No. Why? it,s just silver painted metal
Yes
Yes
It could be either...depends on the fork.
The word "plate" is the answer. Community Plate is silver plated and has no silver value but many of the patterns have a collectible value. There is a link in the related links with a list of some of the more popuular Community patterns with links to replacement values.
Nickel Silver
The Oneida is a company that creates Silver Holloware & Flatware. I actually have a fork from the onedia community, so I know they specialize in Silver Plates Flatware and Holloware. So I would think par plate would mean Silver Plate.
You can expect to pay about $30-40 for a dinner fork, salad fork, knife and spoon making a place setting for 4 (16 Pieces) about $125 or so if you shop around...
o speed up the particles of the silver fork you could hang onto it (your body temperature is higher than the temperature of the fork) so you will cause the warmer particle movement from your hand to heat up the fork.
Nevada d & a silver fork with initials IHW
Community Silver is a brand of silverware that was manufactured several years ago. Products stamped with Community Silver are considered antique.
The IS on Wm Rogers Silverware stands for International Silver.
The medical term for "silver fork deformity" is "colles fracture." It refers to a specific type of wrist fracture where the bone breaks near the wrist joint, resulting in a characteristic appearance resembling the shape of a silver fork.