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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 2153529, member: 111&quot;]Don&#039;t like to deal with Russian silver because it&#039;s a very complicated area, and one filled with fakery, especially Judaica - but this item just looks wrong to me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t say I&#039;ve seen anything like it - what is it?&nbsp; Why is a somewhat crudely made yad placed in a space under what is to my eye, a rather modern looking depiction of Moses in a bold Magen-David (should really be two triangles forming the hexagram), on the top of what looks to be an also somewhat crudely made music box?&nbsp; Is it placed in some sort of suede case?&nbsp; And what song does the mechanism play? Why would a supplier to royal courts produce an item with such crudely done saw-work and engraving, and why would they place their marks on the front of the tablet rather than on the interior?&nbsp; Why would there be exposed screws attaching it to the box?&nbsp; Since they don&#039;t appear to be marked, would guess the other metals are brass and copper, seems an odd choice - and personally, can&#039;t recall seeing Russian silver with sawtooth bezels like those on the smallest glass cabochons.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Really dislike being negative, but this looks to me like a relatively recent fantasy item with spurious marks...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionaryrussianfakes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionaryrussianfakes.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionaryrussianfakes.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.silvercollection.it/pagina37.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silvercollection.it/pagina37.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.silvercollection.it/pagina37.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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