{"product_id":"vintage-mexican-sterling-silver-footed-bowl","title":"Vintage Mexican Sterling Silver Footed Bowl","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is a small footed bowl in Mexican sterling, built low and open on three slender ring feet with a matching pair of ring handles at the sides. The ten-sided rim rises and falls in soft points around a plain, bright interior, the kind of quiet form that was made to sit out on a table and hold nothing more demanding than nuts, mints, or a few small things by the door. What gives it away is the underside: a stamped column device with MADE IN MEXICO and 0.925, the export marking Mexican silversmiths used through the middle of the last century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Dimensions | 7 in. diameter x 2.5 in. H\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Surface | Original surface, hand-polished, with tarnish and light overall scratching consistent with age and use\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Primary Material | Sterling silver, confirmed by the 0.925 STERLING mark\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Period | Vintage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Date | Mid 20th century, circa 1950 to 1970 on the marking format\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Origin | Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Style or Movement | Mid-century Mexican sterling, modernist decorative form\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Also Known As | footed bonbon dish, ring-handled sweetmeat bowl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Maker, Mark, or Attribution | Bearing a stamped maker's device, a column or pillar with a curled initial, read as JR. Maker not identified from the mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Marks | Struck to the underside: a column or pillar device with a curled letter at the base, over MADE IN MEXICO, 0.925, STERLING. No eagle assay stamp and no city-letter registry code present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Construction or Technique | Raised thin-gauge body with a ten-sided fluted rim. Three ring feet and two ring handles of slender solid wire, each applied and soldered to a flattened contact pad on the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[condition]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is an honest, gently used vintage piece and it shows its age. The silver carries tarnish overall, darker in the recesses and around the rim points, with a scattered bloom of darker spotting across the interior and underside that is surface tarnish, not pitting. Under the bright polish you will see fine scratching throughout, the ordinary record of a piece that has been handled and set down over decades. The ten-sided rim is even, with no splits or tears at the points. The body is free of dents and holds its shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe three ring feet and two ring handles are original to the piece, applied and soldered to the body. At each joint you can see the solder seam, and in places it reads slightly warmer in tone than the surrounding silver. That is the original solder showing at an applied joint, not a later repair. All five rings are secure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis is thin-gauge sterling and it is light in the hand, so it is best thought of as a decorative and occasional-use piece rather than heavy holloware. It has not been professionally polished down or buffed, and the marks on the underside remain legible. Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51715381690646,"sku":"AMD-13636","price":500.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/Belgium_FranceContainerInventory-10383.jpg?v=1787188894","url":"https:\/\/austyn-marie-design.myshopify.com\/products\/vintage-mexican-sterling-silver-footed-bowl","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}