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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 1610069, member: 5833&quot;]For no reason I can defend, my feeling is German or Austrian.&nbsp; Think the silver fineness is consistent with antique silver from that part of the world, no?</p><p><br /></p><p>It puzzles me why, when all that scroll work is so precise &amp; delicate, the Cupid is so crude.&nbsp; Look at the arms.&nbsp; Think those are meant to be roses at his feet.&nbsp; They also got short shrift.&nbsp; The cherubs at the corners are just sketches.</p><p><br /></p><p>The scrolls &amp; flourishes on either side of the lid &amp; bottom are not exact mirror images of each other, although meant to appear that way, which suggests hand manufacture to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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