Antique Sterling Silver Flatware Pattern Identification

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Antique sterling silver flatware pattern identification.

We will look it up in our vast archives and identify it for you. Sometimes looking for antique silverware markings that show your flatware set is not sterling silver is just as helpful as looking for sterling marks. Sterling silver is silver branded with the sterling stamp. How to detect modified sterling and silverplate flatware.

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Antique silver tea ball infuser. Silver dictionary of a small collection of antique silver and objects of vertu a 1500 pages richly illustrated website offering all you need to know about antique silver sterling silver silverplate sheffield plate electroplate silver silverware flatware tea services and tea complements marks and hallmarks articles books auction. This is a page of the what is silver dictionary of a small collection of antique silver and objects of vertu a 1500 pages richly illustrated website offering all you need to know about antique silver sterling silver silverplate sheffield plate electroplate silver silverware flatware tea services and tea complements marks and hallmarks articles books. To identify your sterling silver piece or pattern please answer the following questions.

If you see is or a1 on your silverware it indicates that the piece is silver plated not sterling silver. Antique silver lettuce forks. The sterling stamp is a guarantee that the silver is either completely pure or made with 925 silver and 075 added copper. This includes sterling.

If you cannot find your pattern here please send a photocopy via email or us mail. Tradition sterling tuttle silversmiths unger bros. Older or foreign vintage sterling flatware may not be hallmarked but it may be identified by maker s marks and patterns. Does the piece have the word sterling on the back of the handle or another mark signifying sterling.

Weidlich sterling wendell mfg. Thanks the silver queen team. Pattern identification and resources. There are some companies that provide silver patterns identification services.

Identify sterling silver flatware plated stainless china crystal patterns comprehensive pattern identification guides at the silver queen inc. If the answer is yes proceed to question 2. Sterling silver flatware made in the united states after 1906 is easy to identify as it is stamped with a hallmark.