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Spoon WM Rogers Mfg Co IS | Sterling Silver164 of 957 |  |  |
Posted 4 months ago
vscience
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I found this pretty serving spoon today. It has a lot of patina on it. Back of it is stamped Wm Rogers Mfg Co IS . It has a double rose pattern on front. I can't discern if it is silver plated or sterling. Any guesses? Thx
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The IS stands for International Silver, which the Rogers company became a part of in 1898.
yes, I agree with amandabuns. Any time you see IS it means silver plated, but that doesn't mean it isn't a nice spoon. Sometimes I have a hard time deciding whether to leave it in the "patina" state, or to polish it. I happen to like that old look.
sorry, "most of the time it means silver plate." Yours is silver plated.
INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO - Meriden, CT
Incorporated in 1898. Among the many indipendent companies which became part of The International Silver Company are: Barbour Silver Co, Derby Silver Co, Meriden Britannia Co, Middletown Plate Co, W. Rogers Mfg.Co.Ltd, Rogers & Bro, Rogers,Smith & Co, Watrous Mfg.Co., Webster & Son, Wilcox Britannia Co, William Rogers Mfg Co and many others.
check this link out to see the different between their sterling and silver plate marks! Enjoy!!
http://www.silvercollection.it/AMERICANSILVERMARKSIJ.html
I only had a few minutes to look but I believe the name of your pattern is, "Louisiane" if you check the link below closely you will find the pattern. It is a great site for searching sterling and silver plate flatware.
http://www.sterlingflatwarefashions.com/SPPatterns/WmRogers4.html
Looks like you can date this spoon to c. 1938.