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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 237421, member: 111"]Eh, have handled enough mid 20th century Japanese silver marked simply 'SILVER' to be comfortable with this being solid silver, rather than plated - OP could have it tested if in doubt. Unfortunately, it's a bit difficult to search for a 'silver' mark, but did recall that metalsmith Fred Zweig, who has been researching marks found on Nunome-Zogan (Japanese Damascene), includes some Mt. Fuji marks in his files - shown below is a somewhat similar mark, and also not identified...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]72097[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 237421, member: 111"]Eh, have handled enough mid 20th century Japanese silver marked simply 'SILVER' to be comfortable with this being solid silver, rather than plated - OP could have it tested if in doubt. Unfortunately, it's a bit difficult to search for a 'silver' mark, but did recall that metalsmith Fred Zweig, who has been researching marks found on Nunome-Zogan (Japanese Damascene), includes some Mt. Fuji marks in his files - shown below is a somewhat similar mark, and also not identified... [ATTACH=full]72097[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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