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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 219388, member: 25&quot;]It does say Maltese cross, but in the manner of printed work before 1800 when an &#039;s&#039; in a word or the first of two &#039;s&#039;es was printed as an uncrossed &#039;f&#039;. </p><p>It does take a little getting used to when reading older books but you soon get the hang of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea about the bowl apart from saying it in not 18th C. They just used the old world style for the lettering.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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