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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marie Forjan, post: 156028, member: 147&quot;]This is &quot;silver deposit&quot;, not &quot;silver overlay&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>Silver overlay is thick, hammered and worked silver that confirms to the shape of the piece, it is not stuck to the piece so you can get a fingernail under it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Silver deposit is thin silver chemically attached to the piece, almost looks painted on. If you look inside a glass piece you can see matt white behind the silver. One giveaway is your &quot;sterling&quot; mark, on silver overlay, if marked, it would be a hallmark stamped in the silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Typical silver deposit piece (yes they call it silver overlay, most eBay sellers don&#039;t know the difference):</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Silver-overlay-sandwich-tray-/162105227509?hash=item25be3978f5%3Ag%3ADoEAAOSw0HVWE%7EwH&amp;nma=true&amp;si=2KVeiC8pcXj0XSo9pIreuStn4cs%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Silver-overlay-sandwich-tray-/162105227509?hash=item25be3978f5%3Ag%3ADoEAAOSw0HVWE%7EwH&amp;nma=true&amp;si=2KVeiC8pcXj0XSo9pIreuStn4cs%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Silver-overlay-sandwich-tray-/162105227509?hash=item25be3978f5:g:DoEAAOSw0HVWE~wH&amp;nma=true&amp;si=2KVeiC8pcXj0XSo9pIreuStn4cs%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Silver overlay:</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vintage-Art-Glass-Silver-Overlay-Jar-w-Lid-Silver-Stamped-on-Bottom-EUC-/201606033342?hash=item2ef0a7efbe%3Ag%3A2MYAAOSwQupXVxs8&amp;nma=true&amp;si=2KVeiC8pcXj0XSo9pIreuStn4cs%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vintage-Art-Glass-Silver-Overlay-Jar-w-Lid-Silver-Stamped-on-Bottom-EUC-/201606033342?hash=item2ef0a7efbe%3Ag%3A2MYAAOSwQupXVxs8&amp;nma=true&amp;si=2KVeiC8pcXj0XSo9pIreuStn4cs%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vintage-Art-Glass-Silver-Overlay-Jar-w-Lid-Silver-Stamped-on-Bottom-EUC-/201606033342?hash=item2ef0a7efbe:g:2MYAAOSwQupXVxs8&amp;nma=true&amp;si=2KVeiC8pcXj0XSo9pIreuStn4cs%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a></p><p><br /></p><p>All this said, if you want to sell this piece on eBay you want to sell it as silver overlay because that is what everyone else is doing. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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