Silver Club Trophy

[Deleted member 24574]

Slightly odd topic but I know there are some skilled craftsmen on here so perhaps some advice.

We have a cup presented in 1949 for the club BAR that is silver. It is hall marked and feels weighty so I assume it is solid. I don't think they bothered much with plating BITD.

Anyway; there was an engraving error which we asked the engraver to fix if he could; sadly he made what I consider to be a pigs ear of it ...

He ground the engraving off then re-engraved over the ground area ... this area is "rough" and it is hard to read the engraving ....

Any tips; I am working on the premise that the best route forward is to polish the ground area back to a reasonable finish ... but I thought you lot may have some ideas ...

 

[keithglos]

If the silver is thick enough you should be able to polish the surface. Depending on how rough it is you might start with a bit of 1500 or 2000 grit wet/dry, or use a fairly aggressive polish like T cut, which would give you a smoothed look.
I used to do some glass engraving and have polished out minor problems with diamond paste, now that is hard going.
Engraving could possibly be applied to the plinth.