The International Silver Company 4819 is typically a mark found on silver-plated items rather than solid sterling silver. While the company has produced sterling silver pieces, the presence of "4819" generally indicates a silverplate designation. To confirm whether a specific piece is sterling, one should look for a "sterling" or "925" stamp on the item.
International Silver is, as far as I can tell, a brand owned by the Lifetime Sterling company, and is sterling silver, which is real silver but not pure silver.
A spoon marked "International Deep Silver" is typically silver plate rather than sterling silver. International Silver Company produced silver-plated items under this brand, indicating that the spoon has a base metal with a thin layer of silver applied to it. In contrast, sterling silver is made of 92.5% pure silver and is usually marked with "sterling" or "925."
If the piece is stamped "sterling," or "925," then it is real sterling. If it's stamped "IS," the initials stand for "International Silver" Company, an American company founded in 1898 from a conglomeration of smaller companies that specialized in silver plated tableware. IS, or International Silver, only has a thin (.20 mm) layer of sterling silver over a base metal core. It has no melt value.
99.99% of the time it is Plated, once again it is not silver. the only flatware that is made of silver will say on it somewhere STERLING
meriden b company is a sterling silver (hallowware) manufacturing company that made sterling silver pieces. They were established in the 1800's Can you always trust the 'sterling' mark on this company's silver?
The "IS" stamp on a silver spoon likely stands for International Silver Co, which was a prominent American silver manufacturer. The stamp helps to identify the manufacturer of the spoon and can also sometimes indicate the silver content of the piece.
The stands for "International" as in "International Silver.
Do these two silverware companies use sterling silver or silverplate: Internationl & co., and Imperial.
No. By international standards all silver stamped "sterling silver" is 92.5% silver and 8.5% other metal(s).
no it means international silver
Silver plated or sterling silver. ?? I'm not even sure which it is. Should there be a mark to indicate sterling silver?
"Sterling silver" refers to the purity of a particular silver object - specifically, sterling silver is 92.5% silver.