Is this Spoon Orignal Russian 84

[touqeer]

Hi
I am new to forum
find a good place of old and antique silverholder

i have a fork but i cant get it that is it orignal 84 bcoz it have only one stam of 84 nothing else

kindly check and help











thanx in advance

[dognose]

Hi,

Welcome to the Forum.

No, not Russian silver, but French silverplate.

Reading this article will explain all: http://www.925-1000.com/a_platenumbers.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Trev.

[touqeer]

thanks
in silver plate topic it states that french writting 84 G

this one which is with me is without g only 84

2ndthing if it is only silver plated then........

i have 12 pieces of it

and weight of them altogether is 860 Gramms

so how much orignal silver is used in it???

[silverport]

It seems to be that yours forks were part of so called »Hotel Silver«.

Hello »touqeer«

The maker’s mark missing forks seems to be, have to been part of so called »Hotel Silver« - that are flatware’s and hollowware’s for use in public institutions, e.g. Hotels, Restaurants, Cruise ships, Military, Hospitals …

These mass products, made from Copper-Zinc-Nickel alloy of several compositions where, basically prepared, also delivered to Galvanizers; which made the Electro Plating.

Please reread the whole: http://www.925-1000.com/a_platenumbers.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There is explained that in Germany the basic measure for cutlery was 12 table forks and 12 table spoons. Other countries in Continental Europe took over this systematic.

If yours forks are table forks, and the producer has struck »84« on them, then there was a warranty for 42 gram Silver being used in their electro galvanic production process. But the shown images of the forks let “see” signs of wear and tear; so there are actually less or much less as 42 gram silver.

I hope that the »plate numbers« and my explanations would help you.

Kind regards silverport