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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bercrystal, post: 9821720, member: 88&quot;]No, it was quite tarnished. The makers mark (such as it is) &amp; the hallmarks had some real build-up in them. I had to use a Q-tip to clean out the build-up before I could identify them correctly. In fact, I didn&#039;t even see the maker&#039;s mark until someone pointed it out to me but it took multiple cleanings &amp; close-up photo till I could make it out. </p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t even look at it when I was previewing because I assumed it was silverplate. This auction house requires one of their employees to open the cases &amp; hand the items to you. So the first time I handled it was when I was unpacking my box of bottles because they wrapped &amp; packed up the bottles. </p><p><br /></p><p>I could see that there were marks but it wasn&#039;t until I got it cleaned up that I saw the anchor mark &amp; realized it was actually sterling. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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