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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9502067, member: 111"]Would say that a 'Silver Soldered' mark is most often found on restaurant/hotelware, by various makers well into the 20th century, appearing in advertising as well, along with 'Hard Soldered', an indication of the extra strength required for commercial use. Tiffany claimed they were the first to use only hard solder on their silverplate, regardless of the intended market, and Gorham, who started producing very high quality electroplate in 1865 (Tiffany one of their early retailers), also started stamping 'Silver Soldered' on their silverplate in the 1870s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a page on electroplate from Carpenter's 'Tiffany Silver' (1978):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]449390[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9502067, member: 111"]Would say that a 'Silver Soldered' mark is most often found on restaurant/hotelware, by various makers well into the 20th century, appearing in advertising as well, along with 'Hard Soldered', an indication of the extra strength required for commercial use. Tiffany claimed they were the first to use only hard solder on their silverplate, regardless of the intended market, and Gorham, who started producing very high quality electroplate in 1865 (Tiffany one of their early retailers), also started stamping 'Silver Soldered' on their silverplate in the 1870s. Here is a page on electroplate from Carpenter's 'Tiffany Silver' (1978): [ATTACH=full]449390[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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