Thank you very much to everyone who replied - both items I have are dated to the 1930's by other means, so I trust the 'sterling silver' mark is correct. My sincere thanks again.
This seems to be the most appropriate location for what is probably a really basic question. I have thought for years that something marked 'sterling' denoted a fixed standard of quality in the silver used in the object, being guaranteed to have 925 parts per thousand as silver. Trawling around this...
My goodness Trevor - how interesting. Fantastic to see items they would have had for sale and also exhibited. What a pity they went out of business. Thank you for all your research and information, it is completely fascinating. WR J
Hello Trev and thank you My goodness, what a wealth of information, thank you so very much for taking the time. I took the lid into my local jeweller today to see if he could cut the pot lid down to make into a pendant for me. I explained my apparent stupidity at liking something which on the face o...
I am returning to give uploading an image of this interesting item a try. I know most will think I am crazy but I came across this silver metal lid (it has screw marks inside) with the most beautiful etching/chasing. It has tons of marks, yet none seem to fit with the standard number which sterling ...
Having been trying for about two hours to load two pictures which are only 500 pixels wide each, I am about to give up. If this board is no longer 'manned' or pictures are no longer accepted, it would extremely kind of whomever is in charge, to let us visitors know. Now, for the final time I will tr...