Featured Continental German Silver Bowl

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  1. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    I love it, but it's proving tricky to clean. Especially those wavy decorations. How the hell do you get in there to rub out the tarnish!?

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    Would also like to know if this bowl has a specific name or purpose? It's about 3-4 inches high, has a foot (as you can see in pictures) and is about 8-9 inches in diameter.
     
    Shangas, Mar 22, 2018
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  4. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    I used Brasso to give the bowl its final clean-up and shine. It's looking pretty good now!
     
    Shangas, Mar 22, 2018
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  5. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    OH HEAVENS! ! !
    Shades of Deep Sea:jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop:
     
    clutteredcloset49, Mar 22, 2018
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  6. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Sorry - bad memories for many of us old boardies who came from the other place.

    Please do not use Brasso to clean silver. There are other better cleaners.
     
    clutteredcloset49, Mar 22, 2018
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  7. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    I normally don't use Brasso, but the stuff I usually use was not yielding any sort of results on the really hard to clean areas.
     
    Shangas, Mar 22, 2018
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  8. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    This is about as good as the polishing is going to get, for the time-being...

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    Compare with previous...

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    Shangas, Mar 22, 2018
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  9. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    I use a red rouge powder to deep polish sterling, do not use on silver plate.
    greg
     
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  10. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    Thanks! As you can see from the photos in my previous posting, there's still some niggling areas which need cleaning. I'm not sure how the hell to get in there...
     
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  11. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Household Ammonia on a cotton bud, have ventilation to stop it irritating your eyes.
     
    daveydempsey, Mar 22, 2018
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  12. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    What effect will the ammonia have, pardon my ignorance...?
     
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  13. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    It will clean the tarnish off.
    The bud will be black.
     
    daveydempsey, Mar 22, 2018
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  14. Shangas

    Shangas Underage Antiques Collector and Historian

    Righto. I'll see if I can get my hands on some of it.
     
    Shangas, Mar 22, 2018
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  15. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    It should be a couple of Dollars for a half litre.
    I`ve used it for years.
    Look at these two silver coins, took me me 2 minutes including photo`s.
    I`m not advocating cleaning coins, but it does not matter with these two.

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    daveydempsey, Mar 22, 2018
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  16. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Ammonia is a component of most silver polish. The good thing is, it does not have any abrasive junk like silver polish often has.
     
    Any Jewelry, Mar 22, 2018
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  17. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    It can be used as a component in the production of crystal meth too :rolleyes:
     
    daveydempsey, Mar 22, 2018
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  18. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Silver is wonderful, high on crystal meth and still looking beautiful.:hilarious:
     
    Any Jewelry, Mar 22, 2018
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  19. Caribou's House

    Caribou's House Well-Known Member

    Why does that bowl give me the craving for ice cream?
     
    Caribou's House, Mar 22, 2018
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  20. yourturntoloveit

    yourturntoloveit Well-Known Member

    I would not be eating ice cream out of it.

    Why not?

    Because there are too many crevices in that bowl for the ice cream to hide in.:rolleyes: :hilarious:
    ;)
     
    yourturntoloveit, Mar 22, 2018
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