Featured Junk silver plate, or was it.

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  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I did a very quick 2 hour clearance this morning.

    All the items in the property had been searched through, everything was organized for taking away, rubbish was placed in sacks ready for disposal, nothing of great value to remove and no antiques.

    My waste man was about to throw a sack into the truck when something caught my eye.

    "Silver plate" he said.

    "No silver" I said

    It sure looked like silver plate with that typical tarnish with fingerprints in it but I saw a mark.


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    Well I got paid for the job, dumped all the rubbish and returned home.

    Half an hour of polishing and this is the result.

    John Round , Sheffield, Sterling Silver.

    1908, if I'm not mistaken.

    95grams.

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    daveydempsey, Dec 13, 2021
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  2. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    Well isn't that pretty! I hope you dumped the rest out and had a look:)
     
    say_it_slowly, Dec 13, 2021
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  3. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    A little elbow grease and a nice little dish!!! GOOD EYE!!!!!!!!:singing::singing::singing:
     
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  4. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Always do, one mans junk is another mans treasure, or as Yorkshiremen say "Where there's muck, there's money"
     
    daveydempsey, Dec 13, 2021
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  5. KikoBlueEyes

    KikoBlueEyes Well-Known Member

    Eagle eye!
     
    KikoBlueEyes, Dec 13, 2021
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  6. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    I admire you and anyone who polishes that well.
    I like your saying about muck and money, I may borrow it.
     
    pearlsnblume, Dec 13, 2021
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    All the items in the property had been searched through,

    nope...... not until YOU finished looking.....:stop:

    you have the nack of finding what others didn't !!!:)

    good eye !;)
     
    komokwa, Dec 13, 2021
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  8. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    Congratulations, a nice bonus!!!!
     
    Marie Forjan, Dec 13, 2021
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  9. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    "where there's muck, there's brass" ... or silver in this case!
     
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  10. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    The British- and Irish-English phrase where there’s muck, there’s brass (in early use where there’s muck, there’s luck and where there’s muck, there’s money) means that dirty or unpleasant activities can be lucrative.

    Tha knows :rolleyes:
     
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  11. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    Saved from the dump!!
    Good eye!
     
    stracci, Dec 13, 2021
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  12. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    That is gorgeous!!

    Excellent save.
     
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  13. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Now I have to find out what it was used for.

    I'm keeping it, it is going into the silver display cabinet until retirement.

    it has a serial number on the back that they usually put on plated items and not Sterling.
     
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  14. ola402

    ola402 Well-Known Member

    Beautiful sterling plate! It looks like it could have been an under plate for another piece. And I wonder why they marked it on the good side instead of the bottom. I would keep that also, it looks rich.
     
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  15. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I'd say it was under something else too. Some kind of coaster. I thought champagne at first, but if the watch is a standard size it's too small for that. Champagne glass? If I made something that nice I'd mark it on the front too, to take credit.
     
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  16. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

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  17. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

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    biscuit jar ?
     
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  18. ola402

    ola402 Well-Known Member

    Paten plate is a great idea. Never would have thought of that. When I googled Chalice with paten cover, I found several very similar to this plate in both gold and silver with the same types of indents. Would the plate have held the little round hosts (bread)? For the budget minded church that couldn't afford gold.
     
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  19. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Any marks on this? Looking really dirty.
     
    Bakersgma, Dec 14, 2021
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  20. Matahari

    Matahari Well-Known Member

    How big is this dish ? how big is the Timex ? héhé.gif

    looks like a bottle coaster from 'ere
     
    Matahari, Dec 14, 2021
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