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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 1464240, member: 56&quot;]Suppose a piece of silver is made in the 18th C - a plain platter, simple rim, no armorials or other decoration - English silver fully hallmarked.&nbsp; Someone comes along 100 years later, late Victorian, and decides it needs&nbsp; sprucing up, so they take this silver platter and rework it with elaborate chased repoussé floral decoration and bright cut engraving.&nbsp; Looks stunning.&nbsp; Really fine work.&nbsp; Georgian hallmarks still intact.&nbsp; What does this do to the value?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve heard that pieces have been reworked in such a fashion and that, by law, such pieces must be re-assayed and re-marked (the old hallmarks cancelled, I presume) or they cannot be sold as silver.&nbsp; Is this true?</p><p><br /></p><p>And again:&nbsp; how much does a situation like this affect the value?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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