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soonenough1111
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My wife inherited a silver or silver plate chaffing dish manufactured by Gorham in 1890. Uncertain whether piece is silver or silver plate as marking indicates only that it is 'silver soldered'; the piece is numbered '0495' on both the food pan and the water pan. We wish to establish a value for insurance purposes. Have been able to identify piece by markings but have not been successful in finding it in any price guides, (have checked every one available at the local library, which is small). Is anyone familiar with a publication or source that would indicate some semblence of a fair market value? I am not a regular subscriber to this group so please e-mail directly with any information. Thank you in advance. Doc
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IRay
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I have emailed 'Doc' with info on how to get the sort of formal appraisal that is required for insurance purposes.
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Housseinafghani
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'silver soldered' simply means that all attachments to the body of the piece have hard (silver) soldered. It is Not an indication of the silver content. This most always means the piece is of a base metal plated with fine silver. Examples are bowl bases to the body, handles to the body, finials, and applied borders and decoration. Since the melting temperature of hard silver solder is so high the piece would need to have been made of nickle, copper, brass, or (rarely) steel. Brittania metal would simply melt under such high heat.
J.Waggener ~ Silversmith Norfolk, Virginia
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