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Identifying Silver Marks

Lutherf

Lutherf

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I ran across a silver (probably plate) tray that has the mark below on it. I've spent a little time looking things up but it's turning into more of a project than I imagined. If anyone has any insight I'd sure appreciate it!

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Is that a crown on the left?
 
I really wanna make up a whole bunch of crap, but that would take energy.
 
Sterling marks are stamped sterling, a lion, a thistle, or a monarch on a throne or .925, .927. I didn't make out any of the marks on your piece. It looks like the Initials of the maker and a crown. Look for a list of makers of Sheffield plate in the late 1800s. Good silver is nearly 100% labelled. Even to be labelled silver plate it was required to be 1/8th silver.
 
Lutherf said:
That's what it looks like to me.
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Can you guess at the initials? I see E S Q, maybe? Only one I’m reasonably certain of the “S”.
 
Will someone just make something up already? If I had even a little historical knowledge, and didn't need to google every name to make sure I wasn't centuries off, I'd do it.
 
Lutherf said:
I ran across a silver (probably plate) tray that has the mark below on it. I've spent a little time looking things up but it's turning into more of a project than I imagined. If anyone has any insight I'd sure appreciate it!

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A lot of "silverware" is marked with hallmarks that do not equate to the pieces being silver. I got taken in by some of these....
 
gdgyva said:
you might find this useful

Hallmarks Database - The guide to silver and gold metal marks - Giacomo Balli
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The databases do help but there is just so much information out there and so much about the piece that I don't know that the utility of such resources is greatly diminished. For example, everything else this woman had was German but the mark doesn't appear to be German. Then you have different marks for every doggone country and more marks for silver and silver plate (I'm guessing that the tray is plate).
 
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