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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 148467, member: 25&quot;]If the 800 was not a separate stamp, it was as you suspected just there to confuse, much like the vaguely &#039;hallmark&#039; looking makers marks on British silverplate. And US silverplate for that matter.</p><p>The intention was not to confuse the buyers but to impress your guests into thinking you dined with solid silver not plate. The label on the box is something only the buyer would see.</p><p><br /></p><p>You were right to skip it. Italy makes a great deal of run of the mill popular jewellery but as far as I know has no reputation for mismarking. It could be that British regulations on gold and silver markings are effective in preventing most dubious imports.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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