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Can anyone here read silver hallmarks?

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notime2fly · 12/12/2021 09:19

I've found 6 spoons with this hallmark in my mum's house, likely to have been inherited from her own mum. Is it a silver hallmark? If so, what can it tell me about the spoons? (They're not heavy, so don't feel how I would expect solid silver to feel).

Can anyone here read silver hallmarks?
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LaurieFairyCake · 12/12/2021 09:22

The EP is electro plated so silver plate and not solid silver

notime2fly · 12/12/2021 09:31

Thanks, that makes sense. I'm trying to decide what to do with them.

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SophieHatterPendragon · 12/12/2021 09:41

The A1 shows it’s the best quality silver plate. I’d imagine the potter is the maker mark. A gothic S like that on silver plate would usually mean “son or sons”‘following the makers mark.

I would say if you don’t want to keep them
You could take the. To a local auction house or antique dealer to see if they’re worth anything buy often silver plate isn’t worth a huge amount. You might be able to sell them on somewhere like eBay or Etsy someone might be looking for a set or to replace list parts of their own sets.

What does the whole spoon look
Like? The small city I grew up in used to have a market every Saturday and there was a stall selling old spoons and cutlery sets

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notime2fly · 12/12/2021 12:26

Whole spoon photo attached.

Can anyone here read silver hallmarks?
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