silver and silver plate

This blog is an exploration of silver and silver plate. It is just a small record of my experiences, hunting, researching and playing with silver and silver plate. One of the most frustrating parts of silver collecting it the lack of research data compiled in one place. I hope to correct this. I hope that parts of it can be useful to you. If you do find it useful please feel free to leave a comment. If you use any information here please leave a link to the post for others.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Finding a flatware pattern.

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When searching for flatware patterns, before I built up my library, I used a hodge-podge of silver websites to find information. None of the...
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Nickel Silver, German Silver, Alpacca, Panama Silver, Brazil Silver, Raydium Silver, Aztec Silvor

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Sometimes you find a piece of flatware and it is marked as nickel silver, German Silver, Brazil Silver, Alaska Silver, Panama Silver, or Alp...
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Clearing up the Rogers Confusion: Marks and Manufacturers

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There are a number of makers of silver (both sterling and silverplate) that use the Rogers name. This post is an attempt to create a list, h...
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Rogers & Brothers Columbia Pattern Advertisment. 1893

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This is page 494 of the guide to the World's Columbian Exposition. It contains an advertisement for Rogers & Brothers of Waterbury C...
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Sears Roebuck & Co. 1897 Catalouge Featuring the Yale Pattern from Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co. and other patterns from the C. Rogers & Bro.

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The frame below is from the Sears Roebuck Catalouge from 1897. If you scroll up there are some lovely sterling pieces and some children'...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Guthrie Oklahoma slim pickins

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  This weekend I went with my partner to Guthrie Oklahoma. It was the original capital and the Victorian architecture is astounding. One of ...

Antique Egyptian Pattern, E.H.H. Smith Silver Co., Everts

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Not a whole lot of luck this weekend. I found a few pieces of flatware. The only piece I am really excited about is another...
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Friday, April 23, 2010

Reed & Barton Serving Fork

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  I had my eye on this serving fork for a while. I finally picked it up for under five last Saturday. It is massive. Heavy and thick. The ...

Peter Rabbit another Super Silver Saturday Find

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  So there I am walking around the shop. I stop here and there picking up things and flipping them over looking over the mark, setting it d...
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The Messenger Cup Polished

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  This is "The Messenger Cup 1933" after being polished. It took some real rubbing and there was a bit of hot glue down inside th...
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