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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 251940, member: 136"]Wolfrott, that is lovely!</p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="4">One (mark) says 900 which is 900th sterling, (I thought it read 800 but with a 50x loupe it definitely says 900) but the second mark says 875 which also means sterling.</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, neither the 900 nor the 875 mark indicates <i>sterling</i>. Sterling is 925, which means 925/1000 parts silver. 900 is 900/1000 parts <i>silver</i>, and 875 is 875/1000 parts <i>silver</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm wondering if the stag portion is one grade of silver, and the ring around the piece where it meets the blade is another grade of silver. That's the only thing I can think of that would fit the 2 different marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I saw that the horse one you linked to is 830 silver - yet another grade!)</p><p><br /></p><p>All I can say is that I think they're both quite special, and I wouldn't mind having either one of them!</p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 251940, member: 136"]Wolfrott, that is lovely! [I][SIZE=4]One (mark) says 900 which is 900th sterling, (I thought it read 800 but with a 50x loupe it definitely says 900) but the second mark says 875 which also means sterling.[/SIZE][/I] Actually, neither the 900 nor the 875 mark indicates [I]sterling[/I]. Sterling is 925, which means 925/1000 parts silver. 900 is 900/1000 parts [I]silver[/I], and 875 is 875/1000 parts [I]silver[/I]. I'm wondering if the stag portion is one grade of silver, and the ring around the piece where it meets the blade is another grade of silver. That's the only thing I can think of that would fit the 2 different marks. (I saw that the horse one you linked to is 830 silver - yet another grade!) All I can say is that I think they're both quite special, and I wouldn't mind having either one of them! [I][SIZE=4][/SIZE][/I][/QUOTE]
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