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What does 90 mean on silver flatware?

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What does 90 mean on silver flatware?
On silver flatware, 90 typically means that the utensils feature silver plate. This means that their primary material is copper, pewter, nickel or another metal covered with a thin layer of real silver. On 1stDibs, find a variety of silver flatware.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
Silver 925 Cutlery Set for 12 People Signed Bruckmann Germany Late 19th Century
By Bruckmann & Söhne
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Silver 925 Cutlery set for 12 people signed Bruckmann. Germany, late 19th century. Complete for 12 people. A total of 170 pieces: 12 large kni...
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Antique Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Sterling Silver

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Silver

Art Déco Silver Cutlery Set For 12 People In Showcase by Bruckmann &Sons Germany
By Bruckmann & Söhne
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant cutlery set made of solid silver for twelve people, consisting of 140 parts, in wooden showcase. Date of manufactory: around 1920 Material: massive 800 silver + steel blades Form type: Simple, elegant design with curved handle ends with surrounding thread. Wooden Showcase: This silver cutlery set is kept in a sleek, glazed wooden showcase. Display window on the top, from the front the four drawers, which are perfectly equipped on the inside, can be opened with the button-shaped brass handles. The showcase stands on four small feet, the wooden surfaces ore shellac hand-polished. 140 Pieces: 1st drawer: 12 mocha spoons / 12 coffee spoons / 1 butter knife / 1 cheese knife / 2 salad servers / 1 sardine server / 1 soup ladle / 2 serving spoons / 1 bowl scoop 2nd drawer: 12 soup spoons / 12 dessert spoons / 1 sauce ladle / 1 meat server / 2 cake lifters / 1 butter/porridge scraper 3rd drawer: 12 starter forks / 12 dinner forks / 12 starter knives / 12 dinner knives / 1 serving fork 4th drawer: 12 dessert forks / 6 fish...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Sterling Silver

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Silver

Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière With Glass Insert, Bruckmann & Sons, Germany, 1900
By Bruckmann & Söhne
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant, festive silver vessel with a wide oval vertical wall standing on four feet attached to the lower rim, central cartouches on the front and back, supported by a surrounding, relief and openwork flower and leaf interlacing, slightly curved upper edge, two handles attached to the sides in the form of wavy ribbons pulled...
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Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Sterling Silver

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Silver

Pair of Etched Glass and Silver Pitchers by Bruckmann & Söhne
By Bruckmann & Söhne
Located in London, GB
Pair of etched glass and silver pitchers by Bruckmann & Söhne German, circa 1900 Measures: Height 33cm, width 17cm, depth 14cm The pitchers, or claret jugs, in this pair by Bruc...
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Antique Early 1900s German Rococo Glass

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Silver

Large Art Nouveau Silver Centerpiece on Columns, by Bruckmann & Sons, Germany
By Bruckmann & Söhne
Located in Vienna, AT
Representative elegant silver jardinière on oval, fluted stepped base, bordered by palmette bands, on top arranged in a lozenge four slender, fluted columns with Corinthian-like fanc...
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Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Sterling Silver

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Silver

Art Nouveau Silver Jardinière, Bruckmann & Sons for Theodor Schallmayer Germany
By Bruckmann & Söhne
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant, festive silver vessel with a wide oval body, naturalistically domed, the lower section curved and overlapping, with four protruding bars forming feet resting on the base and...
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Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Sterling Silver

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Silver

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