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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;J Dagger, post: 1508108, member: 10944&quot;]I believe those are often the model number. Which you may or may not be able to date them by. When it comes to this I search eBay listings. Sometimes someone else has done the work of finding out when it was made. Search for items similar to yours. Click each listing until you find your model number with a date that sounds legit. Doesn’t mean it’s so because as we know ebay isn’t a wonderful source of info always but it can be a good jumping off point. There are plenty of sellers on there that do care about getting it right. If you find a seller that has a date that sounds right and it looks like they are a knowledgeable antiques dealer with good feedback then you can trust that more than someone who doesn’t typically sell that kind of thing or doesn’t seem to know their stuff. Nice finds! I’ve found a glass pitcher with a sterling base and shakers at thrift stores. It’s always fun no matter how little silver might be there if you pay a good price. My pitcher was like $2 and has nice etched starbursts. I’ve only gotten one big silver haul at thrift stores, it was a small set of silverware but it was a thrill. Guessing it was around 40 pieces or so. I hope to find more in the future and hope you do too! Hunting for silver at thrift stores is what really got me into antiques. I realized I was hardly ever going to find silver outside of the jewelry case but that there was probably always at least one other good item in each store if I knew what I was looking for. I started looking at just about every item and looking things up if they looked like they might have value. Most don’t but I maintain that just about every thrift store will have at least one item you can turn a decent profit on each time you visit if you know what you’re looking at. If not you’ll probably at least find something you like for yourself or for a gift. It’s rare I make a stop at one without buying anything at all unless I’m in a rush and only have time for a cursory sweep.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: I’ve always been into antiques but it’s what got me into buying and selling them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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