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<p>[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 869153, member: 10944"]I was going to recommend China as a possible source. I believe I've seen pieces out of China simply marked "silver" before. Whether they are genuinely silver or not I don't know. Silver plate can give a false positive since it is actually a thin layer of real silver. You would need to scratch the piece deeply to get an accurate result. That also is detrimental to the piece so it's a tough choice. You could bring it to a coin shop or high end pawn store and ask them to test it with a Sigma or other electronic unit that won't damage the piece. </p><p><br /></p><p>Come to think of it I bought a piece similarly marked in a lot at auction. I actually haven't opened the box since I bought it months ago. I'll get on that when I have a chance and see if mine has other marks or indications of origin. It was sold along with literally hundreds (not all in my lot) of other pieces of antique silver, mostly .925 so I wasn't too worried about it. Maybe I should have been and maybe there's a reason I won the lot and not the other hawks that had a chance to preview the lots better. Hopefully we both have silver. Agreed that the green is a concern but you could be right about the source I don't know. If you're curious enough you can literally just scratch it hard and see if it's copper underneath plating. That really damages the piece though and isn't advised. I assume you did a magnet test? The circles on the bottom in your photos don't look quite right to me for some reason. Seems like it would be polished better there by the maker but who knows. Also that is quite heavy for a piece that size. Not unheard of or a crazy weight but just pretty heavy relatively speaking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 869153, member: 10944"]I was going to recommend China as a possible source. I believe I've seen pieces out of China simply marked "silver" before. Whether they are genuinely silver or not I don't know. Silver plate can give a false positive since it is actually a thin layer of real silver. You would need to scratch the piece deeply to get an accurate result. That also is detrimental to the piece so it's a tough choice. You could bring it to a coin shop or high end pawn store and ask them to test it with a Sigma or other electronic unit that won't damage the piece. Come to think of it I bought a piece similarly marked in a lot at auction. I actually haven't opened the box since I bought it months ago. I'll get on that when I have a chance and see if mine has other marks or indications of origin. It was sold along with literally hundreds (not all in my lot) of other pieces of antique silver, mostly .925 so I wasn't too worried about it. Maybe I should have been and maybe there's a reason I won the lot and not the other hawks that had a chance to preview the lots better. Hopefully we both have silver. Agreed that the green is a concern but you could be right about the source I don't know. If you're curious enough you can literally just scratch it hard and see if it's copper underneath plating. That really damages the piece though and isn't advised. I assume you did a magnet test? The circles on the bottom in your photos don't look quite right to me for some reason. Seems like it would be polished better there by the maker but who knows. Also that is quite heavy for a piece that size. Not unheard of or a crazy weight but just pretty heavy relatively speaking.[/QUOTE]
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