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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 65634, member: 59"]If it has never needed polishing (looks quite shiny now) it "might" be silverplated with that "no tarnish" coating, then again, could be chrome. I would doubt it is "nickel silver" because even that will darken over time and need to be "polished." (You didn't really mean "coin" silver, did you?)</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my grandmothers loved to buy things at B. Altman (silverplated service pieces included.) They were never marked with the real maker, just the store name.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 65634, member: 59"]If it has never needed polishing (looks quite shiny now) it "might" be silverplated with that "no tarnish" coating, then again, could be chrome. I would doubt it is "nickel silver" because even that will darken over time and need to be "polished." (You didn't really mean "coin" silver, did you?) One of my grandmothers loved to buy things at B. Altman (silverplated service pieces included.) They were never marked with the real maker, just the store name.[/QUOTE]
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