[sammysmom]

I found a spoon in a box of my grandmother's possessions. It was so tarnished it was black. I polished it up and there is absolutely no mark of any maker, or what it is. It is 5 1/8" total length. Almost looks like a child's spoon. It has a rose pattern on the handle. My grandma was born in 1884 and died 1968. Her children were born in the 1908-1913 time, if this was a child's spoon. I don't know what to think about it since it has no mark, but is made of something that tarnishes. Any ideas?

[kathyp1]

Hi silver plate and silver tarnish but good silver can be cleaned up , if there are no marks chances are it is plate, sometimes they have very small marks depending on where this was made - so you would need to look carefully with a magnifying glass if you can, as over polishing can partially erase some of the marks