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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 592789, member: 59"]Marked "sterling" by a reputable maker means it is solid silver. It is seriously tarnished, true, but the lighter color is simply "newer" tarnish in places where something rubbed off the "older" tarnish. Definitely not "base metal" as would be the case on plated wares. It's also very dirty so it needs to be soaked in soapy water (Dawn or a similar grease-cutting liquid dish soap) before you attempt to use silver polish to remove the tarnish layers. It's going to take a lot of elbow grease to remove.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 592789, member: 59"]Marked "sterling" by a reputable maker means it is solid silver. It is seriously tarnished, true, but the lighter color is simply "newer" tarnish in places where something rubbed off the "older" tarnish. Definitely not "base metal" as would be the case on plated wares. It's also very dirty so it needs to be soaked in soapy water (Dawn or a similar grease-cutting liquid dish soap) before you attempt to use silver polish to remove the tarnish layers. It's going to take a lot of elbow grease to remove.[/QUOTE]
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