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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 988906, member: 59"]That is beautiful, moparbrian! And how nice of you to be helping your neighbor!</p><p><br /></p><p>So, have you actually looked at the underside of this "basket" yourself, to try to find markings? Something this lovely really should have marks of some kind. If it really has no marks at all, then it would be less likely to be made of solid silver alloy and more likely to be silver plated and therefore would not have a "melt" value (as Terry has just posted.) </p><p><br /></p><p>In Terry's neck of the woods it might be a tough sell, but I would grab it in a heartbeat![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 988906, member: 59"]That is beautiful, moparbrian! And how nice of you to be helping your neighbor! So, have you actually looked at the underside of this "basket" yourself, to try to find markings? Something this lovely really should have marks of some kind. If it really has no marks at all, then it would be less likely to be made of solid silver alloy and more likely to be silver plated and therefore would not have a "melt" value (as Terry has just posted.) In Terry's neck of the woods it might be a tough sell, but I would grab it in a heartbeat![/QUOTE]
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