english silver

goldinmypan · Feb 15, 2011

Hooray for English Silver marks. This is a souviner spoon made by L&S silversmiths in 1902. It was cherrypicker from a pile of plated spoons(30 or so) at a estate sale. I'm sure many hands went thru them before me. Paid $2.50. weight 7 gms.

GibH · Feb 15, 2011

Good eye. I keep looking, but so far that English silver keeps eluding me.

CHAINCHOMP · Feb 15, 2011

how can you tell by the hallmarks that it is sterling? i have yet to understand how to tell with english stuff...thanks!
also, awesome score!!!!! keep it up and hh!

GibH · Feb 16, 2011

CHAINCHOMP said:
how can you tell by the hallmarks that it is sterling? i have yet to understand how to tell with english stuff...thanks!
also, awesome score!!!!! keep it up and hh!

http://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html

goldinmypan · Feb 16, 2011

the first mark, an anchor, is for Birmingham Eng.
the middle mark, lion, is .925
the C is the date year = 1902

Nightowl 280 · Feb 17, 2011

I love british marked stuff . You get so much more info about a item off british marks . There hall marks are well published to so its easy to figure out what you got . Great spoon find . I caught a bunch of sterling and a 14k gold rope chain in $.25 bins at a estate sale . No one bothered to short and look at markings sometimes i wonder about estate sale ppl .