Sterling Silver Sugar Nips and Thistle Fork Set
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- Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- Adams, George (London) - silver, maker or retailer 76
- Deakin, James & Son - silver, maker or retailer 70
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silver cutlery / flatware, patterns
- Old English pattern 505
- shell pattern 221
- sugar tongs and nips - silver items 369
- table / dinner forks - silver items 99
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