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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;memobug, post: 743930, member: 4689&quot;]Thanks! So it is actually some kind of plastic with a thin (0.1 to 0.15 Oz) coating of silver. That explains the carefree nature of the detailing and the obscure mfg mark. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do wonder why they have such a rough accounting of the actual silver content?</p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;<i>Decreto Legislativo 22 Maggio 1999, n. 251</i>&#039; introduced a system of marks for objects made in precious metals and weighted with resin or mastic. The new mark is a R inside a square outline (the R is the abbreviation of <i>&#039;Riempito&#039;</i> = filled in English).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>OFFICIAL MARK</b> <i>(<a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/DL251.99.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/DL251.99.pdf" rel="nofollow">Decreto Legislativo 22 Maggio 1999, n. 251,</a> art. 39)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>14</b></p><p><a href="http://www.ascasonline.org/harlequin5bis.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ascasonline.org/harlequin5bis.jpg" rel="nofollow"><p style="text-align: left"><img src="http://www.silvercollection.it/harlequin5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p></a></p><p><b>This piece was created in a resin or mastic then covered with 3 to 5 grams of 925 standard silver as shown by 3 ÷ 5</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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