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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 51348, member: 44"]>A blocky looking C and a ... man's head facing right? Seeing it bigger doesn't help me. The figure on the right almost looks like a chess knight.<</p><p><br /></p><p>That's about the same as I thought, C and a chess knight. </p><p><br /></p><p>>bird head facing left, would that be Portuguese<</p><p><br /></p><p>It could be a bird's head, but if Portuguese I don't think it would have the word "Sterling." Their sterling is noted by the number 916 on the bird cartouche or the common agreement between participating European countries of the convention mark: a scale with the number 925, I believe. Portuguese silver might also have "prata de lei" that translates to sterling silver in English.</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 51348, member: 44"]>A blocky looking C and a ... man's head facing right? Seeing it bigger doesn't help me. The figure on the right almost looks like a chess knight.< That's about the same as I thought, C and a chess knight. >bird head facing left, would that be Portuguese< It could be a bird's head, but if Portuguese I don't think it would have the word "Sterling." Their sterling is noted by the number 916 on the bird cartouche or the common agreement between participating European countries of the convention mark: a scale with the number 925, I believe. Portuguese silver might also have "prata de lei" that translates to sterling silver in English. --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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