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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 405388, member: 36&quot;]These days the British collect their marked silver, as do Americans and everyone else.&nbsp; The unmarked pieces often slip through as silver-plate or costume jewelry.&nbsp; But if you know what you&#039;re doing...bingo! </p><p><br /></p><p>This piece is definitely the Egyptian soldiers drowning when the Red Sea went rushing back into its bed. Given that it&#039;s Viennese, it may well have been made for a wealthy Jewish family for use on Passover ... or as decoration for Passover.&nbsp; If so, it&#039;s a score.&nbsp; Pre-WWII judaica goes for a premium over other silver pieces because so much of it was destroyed, and this is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Napoleonic. (here&#039;s hoping whoever you bought this from didn&#039;t know that either!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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