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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 421558, member: 59"]The marking BM Mounts means that the edges and handles were made of britannia metal (a British version of the pewter alloy.) The mounts may have been plated with silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those pits are often found on well-worn silver plated items and sometimes on lesser worn pieces that were stored away damp or were exposed for too long to acidic foods or salt. You didn't do any except make them visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT - Now that I read to the bottom of your OP I realize that the "small dish" is the one with the mark. It's the grapes that were made of britannia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 421558, member: 59"]The marking BM Mounts means that the edges and handles were made of britannia metal (a British version of the pewter alloy.) The mounts may have been plated with silver. Those pits are often found on well-worn silver plated items and sometimes on lesser worn pieces that were stored away damp or were exposed for too long to acidic foods or salt. You didn't do any except make them visible. EDIT - Now that I read to the bottom of your OP I realize that the "small dish" is the one with the mark. It's the grapes that were made of britannia.[/QUOTE]
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