Solid Silver Ellis-Barker and NO HALLMARKS??!!

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@paulh

Back in the 1970s I worked in a shop which sold Barker Ellis silverware, including pieces such as yours. They were described as sweet dishes and were without exception, silver plated. I am 99% sure that your piece is silver plated on a copper base. The surface of the dish in the first picture looks to be consistent with silver plate.

I think that you need a second opinion other than that of your jeweller. Barker Ellis did plate to a very high standard. If I remember correctly to a minimum of 50 microns. It is possible that the test was not good enough to give a conclusive result. Alternatively, take them back to the jeweller who tested them as silver and ask him to buy them off you as such

Barker and Ellis seem to have several marks on their silver plate --do we know what their significance is—pine apple—gate—ms----jewish candle stick