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This 6-1/2" spoon/ladle appears to me to be solid silver, and the date of 8-22-36 etched on the reverse of the handle seems to point to America (date format of month-day-year). I assume it's 1836. It looks as though it began life as two pieces that were soldered together -- bowl and handle. Whe...

That seems to make sense -- it's certainly the right size.

I believe this small 6-1/2" tall silverplate coffee pot was used on trains -- the bottom is stamped in larger letters U.S.A.T.S. -- USA Transit System? It is made by the Meriden Britannia Company and stamped 203. Does this seem right? Thanks, Dave https://i.postimg.cc/rskkT3j7/IMG-2425.jpg http...

I recently acquired a shipment of mostly holloware pieces, possibly all silverplate. There are a couple of pieces, though, this one in particular, that make me wonder. It has the look of sterling or coin to me, but I am certainly no expert on solid silver pieces. Unfortunately, I cannot find any mar...

I have a silverplate pie server with a 5 pointed star monogram. Upon close inspection, I see small line engravings inside each point of the star. I though at first it could be a Freemason or Mason star, but the line engravings made me wonder. Not sure on the pattern of the piece. Any ideas? Thanks, ...

You are spot on -- Whiting, Antique Lily Engraved pattern, 1882.

Thanks so much!

Dave

I have a couple of bright cut sterling teaspoons with an unknown sterling mark, "STERLING", and "Wm Kendrick's Sons" on the reverse of the handle. I assume Wm Kendrick's Sons was the retailer and I am curious as to the maker. I have attached photos, some under 10x magnification. ...

Still not sure about the PRINCESS PLATE, though. Could be a mistake.

My math was off -- 1931, not 1932.

From the post referenced above: "Government mark: 1957 - Mappin & Webb date mark: Upper case 'K' within an heraldic shield." My spoon appears to have a lower case "k" with heraldic shield as a date mark. If we assume the upper case "K" represents 1957, and all 26 le...

Closer examination of the last shape appears to be a script "K" or "R" date code.

I took a few photos of the maker's mark under 10x magnification. I have seen multiple references to PRINCES PLATE, but this spoon clearly shows PRINCESS PLATE (an extra "S"). Also, there is some sort of mark after the PRINCESS PLATE mark, but I can't make out what it is. https://i.postimg....

OK, so I'm not quite sure why I didn't think of this before, but if I orient the spoon so the crown and letters are upright (bowl pointing up), they appear to begin with "EM" and end with "SS". After a little research, I discovered that Mappin & Webb made serve-ware for the R...

I have a Mappin & Webb Princess Plate teaspoon (5-3/4") that I believe is from a cruise ship. The pattern is somewhat similar to a Kings pattern, but instead of the shell motif at the tip of the handle, there is a crown (looking at it with the bowl pointing up). I can just barely make out t...

Agitating the spoon is a good idea -- I will try that. I used a minimal amount of thread to suspend the spoon.

I did repeat the test a few times with some variance, but nothing major. The spoon was suspended upright, so no worries about air.

I purchased an Ohaus triple beam scale and did a specific gravity test. The density came out to 8.67. Any guesses as to composition?

The photos for this post have been dropped by the host, so I thought I would post new ones, along with a new guess as to the piece type: https://i.postimg.cc/bN3MDd9F/IMG-0448.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/pLS6C77f/IMG-0449.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/3xNqg7Lr/IMG-0450.jpg Anyone think it might be a julep s...

Outstanding! I had never heard of Weinberg before.

Thanks so much,
Dave

Yet another silverplate piece -- sugar spoon with "K" inside a circle. Thanks! https://i.postimg.cc/MHGH0Zbs/IMG-0009.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/1tm3PRT9/IMG-0010.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/G2Xhpwwv/IMG-0011.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/QMkdRKf4/IMG-0013.jpg