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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 208573, member: 25&quot;]THe pictures are rather poor but it does look like silver. Quite possibly silver plate, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could see how it responds to silver polish, there is nothing like silver for responding quickly to the correct polish. One suggestion is some silver dip on a cloth, this will have no effect on pewter or other metals, but should rapidly de-tarnish silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures taken in good light with better contrast and focus would help, outside would be the best place to take them, indoors may look bright but the human eye is not a good light meter. Pictures of the back are as important as the front.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the unlikely event the piece is solid silver, the would be some marks somewhere, but they&#039;d be tiny and hard to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>The frame may be an electrotype.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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