Sterling Silver Database
The SebastianCharles Sterling Silver Database is a free reference recording 172 flatware patterns and 87 maker's marks from 52 silver makers. Mark entries describe stamped characteristics. Pattern entries list dealer reference codes, not stamped marks. Entries include known periods and the region of manufacture.
Browse by region
- American silver — 190 entries
- European silver — 42 entries
- Rest of World silver — 27 entries
Browse by maker
- Alvin — 2 entries
- Antonio Pineda — 1 entry
- Buccellati — 18 entries
- C. J. & Co. — 1 entry
- CC — 1 entry
- Christofle — 12 entries
- Conquistador — 1 entry
- Cumshing — 1 entry
- Cumwo — 1 entry
- Cutshing — 1 entry
- Dominick & Haff — 3 entries
- Durgin — 2 entries
- Emma Melendez — 1 entry
- Enrique Ledesma — 1 entry
- Frank Smith — 3 entries
- Fred Davis — 1 entry
- Georg Jensen — 9 entries
- Gorham — 35 entries
- Hector Aguilar — 1 entry
- Hoaching — 1 entry
- Houcheong — 1 entry
- Hubert Harmon — 1 entry
- Hung Chong — 1 entry
- International Silver Co. — 4 entries
- J. Flores — 1 entry
- JF — 1 entry
- Jose Luis Flores — 1 entry
- KH — 1 entry
- Kalo Shop — 2 entries
- Khecheong — 1 entry
- La Cucaracha — 1 entry
- Los Castillo — 1 entry
- Lunt Silversmiths — 4 entries
- Manchester Silver Co. — 1 entry
- Margot de Taxco — 1 entry
- Oneida (Heirloom Sterling) — 4 entries
- Puiforcat — 3 entries
- Rafael Dominguez — 1 entry
- Reed & Barton — 6 entries
- Salvador De La Serna — 1 entry
- Samuel Kirk & Son — 3 entries
- Shreve & Co. — 2 entries
- Stieff — 22 entries
- Tiffany & Co. — 30 entries
- Towle Silversmiths — 8 entries
- Unger Bros. — 1 entry
- Victor Jaimez — 1 entry
- Wallace — 6 entries
- Westmorland — 3 entries
- Whiting — 48 entries
- William Spratling — 1 entry
- Wm. B. Kerr & Co. — 1 entry
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.