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<p>[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 4500593, member: 5515"]Thank you Cheryl,</p><p><br /></p><p>I was hoping you would see my post, as your depth of knowledge on these topics far surpasses any online resources I’ve tried…</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve been highly focused on the mark on the right.. tried a bunch of search combinations of “hammer & hook”, “hammer & dolphin” etc etc with no luck so far. I’ll definitely keep trying but so far no luck.</p><p><br /></p><p>I want to figure out if it’s silver first, but I do have an entire tea set. This was an online gamble I made last week. I did the ice cube test (very good results), and no wear marks that would suggest a different base metal. I feel I can rule out brass, copper, pot metals etc. So I’m down to nickel silver and the real stuff. I could do an acid test but I wanted to see if someone could recognize the marks before I went destructive method.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 4500593, member: 5515"]Thank you Cheryl, I was hoping you would see my post, as your depth of knowledge on these topics far surpasses any online resources I’ve tried… I’ve been highly focused on the mark on the right.. tried a bunch of search combinations of “hammer & hook”, “hammer & dolphin” etc etc with no luck so far. I’ll definitely keep trying but so far no luck. I want to figure out if it’s silver first, but I do have an entire tea set. This was an online gamble I made last week. I did the ice cube test (very good results), and no wear marks that would suggest a different base metal. I feel I can rule out brass, copper, pot metals etc. So I’m down to nickel silver and the real stuff. I could do an acid test but I wanted to see if someone could recognize the marks before I went destructive method.[/QUOTE]
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