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<p>[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 269036, member: 105"]The non-sticky parts could be aluminum or pewter. Surely not silver! </p><p><br /></p><p>I would guess the paint has protected the metal, whatever kind it is, from oxidizing over all these years, and where it's flaking off today it's as fresh and clean looking as the day this thing was made and painted.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=468]@KingofThings[/USER] could probably ID the metal for sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 269036, member: 105"]The non-sticky parts could be aluminum or pewter. Surely not silver! I would guess the paint has protected the metal, whatever kind it is, from oxidizing over all these years, and where it's flaking off today it's as fresh and clean looking as the day this thing was made and painted. [USER=468]@KingofThings[/USER] could probably ID the metal for sure.[/QUOTE]
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