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Modell 37 has come to be called, "Wellenband," by collectors. I don't know whether WMF ever called it that.

900 normally means the article is solid silver (not plated) with a purity of 900 grams of silver per 1000 grams of metal (i.e., with 100 grams of impurities). In other words, 90% pure silver. In the U.S., coin silver is 900 (90% silver and 10% copper), though coins from other nations can be as low a...

I have a set of six silver-plated teaspoons that are probably going to be hopeless to identify, but who knows, I might get lucky and someone is familiar with the pattern or very familiar with the maker's mark, familiar enough to recognize it when it's barely visible. This is the front of the spoon: ...

I know the maker and pattern of this spoon (Baden-Baden by WMF), but it has an odd symbol engraved on the front of it that I don't recognize. I hope someone can help identify it. I bought the spoon recently on eBay from a seller in the U.S. The pattern was active from 1961 into the 1980s. This is th...

Not that this matters to anyone but me... I just noticed I said the third mark on the spoon was a capital "A." It's obviously an H, not an A – and I clearly knew the initials stood for Walker & Hall – so I'll have to plead "senior moment."

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Thank you, so much!

Yes, Paul, this is helpful – it confirms my "take" on this spoon that it's quite old. Thank you very much.

Several times, now, I've run across a backstamp of "GQMD 90" added to a piece of WMF "Patent 90" silver-plated flatware. I know what the WMF and "Patent 90" mean, but what does "GQMD" mean? It looks like it was possibly added later.

I have a silver-plated spoon that I presume is French, but I haven't been able to identify the maker's mark. I understand what the DEP and 100 mean; it's the mark in the rhombus that I can't identify. Any help appreciated. http://20thCenturyRedux.com/images/marks.jpg P.S. If you wish to use these im...

I have a Walker & Hall silverplate spoon in the "fiddle" pattern (length 5 3/4"). I'm wondering if the marks can reveal its approximate age. On the back of the handle there are five marks: a capital W, then an ampersand, then a capital A, all in blackletter, then a crown, then a s...