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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 9862347, member: 111&quot;]I have some doubt that this piece or the unsold pair linked are silver deposit (now usually called silver overlay), that is an electrodeposition of silver on glass, ceramic, or any material that can be submerged in the bath, it&#039;s attached to the glass and even if thick and engraved, it will still be flat.&nbsp; This decoration looks to be cast, the foot attached to the overlay is also not consistent with silver overlay and to my eye, appears more pewter than silver.&nbsp; Silver overlay can be separate and shaped to the piece as well, but it&#039;s also typically sheet silver, offhand, can&#039;t recall seeing cast silver overlay, though have certainly seen intricate cast silver with glass liners - should mention if silver deposit was done in Germany, they typically more often correctly marked it &#039;1000/1000&#039; since it&#039;s actually fine silver rather than sterling (American silver deposit is also sometimes marked 999/1000).</p><p><br /></p><p>Bohemian art glass often had beautiful pewter overlay, this piece has a somewhat similar foot:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/148080043_loetz-style-art-nouveau-vase" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/148080043_loetz-style-art-nouveau-vase" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/148080043_loetz-style-art-nouveau-vase</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]494449[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have the trivet shown at center in this 1917 ad, it&#039;s definitely not silver deposit and described as &quot;Sterling silver frames over glass&quot;, note the prices are much higher than the silver deposit pieces at left and right:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]494450[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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