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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 839029, member: 85"]If it is silver, it will be light weight and easy to bend. And usually silver vases of this type are weighted, which this doesn't appear to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver plate will be on a heavier metal, and not easy to bend.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that someone has scratched the heck out of the bottom, and also gouged it(to test for silver content), should be an indication that it is silver plate. As it ended up in the thrift store, rather than a scrapper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 839029, member: 85"]If it is silver, it will be light weight and easy to bend. And usually silver vases of this type are weighted, which this doesn't appear to be. Silver plate will be on a heavier metal, and not easy to bend. The fact that someone has scratched the heck out of the bottom, and also gouged it(to test for silver content), should be an indication that it is silver plate. As it ended up in the thrift store, rather than a scrapper.[/QUOTE]
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