Hi all
Any info would be appreciated. Was given this looks like a cake server. I wondered where its from and if its worth anything. I can make out a hallmark that looks like a key followed by a lion? then a blokes head. also can make out the number 834
Im gonna try uploading pics pls excuse if it doesnt work
charlie
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Hi Charlie,
Thanks for joining us on silver-collector.com.
Your item certainly looks like a cake server to me, but it would help if you could take a close up photograph of the marks so that we could give you an idea of age.
Best regards
Daniel Franks
i shall have to get a friend that has a beeter camera then me to take close up
thanks in advance
german or dutch cake slicer - made about 1900 in the best case - looks like " HANAU" silver- rather often with so called fantasy hallmarks imitating french marks
anyone have a rough idea of its possible value?
please?
20 pounds max
I think it may be a little rash to call them faux marks without a better picture! We really need better pics to be sure.
Daniel
When it comes to value, be careful about relying on the wildly optimistic asking prices you see online, particularly by the aggregators, companies that aren’t actually auction houses, but are just linking to the actual sellers - 1stDibs, Chairish, Mynt, Bidhaus, etc. A lot of legitimate antique dealers do the same thing - they list an item for “stupid money,” hoping for lightning to strike. The stuff stays on their shelves for years.
In this case, even at today’s rather lofty spot price for silver, the melt value of this pie server is no more than $160 (78 grams at .833 purity). And things like this, when they come up for actual auction, are routinely hammering for quite a bit less than melt value these days.