STERLING SILVER LARGE TRAY MADE IN GREECE 84 TROY OUNCES
LARGE HANDLED STERLING SILVER TRAY MADE IN GREECE . THE BORDER IS 2 INCHES WIDE AND IS REPOUSSE OPEN LARGE ROSES. IT MEASURES 24 INCHES ACROSS FROM THE OUTSIDE OF ONE HANDLE TO THE OTHER. THEY TRAY ITSELF IS 19 1/ 2 INCHES ACROSS. ON THE OUTER EDGE GRADUATING INWARD TO 16 1/2 INCHES AS THE THE EDGES FLARE OUT. THE HANDLES ARE 4 INCHES WIDE. WITH A SHELL MOTIF ON THE TOP. THE OPEN INSIDE CLEAR AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 15 X 11 INCHES. IT IS HALLMARKED 925 AND HAS A MARK OF FP.XEIPOE. I CAN FIND OTHER PIECES STATING THIS IS A MAKERS MARK MAKER BUT AFTER RESEARCH I FOUND THAT XEIPOS MEANS HANDLE AND HANDMADE IS XEIPONOIHTO. SO RATHER THAN A MAKER IT IS POSSIBLY MARKED HAND MADE IN GREEK . EVERYTHING I SEE LISTED SAYS THAT THE MAKER IS ( FP XEIPOE ) AND THERE IS NOTHING TO SUPPORT THAT. I WILL GO FOR THE "HAND MADE" DESCRIPTION. I ALSO CANNOT DATE THIS PIECE. .WEIGHT IS 84 TROY OUNCES OF STERLING SILVER. BEAUTIFUL SERVING TRAY OR IF YOU HAVE A TEA SET IT WILL DISPLAY BEAUTIFULLY ON THIS TRAY. THE ORIGINAL DARK TARNISH ACCENTS THE FLOWERS AND HAS NOT BEEN POLISHED. IT IS AN EVEN TONE ON THE BORDER AND NOT DARKER IN AREAS AS SOME OF THE PHOTOS SHOW . I BELIEVE THE TRAY WAS PROFESSIONALLY POLISHED AT ONE TIME ACCORDING TO T0 THE PERSON I PURCHASED IT FORM. THE BACK IS NOT REFLECTIVE AND HAS A MATT FINISH
HALLMARKS ARE ON THE FRONT INSIDE EDGE AND VERY SMALL. THIS IS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL TRAY .
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THANKS TO A GREEK SELLER I WAS ADVISED THAT XEIROS MEANS HAND MADE AND THE FIRST 2 LETTER FP ARE THE ARTIST INITIALS. MOST LIKELY MADE IN IOANNINA THE CAPITAL OF SILVER ARTISTS IN GREECE.