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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silver, post: 318006, member: 6202&quot;]Thank you, this is interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason for my query is that I have some items that look to me to be silver (insofar as one can tell) and they came from someone who knew the difference between silver and plate (she and her husband were collectors) and she always referred to them as silver.&nbsp; But I can find no marks on them.&nbsp; She was in Egypt both before and after the First World War so I was very interested to read somewhere that pre-1916 stuff was not marked.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But if I understand your reply correctly you are saying it was marked prior to 1916 but with Ottoman marks, even during the Khedivate period.&nbsp; Since this is quite crucial to my issue I wonder if you would mind clarifying, and if you could&nbsp; indicate your level of certainty (you say the Ottoman marks were &quot;probably&quot; also in use during the Khedive period, which is the crucial period for my items).</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you again for your input.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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