Absolutly NOTHING. I just gave away a 12 peice set of plated silverware. The silver shop was not interested.
I was told they are silver plated. I have a set of 37 I am looking to sell.
The value of a silver plated Meridan salt and pepper dog and bear depends on its condition. This set in excellent condition is valued between 11.00 and 16.00 as of 2014.
Silver plated or sterling silver. ?? I'm not even sure which it is. Should there be a mark to indicate sterling silver?
You can actually go online to Amazon or Overstock to get a gold plated set of travel accessories. They have a great selection and you can find them in a great price range to.
I'm eighteen and while I've never used a silver tea set for coffee, I have used it for tea.
Rogers made lots of silver plated items during the 20th century and most are not very valuable. They also made some sterling silver items, and these are more valuable. If your salt dip set is sterling silver, it will be marked clearly with the word Sterling. If this word is not on the salt dip, the spoon and anything else, it is silver plated.
Silverplated ware is marked "silverplate" or "plate". 985 indicates a high purity solid silver alloy.
The value is only for the silver, unless you find someone that wants it. This stuff has no numismatic value.
I don't think so, i have my grandmas EPNS 100 silver set, and she use to send it to be plated from time to time.
The Rogers Bros. silverware is silver plated flatware. IS means your set was made after Rogers Bros. was acquired by International Silver Company, around 1898.For more information see Related Links, below.
EPNS stands for "Electro Plated Nickel Silver". Nickel Silver (sometimes stainless steel) is the base metal onto which silver is plated. Despite its name, nickel silver contains no silver at all, but is an alloy of nickel, zinc & copper. A layer of pure silver is deposited electrolytically on the base metal to give a silver finish.