Silver or not Silver?

[Gary]

My wife was gonna give these two plates to someone and I told her to wait till I see if they are silver or not.Well Pappy I'm not sure and was hoping there was an easy way to tell.I do know they are non-magnetic and seem a little heavy.One looks a little more silvery than the other which has a slight golden hue.

[Yardog]

It sure looks like Silver, are there any marking on the back? Gotta be. (I Hope)

[Gary]

Nope Dog,none at all?

[bigbillinsc]

the golden hue is the natural oxidation of silver. so is the black. they look sterling to me.

[Yardog]

You might want to go and have it checked by someone then, sure looks like Silver to me.

[EBCIII]

I would hang on to them for now. Take them to a jewelers that has a silver testing kit and have them tested. If then ya want to sell the silver and wght of plates could bring you good money, Beale.

[smudger]

the one with the slight gold hue in my opinion is probably silver plated ( base metal coated in silver ).With the absence of hall marks the two of the are probably not silver.

[creekrat]

clean them up and see with silver cleaner or baking soda,peroxide....creek

[PAPPY]

Gary, if they do not have any hallmarks...I doubt that they are Silver. Both are probably silver plated.You may want to take them to a jeweler and have him test them with a drop of nitric acid and potassium-dichromate.