Hohoho Treasure Hunting Thursdays: There's A Undercover Inwards These Spoons
I've decided to devote Th weblog posts to treasure hunting. If you're familiar alongside my weblog yous in all likelihood figured out correct away that treasure hunting for me way thrift store shopping, flea markets, used majority sales, the occasional auction or estate sale, as well as fifty-fifty eBay finds. Yay!
So from at nowadays on I am going to endeavor to larn far a shout out for to reserve Th weblog posts for sharing my most awesome finds as well as treasure hunting tips as well as adventures. Of course, non all treasure hunting days are a win, but there's ever something practiced inward every day; interesting as well as funny things I honor along the way, as well as then I volition percentage those things here. And I desire to necessitate heed virtually your ain treasure hunting travels too! So delight go certain to larn out comments after the post, as well as produce percentage alongside us your best as well as most interesting treasure hunting finds. More virtually the spoons pictured higher upward inward a lilliputian bit...but first...
This past times weekend nosotros had our start snowfall tempest of wintertime (finally!) We got over thirty inches of snow!
This was the thought looking into my front end yard during the storm. It looks similar powdered sugar!
I had my daughters for the weekend as well as nosotros planned to gear upward as well as bake lots of neat things. These were what everyone wanted: Elephant Ear Cookies! I hadn't brand them for a long fourth dimension as well as I retrieve they disappeared instantly! I'll shipping service the recipe inward the adjacent twenty-four lx minutes menstruum or two. If you've never had them you're missing out, because they are an amazing combination of cinnamon as well as saccharide mixed alongside a yeast dough pastry, as well as the texture is merely out of this world! So larn a pack of yeast as well as some parchment newspaper for baking as well as cheque dorsum inward a twenty-four lx minutes menstruum or 2 for the recipe. (find it here)
During the tempest I constitute Sam asleep on occur of a tall bookcase inward my workshop. My cats follow me some all twenty-four lx minutes menstruum as well as dearest to hang out alongside me when I'm working inward my workshop. I merely dearest how he covers his human face upward alongside his paw when he sleeps :)
Now dorsum to those spoons...
Here they are. Five of them. Ornate handles. Perfect for making into jewelry. Or are they?
I bought these spoons inward an eBay auction that was a box lot of perchance 15-20 pieces of diverse patterned silverplated spoons as well as forks for virtually $10.00. I bought them a long fourth dimension agone as well as stashed them away. Then later on pulled them out to perchance brand them into some jewelry. But on closer inspection...
I constitute they were corporation sterling silver! Wow! I had no idea, as well as plainly neither did the somebody who sold them to me. I'm guessing they didn't bother to cheque the marks on the backs of the spoons.
They are marked "International Sterling". "International" is the manufacturer name, as well as "Sterling" is well, sterling silver. Flatware cannot go marked "sterling" unless it is corporation sterling silver. Any other flatware is silvery plated, money silver, or if its modern, is most probable stainless steel. Also, merely for a fleck of trivia, at that spot is no such matter every bit "sterling silvery plated" because something cannot go marked sterling unless it is sold sterling silvery through as well as through.
The value of these 5 spoons? Around $200.00!
Lesson for the day: if you're selling something, ever cheque start to brand certain it non a valuable antique. Same goes for if yous are going to work something that is quondam every bit a arts and crafts material!
Do yous bring a treasure even to tell?
Please percentage it alongside us past times leaving a comment below!
Enjoy the residue of your week!
Love, Laura
