Sterling Silver Database
The SebastianCharles Sterling Silver Database is a free reference recording 192 flatware patterns and 53 maker's marks from 32 silver makers. Every entry lists the mark as struck, the years it was in use and the region of manufacture.
Browse by region
- American silver — 182 entries
- European silver — 40 entries
- Rest of World silver — 23 entries
Browse by maker
- Buccellati — 15 entries
- C. J. & Co. — 1 entry
- CC — 1 entry
- Christofle — 15 entries
- Conquistador — 1 entry
- Cumshing — 1 entry
- Cumwo — 1 entry
- Cutshing — 1 entry
- Damaso Gallegos — 1 entry
- Emma Melendez — 1 entry
- Enrique Ledesma — 1 entry
- Fred Davis — 1 entry
- Gorham — 51 entries
- Hoaching — 1 entry
- Houcheong — 1 entry
- Hubert Harmon — 1 entry
- Hung Chong — 1 entry
- J. Flores — 1 entry
- JF — 1 entry
- Jose Luis Flores — 1 entry
- KH — 1 entry
- Khecheong — 1 entry
- La Cucaracha — 1 entry
- Manchester Silver Co. — 2 entries
- Puiforcat — 10 entries
- Rafael Dominguez — 1 entry
- Salvador De La Serna — 1 entry
- Stieff — 37 entries
- Tiffany & Co. — 33 entries
- Towle Silversmiths — 10 entries
- Victor Jaimez — 1 entry
- Whiting — 49 entries
How do I identify a sterling silver mark?
Sterling silver is normally marked on the reverse of a flatware handle or the underside of a hollowware piece. Look for a maker's mark, the word STERLING or the number 925, and — on English and Continental silver — an assay or date letter. Match what you find against the maker pages above, or use the Silver ID tool to filter by region, era and mark type.
What is my sterling silver worth?
SebastianCharles Auctions catalogues and sells sterling silver at auction from our gallery at 5263 Edina Industrial Blvd, Edina, Minnesota. Value depends on the individual piece and its condition, and on the number of place settings in a flatware service. Send photographs of the mark and the piece for a free auction estimate, or call (612) 280-1377. Formal written appraisals are billed hourly from $150, with most reports delivered within two weeks.