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Your post inspired me to get out the loupe and take a closer look. While the plate was shiny and clean when I put it into the bath, I now see that it looks like the bath took the plate right off of the vase. The little that is still shiny has bubbles all over, the dull parts have the plate flaked of...

thanks - I tried that but had no luck... I am thinking of using jeweler's rouge to smooth the surface a bit - that may bring the lustre out, but may remove the silver as well, so I am reluctant to do so without looking at alternatives first. Yes, washing soda works the same way as baking soda and sa...

I tried the baking soda method, and it didn't work for me. I read some more nad found that washing soda was also recommended, so I tried that. The tarnish came right off, but now the areas that were bright polished are now dull and lifeless. Anyone know what I did wrong here? Is there a technique I ...

Over the years I have picked up more than a few coin silver spoons with dented bowls, bent handles, etc. Anyone have any suggestions on resources to learn some simple techniques for repairing these problems? Videos or books?

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BTW, in this forum, an article named "what were these spoons used for?" shows a related spoon by J Bingham identified as "Papyrus"

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Kovel's has J. E. Caldwell & Co. in Philadelphia (1848 - present). James E. Caldwell and George Banks were the partners.

I love it, BTW!

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Kovel's has a Henry Abraham working in New York in 1844, but there are no Abrahams in there. HA marks point to Henry Andrews, not even close. I don't know if this helps, but it's all I have.

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Thanks, Mikael Unfortunately, I have never had much luck with that method. I am not sure if it is the temperature, amount of baking soda, or what. I usually don't add salt, which I did this time, but still little luck. To keep warm, I left on the burner at low, kept it there for 15 minutes. I'll try...

I have a couple of pieces of nice silverplate from the late 1800's, which act like they haven't been polished in a hundred years. I used a dip, the dip was blackened in the work. I polished with Wright's cream and barely did anything. Some spots of light tarnish have cleaned up, but the heavy tarnis...

Thanks! I used to have Kovels, and Ensko but they were lost in a move. That's probably where I saw them. I haven't heard of Belden - but since Amazon wants $600 for it, I doubt I'll ever see a copy.

What errors are in Kovels?

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I'm looking for recommendations for information on dating American coin silver spoons by the shape and techniques used in manufacturing. This is a long shot, but maybe not. I remember a number of years ago reading an article that gave approximate dates for spoons based on handle shape - does anyone ...

I have a salt spoon marked J.Owen in a rectangular cartouche dating about the same time. Probably the same maker.

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Thanks, Tom - I purchased some silver testing solution the other day and tested it - it is silver (tests somewhere between coin and sterling). I did not file down through the plate (if it were plate) so I could not tell if it were plated or not.

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Thanks for the info Trev - I'm glad the date is about what I thought, anyway.

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kerangoumar wrote:I notice there was a repair (1st pic) could you possibly post a picture of the outside of the join?

I'd be glad to. I'm still working on my photography skills, so this won't be great.




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By the way, are they sugar tongs or ice tongs? I've heard them called both.

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Thanks, trev and Pat! - Trev, when you say early, about what time period?

It doesn't look like a sheep to me, but then I never had much of an imagination. Kind of looks like a cat to me.

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Just hoping another forum member can confirm whether this is British silverplate or coin silver.

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Thanks, Pat - that actually looks like a real possibility! Same shields in same order... By golly, I think you've got it!

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Alain, they sure do look similar!

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