Featured Silver folks,something unusual

Hi all. I picked up this 10 3/4 by 1 1/4 woven thing,whatever its for,recently and would love some thoughts on it. I think its in fact solid silver,I recognized the Mexican eagle mark,but I also see what I think is "plateador" wich is plated ? Any and all input is appreciated.

 

Unfortunately, it is plated. I don't see an eagle. ?

 

The Spanish word for plated (as in silver plated) is plateado.

Given the size of this item, I'd say its likely use is as serving plate or platter for something that needs the depth provided by the sides.

 

These turn up here regularly. They're always silver plate, if not chromed brass.

 

Thanks guys. There is in fact an eagle between Hecho and mexico,wich is what threw me. Neither nor,its kinda cool and $4 ! I just dont get why the eagle was put on plated stuff?

 

Very pretty, Johnny.
The symbol in the Hecho en Mexico mark doesn't look like the eagle to me. It is probably the manufacturer's mark. It looks to me like two men with wide-brimmed hats sitting in a box, with the one on the left looking over the edge. I could be totally off, of course.

 

Thanks so much for chiming in everyone. Heres the best I could do pic wise ,I realized it looks to be double struck hence the slight blurriness. Im sure im beating a dead horse,but I SWEAR this looks like an eagle head to me!

 

An eagle head was/is often used with 'Hecho en Mexico' marks, labels, etc. - it's not a silver mark...

~Cheryl

 

Ah, not two men in a box.

To my knowledge the silver mark was an entire eagle, not a head.

 

I guess its time for me to pull an Elsa and just Let It Go !

 

An eagle mark that ain't.

 

Update on this item,it was in fact 925 silver. I took it to my scrap guy and he put it into his machine . I was as surprised as the next man !

 

Huh, what do you know? Good for you, though!

 

Not sure if the 'machine' is an XRF spectrometer, but good as they are, even the most pricey of units must be carefully calibrated, and can give false/incorrect results on plated items, sometimes still requiring scraping and/or testing the surface in several different places. Would really have to wonder why any maker would mark solid silver as plated rather than marking it '925' or 'sterling'...

~Cheryl

 

Beats the heck out of me! Like I said,I was surprised as well but I figured if he said it was who was I to argue ?

 

I assume he bought it?

 

This page from a site associated with the Birmingham assay office tells a bit about XRF testing, with the last three paragraphs getting into some of the potential problems: https://anchorcertanalytical.com/xray_labexpert

~Cheryl

 

Have seen sterling silver woven baskets from Mexico and elsewhere, properly marked - but the silverplate pieces aren't necessarily without value, this lot of 10 Los Castillo silverplate baskets recently sold for $937.50: https://fineart.ha.com/itm/silver-h...marks-los-castillo-taxco-hecho/a/5410-63541.s

~Cheryl

 

Yep. I said to him point blank "Are you sure its silver?" and he assured me it was.Perhaps he collected that style and wanted it ? I just took the money and left. Hes been in the biz for decades,so one has to assume he knows what hes doing.

 

And if it was plated, it's his own fault.