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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 1890000, member: 111&quot;]Hopefully INH will return to her thread...</p><p><br /></p><p>Like AJ, this mark is ringing a bell with me, and suspect the &#039;4&#039; may not actually be the numeral.&nbsp; The reason I made the effort to hunt up the source of the &#039;quote&#039;, was to see if there were any clues there, and can only say that while I&#039;ve seen a lot of Italian silverplate flatware and holloware with deceptive fineness marks, can&#039;t recall seeing jewelry marked in that manner, so was disappointed the images were gone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have seen various items in fine silver, marked as either &#039;1000&#039; or &#039;999&#039; (even &#039;99%&#039; on Korean silver) - and I believe the pillbox is probably solid silver rather than plated.&nbsp; Without really looking around (busy making masks, plus working on my phone, and my eyes and head hurt) - will suggest looking for similar Turkish or, I believe a bit less likely, Greek pieces...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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