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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 82931, member: 111&quot;]I have &#039;Women Silversmiths, 1685-1845&#039;, by Glanville and Goldsborough, have read a couple more of her books on silver, as well as one on album quilts, and can&#039;t recall any blanket statement like the one mentioned above in any of the silver books, found all to be well written and well researched - perhaps her comments were simply misunderstood or misinterpreted by her former student here...</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the regulations regarding silver marks, as Bear notes, they are quite strict in some countries, less so in some others, and often virtually non-existent or unenforced in others, and sometimes the stringency varies according to the era.&nbsp; Even with strict hallmarking regulation, forgeries and fakes exist, and the style and/or construction of a piece can rule out the supposed maker or age.&nbsp; Just as an example, the usually high-priced &#039;old&#039; Russian silver, which was strictly regulated, is an area with endless forgeries and fakes, some are newer pieces produced in the last several decades, sometimes old silver from other countries with the original marks erased and replaced with spurious Russian marks - the marks are often just ludicrous, but others are quite convincing, the authenticity of a piece is determined by several factors.</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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