🔎 UNIDENTIFIED What was this used for?

[cudamark]

This was just a crusty blob when I found it. After knocking all the crud off and soaking it in vinegar a bit, I found the Peerless Silver mark. From what I've read about that company, they made silver plated items, but, I don't see any Sterling stuff. Either way, I can't figure out what this may have been for. Advertising ingot? Did they make any that were .925? I see some discolored spots on it, and some rough casting areas, but, no plating flaking off.

 

[Mackaydon]

"Peerless Silver" or "Peerless Silver Plate" items do not have a fixed percentage of solid silver because they are silver-plated, meaning they consist of a base metal coated with only a microscopic, ultra-thin outer layer of pure silver.
per AI
Don in SoCal

 

[cudamark]

"Peerless Silver" or "Peerless Silver Plate" items do not have a fixed percentage of solid silver because they are silver-plated, meaning they consist of a base metal coated with only a microscopic, ultra-thin outer layer of pure silver.
per AI
Don in SoCal

Like a silver wash used on electrical terminals?

 

[russau]

It would be a definate keeper ifI had found it also !

 

[Red-Coat]

Assuming it is actually solid silver, is it too much of a stretch to think this might be a souvenir ingot from the Peerless Silver Company of Quijotoa, Pima County, Arizona and owned by a group of people called ‘The Silver Kings’? They had mining operations from 1883 until the early 1890s. You could check the density by water displacement to get a steer on whether it might be silver.

This much larger 107 ounce ingot (said to be rare) has their mintmark on it, but mining companies often produced small rough-cast ingots as pocket-piece souvenirs given to employees and shareholders which might not have the standard marks used on bullion ingots:

[Pictures from ‘rareingot.com’]

 

[snaps]

This was just a crusty blob when I found it. After knocking all the crud off and soaking it in vinegar a bit, I found the Peerless Silver mark. From what I've read about that company, they made silver plated items, but, I don't see any Sterling stuff. Either way, I can't figure out what this may have been for. Advertising ingot? Did they make any that were .925? I see some discolored spots on it, and some rough casting areas, but, no plating flaking off.

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Reminds me of a wheel weight but I'm just reaching, cool find

 

[pepperj]

What does it weigh?

 

[rickertmork]

Possibly a steel paperweight

 

[cudamark]

It weighs 13 grams which is just under a half ounce. Not steel or lead, and not heavy enough to be an effective paperweight. Without any connecting points, it doesn't seem to have any utilitarian purpose.

 

[AU Seeker]

It weighs 13 grams which is just under a half ounce. Not steel or lead, and not heavy enough to be an effective paperweight. Without any connecting points, it doesn't seem to have any utilitarian purpose.

How thick is it, can't tell from your photo?

 

[pepperj]

Salesman sample meant to represent a miniature ingot.

 

[releventchair]

It weighs 13 grams which is just under a half ounce. Not steel or lead, and not heavy enough to be an effective paperweight. Without any connecting points, it doesn't seem to have any utilitarian purpose.

Silver was /is credited with heathy effects. Shedding ions ect.

Search for use of silver ( or silver coin) in a container of milk for example.

Your piece could have been an advertising item /token or it could have been just right for a bottle of milk.

 

[cudamark]

How thick is it, can't tell from your photo?

1/8"