Some help with identity. Siler plate? 925? Sterling?
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:30 pm
by clammer
Found this at an auction in a box lot. Need help identifying type of silver and who made it.
Thanks, this is my first post.
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae35 ... 3_crop.jpghttp://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae35 ... p_crop.jpg
Re: Some help with identity. Siler plate? 925? Sterling?
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:17 pm
by 2209patrick
Welcome to the forum.
Those are silverplate marks for J. Collyer & Company, Birmingham.
http://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_C.htmlPat.
Re: Some help with identity. Siler plate? 925? Sterling?
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:19 pm
by clammer
Thank you so much. How do you know it is silverplate?
Re: Some help with identity. Siler plate? 925? Sterling?
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:22 pm
by oel
Hello,
The last mark on the right reads EPNS for Electro Plated Nickel Silver
Electro Plated Nickel Silver, E.P.N.S. The process of electroplating developed in the 1840's and simpley binds a fine layer of silver to the base metal. The thickness of silver may vary from less than one micron, to several microns.
Oel
Re: Some help with identity. Siler plate? 925? Sterling?
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:21 pm
by clammer
Thank you Oel!
