Picked this tray up at the thrift thinking I might have gotten lucky, alas I have learned it is just silver plate. For what it’s worth, it measures 9”x6.5” and is 1.75” tall, weighing in at 444 grams. I’m having trouble learning what the markings are. We have the normal crescent hallmarks that aren’t boxed in nor does it say Crescent. Underneath the markings it seems to say 139A with another indistinguishable mark before the 139A. Any help with dates or meaning would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Thank you but I had figured out that it was crescent on my own. I’m looking for information on what the other markings may mean and a date, if at all possible.
Crescent Silverware Mfg. Co., Inc., was founded in New York City in 1922 and moved to Port Jervis, New York, in 1939. The company specialized in silver-plated hollow ware, chrome-plated items, and pewter. The company ceased operations after it was bought by Samuel Kirk & Son, in 1977 but its products remain popular in the vintage market.
Apart from the C you’ve got a dragon and a rooster. In previous posts on the same question on this forum we had speculated this might be to tap into the early drink tray craze for Chinese. It appeared on a cocktail shaker last time and we speculated about the rooster being a play on words.
SPC means silverplate over copper.
If you show us the entire tray, style will narrow down the dates more. But as the mark usage was consistent throughout its various reiterations anything we said now would constitute a guess.
Or if you prefer a shot in the dark.
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Okay. So you have bought half, probably the bottom half of an entree dish. I guess you could go back to the Thift and see if they have the lid somewhere as while the bottom is vaguely useful without a lid the lid is entirely useless without something to put it on. Which you have.
On the other hand probably the reason it was donated to the thrift store in the first place is the lid had taken off on a separate adventure with someone else. Lids do that.
The design is classic late Georgian so I was wrong, style doesn’t help us with a date. And I am shooting in the dark but probably 1950’s rather than pre-war.
Oh and if you do find a lid, make sure it has a handle. They too are detachable.
Meanwhile it is the ideal dish for a a veg’ or dessert. But be careful dumping anything eggy in it. The sulphur will give you an afternoon of cleaning it.
Attached is a pair of what it would perhaps look like. These days a solid silver pair like this cost rather a lot as they are very heavy silver content.
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Perhaps this is the pattern number.
https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/4342326891/vintage-silver-plate-double-server-by
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