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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MrNate, post: 1756017, member: 5515&quot;]Absolutely accurate. And what was more surprising, is the listing had been up for a long time (perhaps a month) and no one had managed to sniff it out yet. To be fair, you would have to ask to see a few photos of the backs to really know, but there were five clues if you looked at just the front of the pieces:</p><p><br /></p><p>Clue 1. The first clue is the style of the handle, and while this style has clearly existed in sterling and in plate, it&#039;s certainly a possibility worth exploring further.</p><p><br /></p><p>Clue 2. The next clue I considered, was the fact that there&#039;s a variety of sizes, all the way down to relatively small spoons in the exact same style. This suggested to me that this may be an older set of flatware, as I&#039;ve seen a fair share of Rogers in this style, but I don&#039;t recall seeing multiple sizes of spoons that often.</p><p><br /></p><p>Clue 3. Now we get some signals from the actual pieces. I love to see monograms, and I love it more when I see some blank pieces and some monogrammed pieces. This suggests a higher probability of real silver to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Clue 4. As I took a closer look at the forks, I see the tines are far from perfect, and they don&#039;t match up well in the set. This is a <u>great thing,</u> as modern manufacturing likely wouldn&#039;t allowed for such an obvious set of defects:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]238903[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Clue 5. The way the end of the spoon bowl is finished is something I haven&#039;t seen in modern styles; this flattened end with an almost sharp edge looks like an old style of production to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]238904[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully this shows how you can put together the clues with limited information. Here are the original photos I had to work with to reach out and ask for additional info:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]238905[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]238906[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]238907[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]238908[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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