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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 10193427, member: 37&quot;]Picked up this set recently.&nbsp; Sold as silverplate but the little crystal pot lid has a minerva head, so sterling.&nbsp; It also bears a maker&#039;s mark, LV with a leaf (or maybe a bird&#039;s wing) between the two letters.&nbsp; Any idea who made this?&nbsp; Other markings on the two other pieces detailed below.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]509583[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]509584[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Minerva head mark and maker&#039;s mark on the pot lid.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]509585[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]509586[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Scissors are market NOGENT but also bear some other marks.&nbsp; On one side, each handle bears a small mark that looks a bit like a staff or torch with something encasing it.&nbsp; Not a caduceus but along those same lines.&nbsp; Each handle has the same mark, with the one on the left being the best striking. The opposite side has another smaller mark that I can&#039;t make much of.&nbsp; Maybe the shape will be a clue.&nbsp; I realize these pics are not the best but they were the best of many many attempts.&nbsp; The marks are not well struck and are not clear in viewing at all.&nbsp; Any ideas?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]509587[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>Opposite side mark (only one handle marked).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]509588[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The nail buffer is struck with marks in 2 places.&nbsp; Really impossible to see what they are.&nbsp; Here is the better of the two.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]509589[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I realize that this is not a lot to go on.&nbsp; The marks are very tiny and not well struck.&nbsp; I had a heck of a time figuring out the Minerva head.&nbsp; I kept seeing an octopus... LOL.&nbsp; Only when I turned it sideways was I able to see the facial features profile under magnification.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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