Mobius

It has to be after 1820/21 (because the leopard has no crown) and before 1837 (when the duty mark changed to Victoria), so it must be 1828 as @sixgun says.

Yeah, as @stefffana said, comedy hallmarks!

9 hours ago, stefffana said:

Can you guess why?...😂😂😂😂

Yes I can. Pity it's not silver 😁

Well you learn something new everyday, thanks for that info @stefffana, I've only ever dealt in British silver, so my knowledge of foreign silver is pretty slim.

You're definately the man for foreign silver!

Mobius

Hi,

The item(s) marked '90' could well be foreign 90% silver. The other items are plated, on the bottom picture you can see 'EP' which stands for Electro Plated.

Hi,
the 958 is indeed the silver fineness, it's a Britannia Standard silver mark, the next mark is the import mark for London and then the date letter 'A' for 1975.
I can't help with the makers mark unfortunately, it's always hard to get info on modern makers.

Mobius.

I agree with @sixgun, that is the date letter 'D' for 1839 (London). The other marks are the Lion Passant and a Duty Mark.

The makers mark is impossible to make out but the other marks look French to me. The style is Georgian (1820 ish) but could obviously have been made later. 

@stefffana might be able to shed more light on it.

10 hours ago, stefffana said:

Time for conspiracy theories, guys!

10 hours ago, stefffana said:

@Mobius, your turn now, mate!😘

Well, you see Sheffield and JD on some silver and you think James Dixon.
But he died in 1852.

Or did he....

Yep, according to Silver Makers Marks, JD is err... JD! Big help.

It's too modern for any of my reference books too I'm afraid.

Hi, 

The maker is/are Samuel Hayne & Dudley Cater. Year is 1836.

Mobius

The maker is probably Joseph Mappin, but the date is more difficult, if it is Joseph Mappin, it's possibly from around the 1840's, before the formation of Mappin Brothers (and later Mappin and Webb).

Hope this helps.

Hi,
These marks are 'pseudo-hallmarks', meant to resemble real hallmarks at a glance, which unfortunately makes your sugar tongues electro-plated and not silver.

Mobius.

My experience was quite painless, I was buying two 1oz Brits from Atkinsons and it didn't go through. Within minutes the Natwest fraud team phoned me and, after going through the normal identity checks, the conversation went as follows:

Him: there has been an attempted payment of £3,058 from your account.
Me: yes, to Atkinsons.
Him: oh so you know about it, no problem I'll remove the block.

And that was it, tried again at Atkinsons and it went through straight away.

I suspect, from what you guys have said, it would have been a different story if it was the Royal Mint.

My spreadsheet shows my stack (Brits and Sovs) at the Gold price (i.e. 100%), but alongside that I have a box where I can enter any percentage to check different selling prices as needed.

Yeah @stefffana, it's a thankless job.

I'm sure they see the answer but can't be bothered logging in to hit the thanks button.

It's a good job we love doing it!

Mobius.

Hi,

Its not Chinese, if you rotate it 180 degrees you'll see it says EPNS, which is Electro Plated Nickel Silver (and won't be worth anything unfortunately).

Hi,

A quick google for 'silver plating services' brings up a few, you'll have to get a quote specific to your items for the price.
I don't know what you are planning to do with them once re-plated but if you were planning to sell them, I don't think you will recoup the cost of re-plating on the tea/coffee service as nobody really wants them anymore.
The champagne bucket would sell though and (from the picture) it looks like it just needs a good polish.

Chards is probably the best 'LCS' in the UK, though it's only 'L' if you live in Blackpool 😁

Just had a quick look on eBay and found this;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sterling-Silver-Salver-10-Mirrored-Footed-Carr-s-Sheffield-92-Hallmark-539g/404281465172?hash=item5e210d9954:g:PWYAAOSwC5JkWgfF&amdata=enc:AQAIAAAAwFGwPgHBlRu7eX2Hpyojy/h/QV4hQiJqN2qkFusjQqbZM92eXIWZSm1sUIsVjeNU+jwLrZok7y//yNPaPa2v17AWJbXZGtyhuqYBNZxGa5Bm0gGJHlwEyuowMj4t6547K+zyOKnN+y3FjA2BAlm94FeQaCCQSidNAXdXz1t5RmKLS+ivM0XRaQW+08G4ww0iOxxKeeDBQfZEm7eT264jU7yHP7nR163egv1tmga8GX+EHAjXPkzUuFuvR94j9JUIvA==|tkp:Bk9SR5C21u6WYg&pageci=ccdc5b33-c235-4375-81c8-adf56ffa974e&redirect=mobile

Some lucky soul got half a kilo of silver for £274. Cheapest 500gm bar at Atkinsons is £437.

I would always choose silver flatware/Holloware over bullion coins or bars, if I can find it at the right price (and there's no VAT).

If I was in the market for a kilo of silver I'd buy a large Victorian salver👍

Apparently strawberrys are supposed to taste better off a silver spoon, I might try it!

On 25/05/2023 at 23:13, stefffana said:

Nope. Just use it daily for your own satisfaction and it's cool. 😊

My silver apostle spoon, made by Robert Tyte of Salisbury in 1630 and worth about £2000.