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Pair of Warner Repousse Slat/Pepper shakers, any info about this maker?
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:00 pm
by sansilver
Hi,
I was wondering if anybody knew anything about where these were made. I couldn't find anything concrete. Thanks for looking.
Re: Pair of Warner Repousse Slat/Pepper shakers, any info about this maker?
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:08 am
by silverly
Looks like Baltimore silver.
Re: Pair of Warner Repousse Slat/Pepper shakers, any info about this maker?
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:35 pm
by dragonflywink
As Silverly suggests, the '11-2', is a Baltimore quality mark - 11 ounces, 2 pennyweights of silver in 12 troy ounces, indicating 925/1000 silver (sterling), and the shakers are typical Baltimore repousse work. Went ahead and moved it to the coin section, because the system was pretty much out of use by the mid 1850s, though I seem to recall that one of the Warners, along with Samuel Kirk, continued use of the numbers. Not where I can check my meager references at the moment, hopefully someone will come along and ID your maker...
~Cheryl
Re: Pair of Warner Repousse Slat/Pepper shakers, any info about this maker?
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:57 pm
by sansilver
Thank you very much. Fantastic information, I never would have known.
