what does it mean if the silverware from W M Rodgers has 817
Epsl in the back of silverware mean the name of the company that made it. Epsl stands for international silver.
84% pure silver
If you mean top speed. Bugatti Veyron 407 kmph (252 mph) Bugatti Veyron Supersport 431 kph (267 mph) Bugatti EB110 343 kmph (213 mph)
That it is 99.6% pure silver.
just the name of the founder
it was a guys last name
OVB is not a cooking term, but is a brand of silverware.
That is the symbol for Gorham silver. Perhaps you found Patent 1895 on the back of silverware.
I'm not for sure but, i think it's rather how much iron or how much oxygen was used to create the silverware. That or that's how many electrons there are on the metal.
The Roman numeral XX represents the number 20.
It is probably IS (International Silver) and just hard to read.