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#1...salt+pepper shakers.....hallmark says...

STERLING
"3-marks"
WEIGHTED

Never seen "weighted" before.



#2.....class ring says sterling but above it....it's worn but looks like....

_REED
STERLING

Any help?

Weighted just means that there is a filler in the base of the item. Most often this filler is a resin or plaster material added to the product to provide strength and correct balance. The metal is still .925 pure as would be expected.

Knife handles, candle sticks bases, compotes, S&P shakers, ect are items most often found to be "weighted"

Thanks.....now anybody got the ring question?

Probably the maker of the ring.

After looking of reed sterling....yep...a company...Reed is the company that makes all kinds of stuff for graduates...including sterling rings.

So the one I have...with no name or intials..might just be a sample ring. The only words on the ring besides reed sterling..."Public School 134"....that's it.

VERY HEAVY....!

Reminds me of Reed and Barton- another popular company in the ranks of Gorham, International, and Tiffany

Robarons wrote:Reminds me of Reed and Barton- another popular company in the ranks of Gorham, International, and Tiffany

that was my first thought too but reed and barton makes mostly silverplate if I recall correctly. Wouldn't say sterling.

Rodebaugh wrote:Weighted just means that there is a filler in the base of the item. Most often this filler is a resin or plaster material added to the product to provide strength and correct balance. The metal is still .925 pure as would be expected.

Knife handles, candle sticks bases, compotes, S&P shakers, ect are items most often found to be "weighted"

So now comes the fun part. You take a nice hammer - find a nice solid backdrop - and BEAT the nasty cement out of the salt and pepper. Get all that crap out of there and you'll find that you have about 1/10th of the weight you thought you had.

It's still fun, though.

OneBiteAtATime wrote:

Rodebaugh wrote:Weighted just means that there is a filler in the base of the item. Most often this filler is a resin or plaster material added to the product to provide strength and correct balance. The metal is still .925 pure as would be expected.

Knife handles, candle sticks bases, compotes, S&P shakers, ect are items most often found to be "weighted"

So now comes the fun part. You take a nice hammer - find a nice solid backdrop - and BEAT the nasty cement out of the salt and pepper. Get all that crap out of there and you'll find that you have about 1/10th of the weight you thought you had.

It's still fun, though.

It's easier, maybe not as fun, to just cut the silver "skin" with a drywall razor and peel the sterling off with a pair of needlenose pliers.

Wear gloves! That silver skin is sharp. It will cut you like a razor.