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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 2777107, member: 5398"]Thank you so much INH and Bakersgma. It looks like the "3" represents .800 silver after 1963 and before 1986, which seems like the right timeframe for the style (closer to 60s than 80s). And I think I see a "W", which must mean they were made in Warsaw. So, does the second hallmark represent the person/jeweler who made the bracelet? Probably impossible to determine? I'm confused, though, about my acid tests. I tried the silver acid again, and am not seeing a brown color on the stone for .800 silver, but maybe I'm doing it wrong, and I'm still wondering why it seemed to pass the tests for 10K gold and platinum--maybe my testing kit is bad? [edit] I did test another piece of jewelry marked Sterling, and the acid didn't turn the silver mark dark red like it's supposed to--or at least it didn't look dark red to me. But I'm happy to learn that the bracelets were made in Warsaw, Poland many years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 2777107, member: 5398"]Thank you so much INH and Bakersgma. It looks like the "3" represents .800 silver after 1963 and before 1986, which seems like the right timeframe for the style (closer to 60s than 80s). And I think I see a "W", which must mean they were made in Warsaw. So, does the second hallmark represent the person/jeweler who made the bracelet? Probably impossible to determine? I'm confused, though, about my acid tests. I tried the silver acid again, and am not seeing a brown color on the stone for .800 silver, but maybe I'm doing it wrong, and I'm still wondering why it seemed to pass the tests for 10K gold and platinum--maybe my testing kit is bad? [edit] I did test another piece of jewelry marked Sterling, and the acid didn't turn the silver mark dark red like it's supposed to--or at least it didn't look dark red to me. But I'm happy to learn that the bracelets were made in Warsaw, Poland many years ago.[/QUOTE]
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