ZAK’s General Grading Rubric for Spoons May also be applied to Ladles 909-674-7001 questions | Plate | Surface Detail | Form / shape |
Best Mint Outstanding | The plate exhibits NO wear or loss. | Surface pattern is clear and well defined | Original shape and form are present-the rim of the spoon is well defined and exhibits original dimension. |
Excellent | There is no loss or the spot is smaller than 1/8” in diameter. | Surface detail is well defined re-plating of the surface may reduce contrast | Original shape is intact. |
Good and presentable for 100+ | Spoons may have a wear spot where the pieces rest on the table. The wear is less than 1/4 inch diameter on the back bowl of a spoon. | Minor definition or loss of definition | There may be some minor shape wear on the outer spoon rim is worn in depth but retains good overall shape of the bowl. |
Functional Usable | The item may exhibit plate wear on the area where it rests on the table by more than 1/4 inch diameter. | May exhibit some minor loss of pattern definition, acceptable for age. | Spoons may have minor loss of bowl rim but are still very functional. Shape loss does not exceed 1/16” range. |
Crafty | The plate wear is excessive and may be present both front and back and may exhibit pitting. | Definition of pattern exhibits wear, may have pitting or deep scratches. | Shape of spoon bowl is out of round the rim of the bowl is worn on one or more side. (beyond 9-12 range) |