Bidspirit auction | Antique Polish Warsaw BM Silver-Plated

Antique Polish Warsaw BM Silver-Plated Ladle Buch Wola Factory Plewkiewicz & Schiffers, L 13” - Marked ”BM” ”GALW.” ”Plewkiewicz” BM stands for Biały Metal which was a metal alloy invented by the Fraget Company. Biały Metal means White Metal which suggested that it has similar color to silver and if silverplate gets rubbed it will not be so visible This is a Hollow Ware Warsaw silver plated item, made at the beginning of the 20th Century in the factories operated in the Russian Empire by Bros. Henneberg, Bros. Buch, Wola Factory, Plewkiewicz & Schiffers Has a break at the join of the Handle to the Bowl - see last photo - but quite stable and solid Length approx. 33 cm or 13” Diameter of Bowl part approx. 8.8 cm or 3 1/2” Weight approx. 215 g