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No expert, but in comparing the actual marks it appears more like Elizabeth's to me, but then , unfortunately, there is the date issue.
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I have really used your on line encyclopedia a lot and want to thank you for taking the time to make it. It seems an invaluable source for me and it keeps expanding. Here is another mark for you to add if you like. It is on the bottom of two acron decorated coin silver tea pots. You have some of the...

Nice pictures. How big is it and what kind of tooth is that?

Polish it. ;)

Thank you! I have a lot to learn. : )

I'm just learning about silver (it's interesting!) and have been looking around for fun in my spare time. I have been good about not buying anything until I learn more, (cut - admin edit) I know it is electro plate (the E.P. gives it away). What I don't understand is the old fashioned style of it. I...

English silver was required to be marked starting way, way back.
There are no hallmarks at all?
They're beautiful.

Thanks. I finally found out that the actual date is that sideways hourglass. I was thinking it was an 8, but it is actually, I believe, the date mark and not a number at all! That would make it 1893 which fits right in with it's style and your timeframe.

I am no expert like others here, but why would someone bother faking a Towle item? If you're going to fake something why not choose Tiffany or someone like that? Maybe it's earlier or later then the others you have.
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That brings up a question (yah, yah, I'm loaded with them). I have noticed on a lot of the auction sites the silver is left unpolished. They always say something dumb like, "The pleasure of the polishing is left to the winner." It seems to me that an unpolished piece could easily hide a lo...

You know what strikes me is the thickness of the silver. Since it's probably been buried all these years it hasn't been polished or used. Even though coin silver (which this must be) seems to hold up better then sterling, this spoon (if the photo is accurate) is particularly thick! Have you tried cl...

Thank you so much for your informative reply! How do you people find all this out? I ,too, now believe they are coin and your post only affirms my feelings on it. I mean, if it looks like silver, smells like silver, feels like silver, doesn't seem to weigh enough for it's size, sounds like silver an...

Thank you, too, Cheryl. Your time frame is right from what I know about the original owner. Here is the other mark just because, but I bet you're right: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b17/outwest5/PS1.jpg By the way, the sterling standard wasn't set in the US until 1870, right? Did some of the ma...

Thank you so much for your time. I never would have guessed that! I thought it might be a tea strainer, but the bowl wasn't big enough and didn't seem the right shape. Those Victorians certainly thought of everything. Can you imagine sprinkling sugar evenly like that? How funny.

It's cute. It's Tiffany. It's bowl has a gold wash. It is about 7 inches long. What the heck was it used for other than to look pretty? http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b17/outwest5/tiffspoon.jpg http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b17/outwest5/tiffmark.jpg Also, it has a 'P' then a star then an 'S' ...

I suppose you've figured out that I am going through all the silver from the family and trying to figure out how old it is and what it is. I have a set of what I think is coin silver flatwear. I always thought it was plate, but with further research I began to wonder. It is from the mid-1800's as th...

Does anyone know if that C is a date mark?

I have a set of the forks like you are talking about. I was always told they were dessert forks made for pie or cake and ice cream. You can see how they'd work pretty well for that...if you are right handed, that is. I'm left handed, but I forgive the forks because they're pretty. I use mine as sala...

What a terrific site this is! This forum has really asked a lot of my digital camera with these tiny marks, but I did it! I have more than two photos because I am asking about the set and each has it's own mark. Because of that I was afraid of posting them all directly as images so I just did two. T...