Featured Gambled on a listing and ended up with a long term polishing project

Good Morning Everyone,

I meant to show you these pieces much sooner, but the polishing is taking much longer than I would have ever anticipated....it's a good thing I like polishing. About a month ago I came across these in a listing:



The seller provided me additional photos, but none showed me marks that I was looking for. To compound the problem, this was going to be a long drive to pick up, and it wasn't my usual bargain price. To commit to that, I decided to take the gamble based on my observation of the pieces. The have all the correct qualities that would indicate they were real silver. I researched online and found many similar styled pieces and the clue that convinced me the most that it was worth the gamble was the photo of the bottom the seller sent me:



This hollowed out base matched many comparable pieces I found online, and while there still weren't any marks to be seen, that was enough for me to take a long drive, gamble some money and see what I got out of it. I'm glad I did, I've been working on one candlestick on and off again for the last month, I thought you would enjoy seeing the contrast between the two pieces:

 

Just lovely! Well worth the elbow grease.

Debora

 

What did you decide about origin?

 

I believe it’s from Israel. I think I had successfully identified the maker but I’ll have to go find it again.

 

wow, what a difference the polishing makes, absolutely stunning now
where are they marked Mr Nate?

 

Thank you cxgirl, they are marked on the top inside, where the candle sits

 

You are one heck of a polisher, Mr Nate! The Candlesticks are simply gorgeous! They wouldn't work in my house, everything else would look shabby in comparison.

 

Thank you ola402, these have some very rough tarnish, I went through a ridiculous amount of q-tips. I feel like I’m saving pieces like this, hopefully they never get tarnished like that again.

 

Beautiful Mr Nate!!!!!!!!!!

 

I do love the way you retain patina and detail.

 

Stunning. Mr. Nate.

 

Love them.

 

Stunning! What do you use for polish?

 

I'll send you a private message.

 

Can you let me know what you used as well please?