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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 8587219, member: 36"]I'll say it does. Poor thing was screaming "take me home and make me pretty"!</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of things screaming "take me home" I scored some mystery candlesticks. The removable bobeche/protector thingies the same shape as the actual top seem to be silver over copper but very thick silver. I found a chip in the bottom edge of one protector with the copper showing through. The bases show no trace of copper. They acid/scratch test like silver. Finger/tarnish test that way too. </p><p><br /></p><p>Weirdly, they're filled with what looks like plaster of paris and have very stained felt on the bottom. No marks to be had anywhere. The design looks Georgian-ish, but that means little. Sold to me as who-knows by a jewelry/antique dealer who doesn't always know what he's got. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]428243[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428244[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428245[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428246[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 8587219, member: 36"]I'll say it does. Poor thing was screaming "take me home and make me pretty"! Speaking of things screaming "take me home" I scored some mystery candlesticks. The removable bobeche/protector thingies the same shape as the actual top seem to be silver over copper but very thick silver. I found a chip in the bottom edge of one protector with the copper showing through. The bases show no trace of copper. They acid/scratch test like silver. Finger/tarnish test that way too. Weirdly, they're filled with what looks like plaster of paris and have very stained felt on the bottom. No marks to be had anywhere. The design looks Georgian-ish, but that means little. Sold to me as who-knows by a jewelry/antique dealer who doesn't always know what he's got. [ATTACH=full]428243[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428244[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428245[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428246[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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