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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 4472111, member: 111&quot;]Hehe, file marks or gouges, and acid marks are among my pet peeves as well.&nbsp; Years ago, at an antiques fair, saw a guy with a bottle, dropping acid on half the stuff he picked up - told the dealer, who &#039;bout jumped over the table and threatened to acid-test him.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t used acid testing in 15-20 years, and your comment reminded me of an under-his-breath comment a jeweler friend made regarding &quot;dam**d amateurs and their testing kits&quot;.&nbsp; In truth, results aren&#039;t <i>always</i> accurate, regardless of method used, even for &#039;professionals&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a &#039;new silver&#039; spoon at the Turku Museum bearing the same marks as yours:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www-finna-fi.translate.goog/Record/musketti_tmk.M20:TMM17447:56?_x_tr_sl=fi&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=sc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www-finna-fi.translate.goog/Record/musketti_tmk.M20:TMM17447:56?_x_tr_sl=fi&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=sc" rel="nofollow">https://www-finna-fi.translate.goog/Record/musketti_tmk.M20:TMM17447:56?_x_tr_sl=fi&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=sc</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]387279[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And information on the winged-hammer mark:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]387280[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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