This wonderful pot is one of my antique tableware items, whoseposition is not as obvious to me as most of my “typical” shop items, which I know are either porcelain or glass. I did not say that right, since it sounds like I am unable to decide BETWEEN porcelain or glass. I CAN tell the difference between those two materials; I can say they are porcelain or say that they are glass. ;-) This beautiful coffee pot is one of my atypical acquisitions, which seems to be abination of porcelain and ceramic. The lid seems to be porcelain, while the pot, itself, seems to be ceramic; see my last image. The last image also shows you a closeup of the mark of the firm that did the silver overlay. It is worn and very hard to photograph. You can, however, make out most of it. From my research, I have learned that the firm was in existence under various names from 1895 to at least 1920. I don’t know how much longer it existed after 1920. The marking on the pot’s bottom is “GLASS & CHINA DECORATORS LTD,” which places the pot somewhere between 1913 and 1920. Centered below the circular printing of the name is an uppercase letter “D” over what could be a maple leaf (the Canadian symbol). Below the “D,” the printing is worn, but in person, you can figure out that it says “MADE IN CANADA,” under which it says “MONTREAL.” Canadians should note, by the way, that their country has been left out or Ruby Lane’s new geographic "origin" category! The pot maker is probably identified in one of the two marks impressed into the pot. As you can see from my question marks, I cannot make out either one of those marks. The upper one seems to be three upper case initials; my best guess is that the first one is “F.” In the lower of the two marks I have indicated, there are two words impressed into the pot. I have exhausted everything I can tell you about the identity and history of the pot, so let me tell you about the pot, itself. The silver overlay isplete, and while it is simple, it is an elegant design. As I have indicated in my first two images, the word “STERLING” is stamped into the top band of silver. For the most part, the glaze is in very good condition (and very hard to photograph!). The spout has two kinds of condition issues, both of which, I believe, are manufacturing flaws. The easier one to see is the crazing of the glaze around the spout of the pot. More difficult to detect from my pictures is the fact that most of the spout, while covered with the blue glaze, does not have the glossy finish of the glaze of the rest of the pot; rather it is matte. I think that is easiest to see in my far-left image of the spout in my fifthposite image. I am showing you several views of the bottom of the spout, which you can see are glossy to some extent, but the glaze in those glossy areas is “interrupted” (for lack of a better word) with non shiny areas. This damage obviously came about when the glaze was fired, and not knowing anything about this subject, I don’