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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;707susang, post: 13121, member: 71&quot;]I agree, don&#039;t bother polishing it.&nbsp; I suppose quad plate was supposed to imply better quality back in the day, but we have seen many examples where they end up dark like this and no amount of polishing is going to make it shine.&nbsp; It does end up blotchy and not pretty.&nbsp; I use an old quad creamer to hold pens and pencils on my desk that I did try to polish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your holder with the chick (another brand) is listed under the section for smoking articles dated 1886 in Rainwater&#039;s silverplate book, although they are described as toothpick or match safe holders.&nbsp; It is engraved with &quot;Best Wishes&quot; on the side of the cup part.&nbsp; Or is that supposed to be a money pouch?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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