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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 4056717, member: 360&quot;]Or at least, that&#039;s what it was sold to me as! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]328218[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]328219[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]328220[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]328221[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]328222[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]328223[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]328224[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t have any marks, but certainly seems to fit the Peranakan style. Natural themes of flowers and leaves, pierced outer vase with smooth, cylindrical inner trumpet-sleeve with flared mouth and base. 800 silver, second half of the 1800s, I was told. </p><p><br /></p><p>What do we think, folks? Peranakan silver? </p><p><br /></p><p>I intend to get it XRF tested later this week. I also did a rare-earth magnet test and found no sticking, so it&#039;s definitely not some sort of plated steel thing passing itself off as silver, but that&#039;s all I know for sure, for the time being. </p><p><br /></p><p>Either way, it was cheap, or I wouldn&#039;t have taken a chance on it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fully assembled, it measures 7 inches tall, and weighs 139.7g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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