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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MrNate, post: 372081, member: 5515&quot;]***** SPOILER ALERT *****</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>***** ONLY SCROLL DOWN IF YOU WANT THE ANSWER *****</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, you guys had some awesome guesses. I&#039;m happy to see there&#039;s some great eyes for silver among the crowd. I also loved your explanations of why you thought items were silver. When I saw this listing, the first thing that caught my eye was the candlestick holders. Now I know if they are silver, they are almost guaranteed to be weighted so not much silver. But I took a closer look at everything else in the photos too. I thought the little jug might be silver (it isn&#039;t), but I was really hoping that the bon bon or compote dish could be real. In my experience, the plated stuff is typically bulky/thick to mimic the real old heavy stuff. More modern silver manufacturers tend to make light/thin silver because they are trying to keep costs down. </p><p><br /></p><p>The bon bon dish definitely looked thinner/lighter, plus it had the right tone. I&#039;ve also found that plated items tend to tarnish much differently compared to real silver (of course the heavy plate stuff looks similar too). So in total there were the two candlestick holders and the bon bon dish. The dish is weighted, and made by Frank M Whiting &amp; Company (Tiger Lily pattern). My winning bid was $15; sadly I had to pay another $15 for shipping, but it was fun to sniff some more silver out!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]127918[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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