2 Hallmark Questions

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

#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?

[Rodebaugh]

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"

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

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

[scrapman1077]

Probably the maker of the ring.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

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....!

[Robarons]

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

[avidbrandy]

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.

[OneBiteAtATime]

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.

[Thogey]

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.