Featured Ramsey & Bros. Coin Silver Large Ladle

This is a soup or punch ladle, about 10 inches long, 108 grams, marked Ramsey & Bro. I believe this is coin silver by a Louisville, KY maker from what I have seen on-line. There are a few spots that I could not polish out, and that gives me pause. I did not go at them with gusto, as I don't want to leave polish marks.

I wonder if it is actually silver plated? My gut says coin silver with maybe some spots from age/food stains? I know I have had sterling with spots that are near impossible to hand polish out. That said, while I've handled a lot of sterling and plate, I don't have much experience with coin silver, so don't know if these type of surface spots are normal. Thank you for your opinions.

 

Does not have the "look" of plated to me. Coin is often thin in my limited experience ( I do have some ) and light weight in comparison to solid sterling. Do you have any piece of sterling in a similar size to compare with?

 

I've had some coin silver teaspoons that were thin, light weight, and flexible. This is heavy compared to them. It feels quite sturdy, with just a little flexibility.

 

I believe it's a soup ladle. A ladle for a punchbowl would be more deeply curved and maybe longer, as a punch bowl is deeper than a tureen. Also, a punch ladle would have more of a pouring lip on either side.

 

Thank you both for you comments.

 

You did a great job polishing as much as you could.

 

Thanks Figtree. I would like to sell it, but I hate selling things I am unsure of. I could say I think it's coin silver, but I'm not sure, use your own judgement blah,blah,blah, but I just don't like doing that. On the other hand, I imagine a collector of Ramsey coin silver would know exactly what this is or isn't.