Hi, I'm Ursula Ganon with Ganon's Antiques and Art in Fort Myers, Florida. And today I want to try to show you how you can tell if something is sterling silver or not. What I have here is a beautiful, beautiful, extraordinary example. This is a covered vase, a urn-shaped, classic form. It has serpent handles and four horned mask faces here. And it's so beautiful and it's like, okay, is this sterling silver? Is it silver plate? What is it? Well, the first thing to do when you're thinking about is your piece sterling silver or not? It's to look for any marks you might find. And on this particular piece, I found a set of hallmarks. It tells me that it's English. What there are is a hallmark of a lion. There's a hallmark of a leopard head. And there's a hallmark of a letter Q. And then there's one more hallmark with a W, W, and a little ampersand sign in a clover leaf. What these hallmarks mean is they will tell me everything that I need to know about this piece. First, it tells me that the leopard head and the lion tell me that it is indeed sterling silver and it was made in London. That's what the leopard head is, that it's London. And then the Q is the date letter. So I can look in a book that I have and find out the different date letters series. And I find out that the Q is for 1911. That's when they use that number. And now I know that it was made in London. It is sterling silver and it was made in 1911. And then the W and W in the little clover leaf is for wakely and wheeler. And they were silversmiths based out of London. So everything falls perfectly in place. So now I know everything to know. And in this particular case, there happens to be one more piece of information. Upon careful inspection, I saw on the bottom, there was a little label that said, Made for Tiffany, England. So now again, England reinforces the hallmarks that we had seen and made for Tiffany. Looking at this piece, you know that it is a fantastic piece, great quality. And of course, a retailer as famous as Tiffany would want something of this quality in their store. So that was a little bonus that we found. If you're wondering if something is sterling silver or not, maybe we can help you. You can go to our website. You can contact me or you can subscribe to this YouTube channel. And we'll try to give you more helpful tips.