I just tried a bit of polish on one of the spoons and it doesn't really look any different. So you are probably right about the nickel silver base metal. I guess we may never know what the "D" means.
Thanks again for all your help. These spoons have been a family mystery for a while.
Mel
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- Wed May 02, 2018 5:28 pm
- Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- Topic: Coin Silver Spoons from early 1800s - need mark help
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- Tue May 01, 2018 8:09 pm
- Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- Topic: Coin Silver Spoons from early 1800s - need mark help
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Re: Coin Silver Spoons from early 1800s - need mark help
Final question (no really)... Since we think this is silver plate, it is more likely the D in a circle stands for "D = Fifth Quality = 6 grams on 12 pieces = 0 1/2 grams per table spoon or table fork" as opposed to a date mark (which looks like it would date to 1812 if it were silver). Cor...
- Tue May 01, 2018 5:31 pm
- Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- Topic: Coin Silver Spoons from early 1800s - need mark help
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Re: Coin Silver Spoons from early 1800s - need mark help
Interesting - Moses died in 1852 so it would have to have been before then.
Thank you so much for your expertise.
Mel
Thank you so much for your expertise.
Mel
- Tue May 01, 2018 11:55 am
- Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- Topic: Coin Silver Spoons from early 1800s - need mark help
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Re: Coin Silver Spoons from early 1800s - need mark help
One more question - any idea of the date these spoons were created? It would answer the question of whether or not the spoons were wedding gifts (1821), or purchased later on. Thanks again.
- Tue May 01, 2018 11:46 am
- Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- Topic: Coin Silver Spoons from early 1800s - need mark help
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Re: Coin Silver Spoons from early 1800s - need mark help
For more information regarding the firm of James Dixon & Sons, see: http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=18034 and: http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_D2.html Trev. So the spoons are silver plate from England. Cool. Thank you so much for helping to solve a longtime family mys...
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:19 pm
- Forum: Silverplate Trademarks - Worldwide
- Topic: Coin Silver Spoons from early 1800s - need mark help
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Coin Silver Spoons from early 1800s - need mark help
Hi all - I have two spoons that I've been told is "coin silver" that have been passed down in my family. There were supposed to have been wedding gifts to my 3rd great-grandparents, Martha and Moses Rogers, who were married in New York 1821. The front of the spoons have "MR" engr...