Featured Silver(plate) Cups

Discussion in 'Silver' started by Marote, Jul 20, 2024.

  1. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    Bought these cups today
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    First one's Alpaca (by Lutz & Weiss), so not silver right?
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    2nd is by Presburg & Zoon, 925 silver, Gouda, date letter (f) seems to be for 1990
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    3rd (engraving with 1924) & 4th Christofle (engraving with 37),
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Right. Alpacca (double c, otherwise it is an animal:)) is a nickel alloy.
    Known across the pond as 'German silver'. Very confusing when you are trying to find genuine German silver (why do people do this?!:arghh:).
     
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  3. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    Oops :rolleyes:
    The Alpacca was kicked by an Alpaca, as it has a few dents... :(
     
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  4. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    The shiny version of the cups
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    And one of the Christofles has a gold-coloured bit
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    any thoughts on that?

    If I'm not mistaken, the Christofle mark with CC is the one they used from 1844 to 1935.
    What do the other numbers mean?
    On this site: https://sarasotaantiquebuyers.com/christofle-silver-plate-marks/ they say
    "A number referring to the piece number in the production line"
    "A number representing the silver content, with each digit in a separate box"
    And show this example:
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    But one of my Christofles has just 1 boxed number, and the other one does have digits in two separate boxes, but they are on separate lines.

    Here https://www.silvercollection.it/ASCASCHRISTOFLEMARKS.html they say
    "In the same year (1860) another more serious change in marking the production year took place. Now instead of a lozenge-shaped box, a rectangular box was used"
    Would that date the one with just the 6 to 1906? And how about the other, that has an 8 and a 67? 1908 with 67% silver content?
     
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  5. Marote

    Marote Well-Known Member

    @DragonflyWink, can you tell me more about the Christofle marks? Is my interpretation of the marks correct?
     
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