Talk:Britannia silver
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This is 23 karat (23 carat), isn't it? Why isn't that mentioned? Why just the decimal approximation? Gene Nygaard 22:22, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
- The carat system is never used for silver, only applied to gold and platinum. Carat article needs to say that. --mervyn 07:43, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
- The weight fraction of silver was a unit pound, divided into 12 ounces of 20 pennyweight (dwt). English silver coins like the shilling were minted either at 11 oz, or 11 oz 2 dwt. The fineness here is 11 oz 10 dwt. Note also that the carat is four grains, even by fineness. See eg "Measures, Weights, and Moneys if All Nations" by W.S.B.Woolhouse (1891).--Wendy.krieger (talk) 10:12, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
Setting up WikiProject Silverware?[edit]
Would anyone be interested in helping to set up a WikiProject Silverware? I'm interested in salvers, coffee pots, jugs, candlesticks, famous silversmiths, different styles, etc. Thanks. Girlwithgreeneyes (talk) 11:31, 3 April 2012 (UTC)