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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 106725, member: 111&quot;]With all due respect, the two-tower mark was an indicator of silverplate on any base metal, whether brass, copper, nickel silver, or whatever - and on most flatware and a good deal of the holloware, the base metal was nickel silver because the the color after wear would still be white, though a slightly different tone.&nbsp; After the pics of the Empire salt spoon, which I can assure you is silverplate on nickel silver, have posted a clip from a 1914 Danish catalog, showing &#039;English Plateware&#039;, noting that it&#039;s stamped with the 2-tower mark and has a white metal base; and a screen-shot of a strawberry spoon in the same Empire pattern as the salt spoon, noted in the description as stamped &#039;N.S.1. + 2 tårne&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>As said, pictures can be deceptive, but what I see in your before pics, is the yellowish tone and dull oxidation that is typical of nickel silver, with a few areas of silverplating in the cooler silver tone - the after shots, appear to show the same yellowish tone with perhaps a very slight bit of plating remaining after &#039;hefty cleaning&#039; with steel wool.&nbsp; Still frustrated at not being able to make out the mark on the left, but might also wonder why, since it lacks &#039;traditional&#039; marks, you&#039;re sure this spoon is even Danish rather than perhaps Norwegian (was there a clue in the engraving?)...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26895[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26896[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26897[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26898[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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