The Rogers Bros. silverware is silver plated flatware. IS means your set was made after Rogers Bros. was acquired by International Silver Company, around 1898.
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Plated.
1847 is the year Rogers Bros. was founded and is part their hallmark; it is not the year your flatware was manufactured. The IS (International Silver) stamp indicates you have silver plated flatware manufactured after 1898.
Silverplate has no scrap value.
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What percentage of silver is Rogers&bro silverware
If it is sterling it will be imprinted on the piece. Otherwise it is silver plate. Most Rogers Brothers is silver plate.
Sterling means that an item is solid silver of a certain quality, not plated.
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All Rogers items made in the 1881 line are plated. 1881 is the name of a group of silverware patterns, not the year it was made. Rogers did not make any sterling items in the 1881 pattern group.
coated with silver 3 times but still only silver plated !
its silver plated...unless it says sterling on it. this company was known for making silver plated sets.
sterling I have a set of Wm Rogers & Son AA in front of me and it is definitely silverplate. So it is not necessarily sterling.
98% probability that it's silver plated, here's how to check: Wm Rogers is an American brand, and all solid silver flatware made in America after 1870 will say ".925" or "Sterling" on it. If you don't see either of these it's silverplated.
Sterling silver silverware can be found at many antique shops. Pawn shops, estate sales and even rummage sales frequently have sterling silver silverware.
Rogers made lots of silver plated items during the 20th century and most are not very valuable. They also made some sterling silver items, and these are more valuable. If your salt dip set is sterling silver, it will be marked clearly with the word Sterling. If this word is not on the salt dip, the spoon and anything else, it is silver plated.
Sheridan silver is copper plated with silver.