Does anyone know what this mystery object is? Not very old, I would think 60s, 70s, or even newer. Material is silver plated, well finished and high quality and a nice turned wood base. Weight 3,4 kg, height 55 cm, width of top arm 31 cm. There is a silver (plate) mark, and the word Almazan – this is mainly used for brass objects, not silver plate. Extensive internet searches have only yielded one silver plated vase with this mark, I can not find other similar objects (it is not a wine decanter!) nor information about the maker. Also posts in different Facebook antiques/vintage groups has not had any results.
Thank you for your help Martha, that is great. Indeed the mark is Spanish and I had also found that Sarreid has a lot of products in brass that are manufactured in Almazan, Spain. It is all very intriguing but I still have no indication what the object is used for…maybe we will have some luck on the other antiques form where you kindly posted the question.
http://sarreid.com/233/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=26&osCsid=87f7340f7c02fe20d2f9cd0d7a4cb777
I am not positive but I think this may be the maker of your object !! The worthpoint listing for the drawstring bag vase described the mark and sounds like yours !! The name Sarreid LTD is at the top !! It is their logo !!
