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<p>[QUOTE="mhc4444, post: 106728, member: 1469"]well im afraid i must disagree with you on the plating matter <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> i used to buy entire boxes of old silverplate at auctions and piecing them out in small portions at my fleamarket stand, and all old silverplate i have ever had have been plated on brass or copper. you are correct in the two towers not specifying the base metal under the plate, but brass as base metal is in my experience the most used, which makes good sence as brass have the same bacterial-offensive effect as silver does~ i dont know much about the english plateware, its not a pattern i have seen personally.</p><p>i dont know if it is danish actually, the pieces i bought revealed to have a set of french spoons as well, so these might be from anywhere.</p><p>but to put an end to this, im going to go test the spoon now~[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mhc4444, post: 106728, member: 1469"]well im afraid i must disagree with you on the plating matter :) i used to buy entire boxes of old silverplate at auctions and piecing them out in small portions at my fleamarket stand, and all old silverplate i have ever had have been plated on brass or copper. you are correct in the two towers not specifying the base metal under the plate, but brass as base metal is in my experience the most used, which makes good sence as brass have the same bacterial-offensive effect as silver does~ i dont know much about the english plateware, its not a pattern i have seen personally. i dont know if it is danish actually, the pieces i bought revealed to have a set of french spoons as well, so these might be from anywhere. but to put an end to this, im going to go test the spoon now~[/QUOTE]
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