T100 mark on silver demitasse & saucer

Thank you for the information, @Arun !

 

Thank you all for being very welcoming. I have bad sentencing in my previous posts mostly due to auto correct on phone! I was looking around to find the purity mark of a silver utensil I was about to buy from an old foundry in South India. I chanced on this post from Google. The tea cups are lovely; although I do wonder how they held hot tea in a silver cup (very good conductor of heat)!

After I saw the questions raised in this post (which I had myself when I was told the silver was 100% pure), I took it upon myself to meet the craftsmen there to get an explanation on why it would survive a reckless owner. He explained to me in a few minutes how small utensils with less weight can be designed for strength much like corrugated metal roof sheets whose sinuous nature increases it's strength. And of course, the plain designs need higher thickness (hence weight) to be resilient.

 

I know this is an old post but was also trying to figure out 100 on silverware I have as I make jewelry from it. From what I saw 100 meant the amount of silver plating that is in it not sterling. I belong to a silverWare bending group and they all told me 100 was silver plated. The snap shot is something I also found.

 

I was just researching sold prices on Indian silver. Came upon the listing in my screenshots and of course was curious about the T100 marks. Did a google and found this old thread here. Figured I’d add to it. I don’t know if the seller tested the silver first to determine it was actually close to 100% and not just plated.Figured I’d share screenshots anyways.

 

what a strange thread to bring up

 

Hello I have a cup 100t pure silver same with the sand scrip

 

Hello I also have a cup that has same markings and am trying to sell it

 

Even stranger today.

 

take it to a silver dealer...and melt it...