Found two sterling silver bowls

[WilliamBoyd]

I found two of these today, they are silver bowls, probably from the 1940's.
Both are quite beat up with dings due to the thinness of the metal.
I only photographed one, the other is identical.
Any idea what they were used for?

Bowl diameter 5-3/8" (13.6cm)
Height 3-7/8" (9.8cm)
Weight 7 oz (196 gm)
Bottom of bowl is engraved "PSCO / STERLING / WEIGHTED"

 

[RONC(OR)]

Re: Found two sterling silver bowls today

Looks like a candy dish the weighted means the bottom is filled with a risen. so its not all silver if you are going to scrap them hit the bottom with a hammer and you will find the true weight . HH

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: Found two sterling silver bowls today

Great ID RONC(OR)
$150 for the pair

http://www.anns-antiques.com/Silver...terling Silver Pair of Candy-Nut Dishes.shtml

Mike

 

[WilliamBoyd]

Re: Found two sterling silver bowls today

Thank you for the advice.

I doubt if mine are worth $150 or even $15.
Mine are pretty beat up, the Ann's Antiques $150 ones are like new.
The metal is almost as thin as aluminum foil and can be torn by hand.

I did pull the bottom off of one of them and removed the resin weight.
The bowl weight was about 3 oz after removing resin core.

 

[creeper71]

Re: Found two sterling silver bowls today

I was just ready to write that there is only a very thin layer of silver.. if your luck 1/2 ozt for the combined weight

 

[RONC(OR)]

Re: Found two sterling silver bowls today

Thank you for the advice.

I doubt if mine are worth $150 or even $15.
Mine are pretty beat up, the Ann's Antiques $150 ones are like new.
The metal is almost as thin as aluminum foil and can be torn by hand.

I did pull the bottom off of one of them and removed the resin weight.
The bowl weight was about 3 oz after removing resin core.

Silver bowl with bottom pried off

Silver bowl bottom and resin weight

I think you still have some treasure there sterling is about 42 cents a gram HH RonC

 

[allen]

Re: Found two sterling silver bowls today

that wouldve been a really nice conversational piece !!!

 

[WilliamBoyd]

Re: Found two sterling silver bowls today

I shipped them off to:
Midwest Refineries, 4471 Forest Ave., Waterford, Michigan 48328
http://midwestrefineries.com
and received an $80.00 check 10 days later for 5 oz of silver.

 

[Rasputin]

There is also resin and a steel rod in the stem that needs to be removed before scrapping.