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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 437170, member: 360"]I bought this today, along with a silver vinaigrette (I'll make a thread about that one later). It's silver, and that's all I know about it. I don't recognise any of the marks...</p><p><br /></p><p>Front: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]153497[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Back:[ATTACH=full]153498[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Open:[ATTACH=full]153499[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153500[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153501[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mark 1 (under lid) :[ATTACH=full]153502[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Mark 2 (rim of box) : [ATTACH=full]153503[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Date letter & another mark (inside box) :[ATTACH=full]153504[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Two more marks (also inside box) :[ATTACH=full]153505[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know anything about it, and neither did the lady who sold it to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>I showed it to three people already. One thinks it's from the 1820s, one thinks it's from the 1920s. And the third thinks it's also likely from the early 1800s. And I don't know which one to believe. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, what say you? Have you arrived at a verdict?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 437170, member: 360"]I bought this today, along with a silver vinaigrette (I'll make a thread about that one later). It's silver, and that's all I know about it. I don't recognise any of the marks... Front: [ATTACH=full]153497[/ATTACH] Back:[ATTACH=full]153498[/ATTACH] Open:[ATTACH=full]153499[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153500[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153501[/ATTACH] Mark 1 (under lid) :[ATTACH=full]153502[/ATTACH] Mark 2 (rim of box) : [ATTACH=full]153503[/ATTACH] Date letter & another mark (inside box) :[ATTACH=full]153504[/ATTACH] Two more marks (also inside box) :[ATTACH=full]153505[/ATTACH] I don't know anything about it, and neither did the lady who sold it to me. I showed it to three people already. One thinks it's from the 1820s, one thinks it's from the 1920s. And the third thinks it's also likely from the early 1800s. And I don't know which one to believe. Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, what say you? Have you arrived at a verdict?[/QUOTE]
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