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Some labour I am currently undertaking ....
(this thing is from a Victorian pub, I think. It's quite large - 46 cm/18" in length)
(this thing is from a Victorian pub, I think. It's quite large - 46 cm/18" in length)
Nice, Silver or Plate (EPNS) ?Some labour I am currently undertaking ....
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(this thing is from a Victorian pub, I think. It's quite large - 46 cm/18" in length)
That's the stuff!From last year...
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I have no idea. I think they belonged to my great grandmother who (I think) was briefly the publican at The Beehive Hotel in the latter days of Victoria's reign. These were something she kept. There must be a few of them, as we have three (all very different) and my aunt has a couple. But my aunt's (and thus also my father's) cousins presumably have some too.Nice, Silver or Plate (EPNS) ?
I have no idea. I think they belonged to my great grandmother who (I think) was briefly the publican at The Beehive Hotel in the latter days of Victoria's reign. These were something she kept. There must be a few of them, as we have three (all very different) and my aunt has a couple. But my aunt's (and thus also my father's) cousins presumably have some too.
I'm polishing them up to find their value. I can't see any hallmark, but they are big, so I might be missing that. I'm assuming it was plate, because a pub wouldn't have pure silver. If it was silver, I bet I could calculate it's value by weighing it.
Do you know how to tell the difference, barring hallmarks?
I thought the rule was not to polish things like that as it devalues them?I'm polishing them up to find their value.
yeah I could do that. But that would require a way to measure the displaced volume of water, a scale that can accurately weigh an object of that size (kitchen scales won't cut it and bathroom scales aren't accurate enough, and the atomic mass of silver and all possible materials it is made of. And still getting the house cleared of the 55 years of marriage in the next two weeks.One word, a name in fact "Archimedes"
yeah I could do that. But that would require a way to measure the displaced volume of water, a scale that can accurately weigh an object of that size (kitchen scales won't cut it and bathroom scales aren't accurate enough, and the atomic mass of silver and all possible materials it is made of. And still getting the house cleared of the 55 years of marriage in the next two weeks.
Thanks. A genuinely useful suggestion, but not going to happen this time.
Anyway have a 3 minute fix?
yeah, I wondered about that after I was halfway through. I know tarnished copper is valued in it's own right, but tarnished silver?I thought the rule was not to polish things like that as it devalues them?
how do I do this? It's a half a metre long, so the only thing I have I could immerse it in is a bathtub and I can't catch the water overflowing from that. Or am I being thick?Displaced volume of water - jug, or kitchen scales (1g per cm3).
how do I do this? It's a half a metre long, so the only thing I have I could immerse it in is a bathtub and I can't catch the water overflowing from that. Or am I being thick?
how do I do this? It's a half a metre long, so the only thing I have I could immerse it in is a bathtub and I can't catch the water overflowing from that. Or am I being thick?
I'm no expert, but suggest you do a little research before doing any moreyeah, I wondered about that after I was halfway through. I know tarnished copper is valued in it's own right, but tarnished silver?