Sheffield plate other items

Sheffield plate other items



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Written on December 21, , by Arch Enterprises. It was a gift years ago and I was just wondering the value of it. Silver has been manufactured in Sheffield, England for centuries. Sterling silver flatware made in Sheffield, England will have value to a precious metal refiner because the item is in made mostly with silver. Sterling silver should carry a hallmark indicating its purity.

This date letter changed each year and has proved to be of enormous value giving an accurate guide to the year in which an item was made. As other assay.

Please excuse me if my question is redundant of anything already available. I love collecting silver and have been doing this for about a year now, I have bought several hundred dollars worth of silver books on hallmarks etc, checked out numerous books from the library and searched the web trying to educate myself. Thank you for having this forum site. As a collector, I am looking for the “Old Sheffield Plate” items and have bought things thinking they are OSP and then find that they are not.

The books say that OSP could have seams inside pots, could have tin in places where silver would not show, and has applied edges to hide the layers of sterling, copper, and third metal either another layer of sterling or tin or pewter? But besides this, what other telling signs would indicate an item is OSP based upon its construction? Would a soldered on handle indicate silverplate?

Would a silverplated handle and what appears to be an OSP body indicate a transitional period piece after electroplating came into existance or would it indicate that the whole item is silverplate and NOT OSP?



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