Late 60s/early 70s from the design and stitching. Ma did loads of these. The image is interesting: I think it's based on the work of an English...
There's a lot of sloppy British copies of Mason's around. ;)
I need to check on the crown. I can make out the words FINE IRONSTONE MADE IN ENGLAND.
if none of the above work, try Goo Gone or a touch of WD40, very sparingly. (Alcohol is best down my gullet.)
I sold an 1899 Philly one over here at auction last year. (God knows where I got the thing, found it in a box!) It made sixteen dollars after...
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