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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 168280, member: 111&quot;]As Bakersgma suggested, Dutch marks are quite small - if present they will most likely be scattered on the front of the piece, probably in the center scene, but could be on the border.&nbsp; Frankly, even when my eyesight was sharp, there&#039;ve been times when Dutch marks eluded me, even with a lighted 30X loupe, often taking several tries to locate them (sometimes a faint impression from the stamp can be seen on the back).&nbsp; From the construction and look, would suspect it is silver rather than plated, though the Dutch also produced plated versions - and acid tests aren&#039;t always reliable. </p><p><br /></p><p>All that said, it&#039;s not necessarily Dutch - similar pieces were also made in other countries, as said, most, but not all, American pieces were silverplate, have also seen German pieces, one really awful version from Indonesia, and my Mom has a mid 20th century version from Israel - but would expect any of solid silver to have some sort of marks...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/Fnetherlands_Date_Code.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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