Identifying Sterling Silver Serving Pieces

Many unmarked pieces of american silver were made by 1825.

Identifying sterling silver serving pieces.

Sure you probably could get away with using your tomato server to serve asparagus but if you invite us to dinner and do that we might frown in displeasure. To identify your sterling silver piece or pattern please answer the following questions. Sterling silver flatware can be found in garage sales heirlooms or in a forgotten box in the attic. Does the piece have the word sterling on the back of the handle or another mark signifying sterling.

Sterling silver flatware stainless steel flatware and silver plated flatware. Sterling silver flatware guide. Need to identify your grandmother s silverware pattern or one you picked up at an estate sale. Blackinton co tiffany unger bros and wallace.

Serving and place pieces chart trademark identifier. Due to alchemical properties of silver and the base metals usually copper needed to strengthen the soft metal silver is highly susceptible to tarnish. Sterling silverware serving pieces identification guide at the silver superstore 1 800 426 3057. These pieces are great for soups desserts entrees and cereals.

To identify markings you should be able to locate them in key places. To be called sterling silver flatware flatware pieces usually have to be made of at least 92 5 percent pure silver pieces that meet this requirement will often be stamped with 925 to show the composition. By 1830 the words coin pure coin dollar standard premium or the letters c or d were placed on silver to indicate that it was 900 out of 1000 parts silver. Place spoons are the most versatile piece of silver available.

One of the best reasons to own sterling silverware is the wide variety of unusual serving pieces that are available. Many people call these tablespoons. You may need to clean up the piece first though. The pieces were later marked with the store name.

Pieces handed down from generation to generation may lose their identity be misplaced or become excessively worn. There are ways to identify restore and replace sterling silver flatware settings. State house formaility pattern sterling silver serving set not monogrammed 165 75 3 00 shipping. There are basically three types of flatware.

Identifying markings on silver pieces. This site offers a great starting point for researching antique flatware and serving pieces in sterling silver made by gorham whiting towle dominick haff reed and barton r. Sterling silver trademark identifier. The word sterling was frequently used by 1860.