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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrw, post: 196180, member: 3622&quot;]Hello, I&#039;m new to silver flatware collecting and have found several nice items in the last two months on eBay. I&#039;m a semi-retired silversmith and started buying items as scrap for making my jewelry; however, I haven&#039;t had the heart to alter many of the nice pieces purchased and now will restore them. </p><p>This large serving piece has me puzzled....the auction price was very low for what I suspected was a very high end Tiffany, the photos were few and very poor quality, there was a very grainy sterling mark but no makers mark, and the sterling stamp was reversed when compared to other Tiffany servers I researched. </p><p>Some of the clues I see now that I&#039;ve examined the piece are these: No signs of any stamps being removed, rough casting remnants on some of the teeth and one edge of the bowl/blade? The berries on the handle don&#039;t seem to be as well defined as other servers in relationship to the overall wear on this piece. I&#039;ve only found the strawberry pattern inside the bowl on two other pieces listed on eBay and both of those also have the hallmark discrepancy. </p><p>I have tested the item with nitric and it is sterling, so it seems I&#039;m at a standstill and hoping you folks can teach me a thing or two. I will admit tho, this collecting is the most fun I&#039;ve had in a very long time!&nbsp; Well, thank you in advance for any help you might offer, I&#039;ll try to upload a few photos to show my observations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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