Chalice or Goblet. Very old...is this treasure?

[Joecoins]

Pretty shure this one is pewter.
Been having pewter on my mind. Went out treasure hunting the local thrifts. And imagine what i find . today. 3 $ ,
How old could this one be??
Is it also worthy of beign sent for appraisal?
Thanks for looking everyone.

There are no markings
It weights 265 grams.

 

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[Joecoins]

I gave it a small clean as it was all sticky with this yellow residue. I notice on this peice aswell the stain of an acid test mark...

 

[Joecoins]

Also it rings like a bell...

 

[Joecoins]

Also gotta say, this design shape, fits so comfortably in the hand.

 

[Vermont treasure hunter]

Can you show the inside?

 

[Vermont treasure hunter]

Sorry, just saw the 5th photo. It could have been a bell with a candle stick holder on it? It looked like there might have been a mark on the inside where the dinger used to be.

 

[Vermont treasure hunter]

never mind. It is not what I said.

 

[Joecoins]

The inside

 

[Vermont treasure hunter]

Never mind. I don’t know to much about that kind of stuff but it dose look old. Hopefully someone will know a date!

 

[Joecoins]

Big Sprue on base.

 

[gunsil]

First of all, if it rings like a bell it isn't pewter. Second, that doesn't look like an acid test mark, it looks like a worn spot in plating. Nice for a curio cabinet, doubt it is "treasure".

 

[ARC]

Definitely pewter "turned goblet". IMO.

 

[ARC]

First of all, if it rings like a bell it isn't pewter. Second, that doesn't look like an acid test mark, it looks like a worn spot in plating. Third, that is not a sprue mark it is where the top section has a shaft that is peened over to affix it to the base.

Perhaps alum ?

 

[ARC]

Similar ?

 

[Joecoins]

My goblet has more of a round wine bowl shape. With a larger foot. And obviously looks cast. Ill look at "turned " goblets.
100% shure this is not plating.
And pretty shure that stain is an acid mark. I have left stains like that myself many times. You clean the spot after with an eraser . but it always leaves a stain...
And looks like pewter. Maybe some other alloy . but Is it not possible an age hardened pewter peice in a bell shape. May ring?
Everything about this says to me ,unique ,home made primitive and very old.

 

[Joecoins]

Lines on mine also look carved by a knife

 

[Joecoins]

Sorry not a sprue? Pretty shure it is..

 

[Joecoins]

I tried scratching the acid mark. I dont see any plating peeling.

 

[gunsil]

My goblet has more of a round wine bowl shape. With a larger foot. And obviously looks cast. Ill look at "turned " goblets.
100% shure this is not plating.
And pretty shure that stain is an acid mark. I have left stains like that myself many times. You clean the spot after with an eraser . but it always leaves a stain...
And looks like pewter. Maybe some other alloy . but Is it not possible an age hardened pewter peice in a bell shape. May ring?
Everything about this says to me ,unique ,home made primitive and very old.

Cast cannot be hand made or home made (need to make a pretty sophisticated mold to cast such a thing) and pewter doesn't ring. Pewter is a lead/tin alloy and usually the older pewter has more lead than modern pewter, and lead will not be marked by acid. Plating on many things does not peel, silver plated spoons for instance very often show worn through spots in the plating but no peeling. My sister has some pewter plates and cups that have been in our family since the late 1700s, if you tap them with a stainless steel spoon they do not ring, they clunk. Just my opinion, but I think you got a nice three dollar item for three dollars. Take it to a reputable museum, see what they say and get back to us although I am unsure if there is such a facility on beautiful PEI.

 

[unclemac]

that is "Mexican pewter" some sort of aluminium alloy. It was really popular about the time of the Bicentennial when we started to see all sorts of faux colonial souvenirs and the like.