Knife and spoon

Amce54

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gunsil

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The spoon appears to be nickel silver, also called German silver (no silver in it) and it is die stamped, not cast. The handles look like they are from a putty knife or paint scraper, but it is hard to tell for sure. If you can easily scratch the handles it would most likely be pewter.
 

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Amce54

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Man that's perfect. I have recently had a run in with a button that I believe was had castings of pewter and I think you are right. Thanks
 

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Here is my spoon fully cleaned. Colby's stamped in the handle it's interesting regardless of the age. But what does it look like is it nickel casted or 1900 aluminum??
 

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Wasn't aluminium really expensive back then? I could be wrong. Look up (google) that name and see what you find! HH! Yakker
 

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Now that you have it cleaned up a bit, it appears to be nickel plated. Does a magnet stick to it?? If so it is nickel plated steel, if not probably nickel plated over brass.
 

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No magnetic pull id say brass cause you can see the red discharge coming threw a little on the back

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