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A punch bowl.
On Ebay the large Silver plate set with ladle and cups are around 90.00 USD
these are glasses ( bowl on a stem) that are made especially for drinking wine.
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If the bowl is stamped "sterling," it is genuine sterling silver, not silver plate.
Though it is not recommended it is possible to boil wax in a silver bowl. This is because the boiling point of wax is lower than the boiling point of silver.
It will be in a large bowl - nothing will happen.
Is it clearly marked Sterling? Does the drum have any letters in it? Is it a large bowl or a small one? What is the condition? Is it dented? All of these questions must be answered before a value can be guessed.
There are 18 glasses of 250 ml required to fill a 4.5 liter bowl as 1 liter is equivalent to 1000 ml.
The value depends on the metal of the item (sterling silver, silver plate, nickel etc.) and the condition of the bowl.
This is a : 10" USN SILVER SERVING BOWL NAVY OFFICERS' INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO. X1360 XLNT!!
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