Bengal Silver Question

[2209patrick]

Bengal Silver was a trademark of Daniel & Arter, Birmingham England.
Thomas H. Daniel and Thomas R. Arter made Nickle Silver Alloy spoons and that might be what you have. I believe they were founded in the mid 1800's. Around 1882 they started making silver and silverplate items.

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[Guest]

Thank you so much. I never thought England because there are none of the usual (i.e. confusing) marks found on sterling. So at least I know this is nickle silver.
Best wishes,
Betsy

[Essexboy Found]

Hello, just stirring up the this old post with a bit of ephemera. The first image is a spoon box with contents. Bengal Silver it proclaims, and "white metal throughout". We see a trademark pictorial of a globe , presumably, on a Bengal tiger's back. No design of Queen Victoria's head on the spoon finials, but with a crown shown. The guess the spoons would have been for the Diamond Jubilee in 1887 though Victoria did have earlier jubilees. Daniel & Arter's name is not on the box, but the spoon stems carry "D&A" in a shield with "Bengal Silver". The second image is from a condiment spoon I had imaged some time ago.





I have seen "Bengal Silver" on cutlery with other "lettering". Cutlery made for a specific retailer could be . The Sheffield based, Thos. Radley Cadman, manufactured "Bengal" razors.

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