Six small metal cups? are these for drinking liquor ?

[Comanche Todd]

found this stack of six metal cups at the thrift store for $2.00

they have an unusual maker marking of some type of symbol? and a word thats hard to read

they measure about 1 3/4" tall and the open end is approximately 1 5/8" wide

are these metal shot glasses for whisky?

 

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[AKiwi]

Egg cups at a guess (boiled eggs that is)
Cheers

 

[Montana Jim]

no picture of the marking?

 

[Comanche Todd]

no picture of the marking?

I will take some close up detailed photos of the markings on the bottom of each cup

 

[Montana Jim]

no picture of the marking?

I will take some close up detailed photos of the markings on the bottom of each cup

Maybe it'll help us get closer to an answer...

 

[Blacksheep]

It does resemble a set of shot glasses from a travel bar set.

 

[Comanche Todd]

close up of the markings on the bottom

 

[godisnum1]

Reminds me of the type of cups that magicians use... guess which one the gold coin is under....

Bran <><

 

[trikikiwi]

The style reminds me of Selangor Pewter, from in Malaya and Singapore in my younger days.

 

[hollowpointred]

they look like Saki glasses a little bit.

 

[Angelo]

Tieling China?

 

[Montana Jim]

I'm with hollowpointred... pewter sake cups.

For example... http://www.ppewter.com/product_cup.php

 

[Comanche Todd]

I'm with hollowpointred... pewter sake cups.

For example... http://www.ppewter.com/product_cup.php

I think thats what it is !

wonder when they made these? Im guessing 1950's - 1960's? maybe somebody brought these back from overseas? because they dont have an import mark like made in germany, made in taiwan, etc.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Tieling China?

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Location_of_Tieling_Prefecture_within_Liaoning_(China).png/220px-Location_of_Tieling_Prefecture_within_Liaoning_(China).png&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tieling&h=180&w=220&sz=27&hl=en&start=6&sig2=KbUUsAm0RNBIP7DC6l8nvw&um=1&usg=__Y1ALkicQ6oQYVK2NYxOYDg0AI2c=&tbnid=tPNbhr-4tCrl5M:&tbnh=88&tbnw=107&ei=kL7fSOOdMYKc8QSK76X-Dg&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Tieling%2BChina%2522%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG%26as_qdr%3Dall

 

[Gypsy Heart]

They remind me of old medicine cups or vetinarian surgical cups

 

[Comanche Todd]

I used one for my shot glass and added a little Tequila and some Ocean Spray Cranberry juice, perfect for a traveler's shot glass.

 

[DJ_Quinn]

They remind me of Platinum crucibles that I have used in labs. They look identical, although they would be worth about $1,200 ea if they were platinum.

 

[godisnum1]

They remind me of Platinum crucibles that I have used in labs. They look identical, although they would be worth about $1,200 ea if they were platinum.

DJ Q,
They do sort of look like the platinum crucibles... just not as shiny? I couldn't find any pic's of hallmark stamps for any of them though.

Bran <><



One of the earliest uses of platinum was to make crucibles. More recently, metals such as nickel and zirconium have been used. Crucibles are used with a high temperature-resistant crucible cover (or lid) made of a similar material. The lids are typically loose-fitting to allow gases to escape during heating of a sample inside, but in the majority of cases crucibles were used without lids to reach directly oxidizing factors.
In the laboratory, various kinds of crucibles are used, e. g. high wide and or cylindrical.

http://www.ptlabware.com/crucibles/

 

[DJ_Quinn]

They remind me of Platinum crucibles that I have used in labs. They look identical, although they would be worth about $1,200 ea if they were platinum.

DJ Q,
They do sort of look like the platinum crucibles... just not as shiny? I couldn't find any pic's of hallmark stamps for any of them though.

Bran <><




One of the earliest uses of platinum was to make crucibles. More recently, metals such as nickel and zirconium have been used. Crucibles are used with a high temperature-resistant crucible cover (or lid) made of a similar material. The lids are typically loose-fitting to allow gases to escape during heating of a sample inside, but in the majority of cases crucibles were used without lids to reach directly oxidizing factors.
In the laboratory, various kinds of crucibles are used, e. g. high wide and or cylindrical.

http://www.ptlabware.com/crucibles/

Yes, Platinum has an extremly high melting point which is why it's used for crucibles. I wan't trying to give you false hope, they just look very similar to crucibles I have seen.

 

[Comanche Todd]

I used a magnet to see if they were magnetic and they are non magnetic metal