Blaze & Daze

[curious2garden]

how many times did you get your fingers slammed in the door from your brothers and sisters like i did?
That’s what i remember about our station wagon.

My mom did by my dad and I laughed, blood never bothered me. I felt sorry for her but it all appeared so comical when you're trained by those violent cartoons at least that's what the relatives said.

 

[curious2garden]

Good morning.

Support that sentiment with facts!

My face is running there's so much pollen

 

[Laughing Grass]

Support that sentiment with facts!

My face is running there's so much pollen

Rosanna's is a mess too... and it's not even May.

 

[hillbill]

Support that sentiment with facts!

My face is running there's so much pollen

My face ran all day a few days ago, tree sex

 

[curious2garden]

My face ran all day a few days ago, tree sex

As if it wasn't running enough now I spewed coffee on my keyboard LOL

 

[Metasynth]

Any hallmarks or imprints other than the monogram on the silver? Usually solid not plated is often marked. Does it bend easy or is any of it flaking? You could cut into a section.

I bent a smaller spoon till it broke, no flaking, and very silver looking metal on the inside where it isn’t tarnished. Every piece has 3 small marks on the other side, but they don’t actually look like anything really. I can take a picture of them.

The story that came with them is that the are Austrian-Hungarian and date between 1886 and 1922 and supposedly .800 silver purity, but I have no idea if any of that is true. My grandfather did come from Hungary before WW2, that much is true.

 

[shnkrmn]

how many times did you get your fingers slammed in the door from your brothers and sisters like i did?
That’s what i remember about our station wagon.

My mom did it to me. The door latched and my middle finger got caught then the door didn't want to unlatch. Finger never healed straight lol. Good times.

 

[shnkrmn]

I bent a smaller spoon till it broke, no flaking, and very silver looking metal on the inside where it isn’t tarnished. Every piece has 3 small marks on the other side, but they don’t actually look like anything really. I can take a picture of them.

The story that came with them is that the are Austrian-Hungarian and date between 1886 and 1922 and supposedly .800 silver purity, but I have no idea if any of that is true. My grandfather did come from Hungary before WW2, that much is true.

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They are worth the silver weight no more

 

[Metasynth]

They are worth the silver weight no more

That is what I was assuming, I was gonna scrap it, I have like 10 pounds of it

I’m just hoping they actually are silver, lol

 

[curious2garden]

That is what I was assuming, I was gonna scrap it, I have like 10 pounds of it

I’m just hoping they actually are silver, lol

I have all my mothers sterling. It's either clean or scrap. Let me know if you get a good price so I can continue my procrastinating!

 

[Rsawr]

I have my mom's silver too. Guys, we should clearly just have a tea party where the one guy who has the swords does us a cool dance...

 

[raratt]

Silver Fineness Marks: numbers, symbols, alphabet letters

The marks used to certify the level of silver purity degree are the corresponding number, a number and one or more letters, a symbol or a mix of symbol/number/letter. This page is a wordwide overview of silver fineness marks presented in 'The What is? Silver Dictionary' of www.silvercollection.it

www.silvercollection.it

 

[Laughing Grass]

I bent a smaller spoon till it broke, no flaking, and very silver looking metal on the inside where it isn’t tarnished. Every piece has 3 small marks on the other side, but they don’t actually look like anything really. I can take a picture of them.

The story that came with them is that the are Austrian-Hungarian and date between 1886 and 1922 and supposedly .800 silver purity, but I have no idea if any of that is true. My grandfather did come from Hungary before WW2, that much is true.

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The hallmark on the left looks like sheffield rose. Is the middle one a crown?

 

[Metasynth]

The hallmark on the left looks like sheffield rose. Is the middle one a crown?

The middle one looks almost like a tiny mountain range. Please, internet sleuth away! Haha

 

[BarnBuster]

Where is "Antiques Roadshow:UK edition" when we need it.

 

[BarnBuster]

The middle one looks almost like a tiny mountain range. Please, internet sleuth away! Haha

Could it be a castle?

 

[Metasynth]

Could it be a castle?

Not sure, it’s really indistinct. I took my 60x jewelers loupe to it, and it still doesn’t have much definition. But all the pieces are stamped

 

[BarnBuster]

Could the rose be the image on the right with some wear?

 

[Laughing Grass]

Could the rose be the image on the right with some wear?
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Well there you go!

 

[Metasynth]

@Laughing Grass you’re amazing. You made me think to type in “Austrian rose silver hallmark” and I fucking found it! The rose is this! I just confirmed with my jewelers loupe. The head is of Diana, is has a little 3 that denotes it’s .800 silver, and a ‘p’ on the right side that stand for “pest” from Budapest. You fucking beautiful genius you!