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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 21747, member: 111"]The '90' is an indicator that the silver fineness is at least 90% (900/1000) - it may well be .925 or higher though.</p><p><br /></p><p>The holes in the feet of the hot water kettle might be one of two things, if they are solid, they may have been attached to a base as suggested, but strikes me as unlikely, suspect they might be hollow, and then they're probably vent holes - when hollow parts are soldered closed, if there's no place for the air to escape, the cooling process can cause a vacuum and the piece may cave in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice pieces - I'm not seeing the pitting, where is it? Do you have the burner?</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 21747, member: 111"]The '90' is an indicator that the silver fineness is at least 90% (900/1000) - it may well be .925 or higher though. The holes in the feet of the hot water kettle might be one of two things, if they are solid, they may have been attached to a base as suggested, but strikes me as unlikely, suspect they might be hollow, and then they're probably vent holes - when hollow parts are soldered closed, if there's no place for the air to escape, the cooling process can cause a vacuum and the piece may cave in. Nice pieces - I'm not seeing the pitting, where is it? Do you have the burner? ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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