Silver?Teapot with INOX

cathy01

HI, I have been asked to get info on this tea pot.It has a INOX engraved on it , among a mark that looks like a Y.Its like a Genies lamp type of pot with 57 stamped on the rim?
If anyone has any info, can you let me know.thanks,cathy

ODD-JOB

Dont think it's silver Cathy ,... sounds interesting though.
Inox silver is plated i think , or sometimes even just "silver" in appearance.

Quality control on silver is much higher than 57% in almost every country ,.... apart from middle eastern silver which usually dont bear hallmarks anyway.
So i wonder is .57 a pattern number or so ?

O-j

cathy01

Id say , its not real sivre, but what? dont know.I took it to a jewler , and he didnt know what it was.Ill try adn take a pic , and get a close up of the mark.There is another mark on it, but I cant rally say what it is.
Its one to keep our mind ticking over!!!
thanks again,cathy

jack of all

"Inox" denotes stainless steel, that's as much as I know.

Degsy

cathy01 wrote: »

HI, I have been asked to get info on this tea pot.It has a INOX engraved on it , among a mark that looks like a Y.Its like a Genies lamp type of pot with 57 stamped on the rim?
If anyone has any info, can you let me know.thanks,cathy

Its stainless steel.."INOX" is a term for Inoxidible or stainless.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel

cathy01

great, had a look, am still trying to get close up.Ill update as soo as I can.thans,cathy

cathy01

hi, I did a pencil rub of the markings, and heres a pic.I would love your thoughts on it, thanks again,cathy