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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 9752806, member: 360&quot;]The only mark I&#039;ve seen is the stamp on the back of the buckle. I can have another look, but I didn&#039;t see anything else that looks like a mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen these belts identified as both Siamese/Thai, and as Peranakan, and that the styles change slightly here and there (as any will, obviously), but I&#039;ve also seen this specific style of buckle (not the belt itself, just the buckle) on belts which were specifically ID&#039;d as Peranakan, which makes me think it&#039;s more likely to be that, rather than Thai. In my experience, old Siamese silver tends to have more figural elements on it, rather than natural, which tends to be the case with Peranakan stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>I won&#039;t be able to have the belt tested until after Easter, since everything&#039;s closed right now. Once things open up again, I&#039;m gonna take it to my local pawnbroker/jeweler. He does free jewelry-testing services, so I&#039;ll get him to do an acid-test on the belt.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, yes, I know it&#039;s marked, but experience has taught me that the marks on Asian silver can&#039;t always be trusted. I mean, I&#039;ve got three other Peranakan belts in my collection which are all nickel, including one which I inherited from my Peranakan great-grandparents, and that&#039;s gotta be at least 100 years old, so...I take everything with a grain of salt.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]478867[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the only mark I was able to find. Of course, with Asian silver, I know that doesn&#039;t necessarily mean it IS silver, I know how much this stuff is faked, so I&#039;m fully prepared for this not to be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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