can anyone help me identify these marks

[r balchin]

I have a set of 12 spoons, i do not know anything about silver marks or even if they are silver or silver plate they have marks on them, one mark is a shooting star with the letters C&L underneath the other is 18GR the gr has a line underneath both marks are in a seperate squares i would be grateful if anyone can help me in identifying them thank you

[paulh]

The 18gr mark would suggest that they are silver plated. This usually refers to the amount of silver used to plate flatware. In this case 18 grams per dozen.

Paul.

[r balchin]

many thanks paul for the info, i wonder do you or anyone else know anything about the other mark on the spoons which is a shooting star with the letters C&L underneath eg country of origin etc, thanks again barbara

[Bahner]

Hello, probably from France, marks like "18 Gr." or "24 Gr." etc. can be found on French plated items. A pic of the mark would help ... Best wishes, Bahner

[r balchin]

thank you so much for the information i think you are correct in it being french and i would love to put a picture of the marks up but have not worked out how to do it at the moment , i have them on the comp but cant seem to up load them but it looks something like this C&L underneath what looks like a shooting star thank you barbara