Mid-Century Mexican Abalone Pitcher & Cup

Amazing vintage mid-century pitcher and matching cup in abalone panels on alpaca silver. Fun modern shaped pitcher with angled lip and bold handle. Pitccher is marked on underside "Alpaca" and cup is marked "Alpaca" with a partial "Hecho en Mexico" mark. Pitcher measures 9 3/4" high and looks like it holds about four cups. The cup stands 3" high and probably holds close to one cup of liquid. These look great but are not perfect: the pitcher is missing two abalone panels, one on body and one on handle, and both have heavy tarnish inside. Also, both have an odd smell I can't identify, kind of like salt, or something acrid -- so I would not drink or serve anything in them. Just for show -- because they're fabulous!