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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 461890, member: 136&quot;]I have not been in the habit of buying ANYTHING of late, since I still have <i>waaaay</i> too much stuff already. That said, I saw something on eBay, not ID&#039;d correctly, and for $10, I simply HAD to buy it. I am a huge fan of guilloche enamel on sterling, and I recognized this for what it was.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, this was described as a “crystal cruet with crystal and porcelain stopper”. No one else bid on it. It arrived today, and I polished up the stopper a bit. I do not believe the stopper was ever meant to go with the cruet/&quot;jug&quot; that came with it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]158726[/ATTACH]</p><p>The bottle is ground for a stopper, but not for this one!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]158727[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, here&#039;s the stopper:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]158728[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]158729[/ATTACH]</p><p>I love the little bluebirds - and the enamel has no damage at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are markings on the silver, right where the top meets the crystal. I can make out the word STERLING, but not the rest of it - perhaps a letter R(?) followed by <i>something</i> - and then <i>something else </i>[maybe even another elephant(!!??)]</p><p><br /></p><p>I must have taken 20 photos, trying to capture that mark, but this was the best I could do:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]158730[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have any input about the marks? Or about the piece itself? I would love to know more about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks so much![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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