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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MrNate, post: 4280445, member: 5515&quot;]It was actually pretty hard to get good photos of the marks....spent a good 10 minutes trying and this is as good as it gets for now. But yes it was what we thought it was....and I got a &quot;bonus&quot; piece in the purchase. Side note: this is a perfect example of being diligent when you think something might be silver... when I asked for a photo of the bottom of this piece, here&#039;s what I got:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]343022[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Notice on the bottom there&#039;s no noticeable marks...but oh that tone! That wonderful striation of tarnish...tarnish growing in the cracks...that soft glow of tarnish..The abnormal tarnish pattern with little hard tarnish spots....front and back the piece looked good for so many reasons. So after pouring over the photo of the bottom and coming to the conclusion that there were no marks to be found, I went back and observed the front of the piece more intently... and here&#039;s what it looked like from the original listing photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]343023[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Be observant, be slow in your review of whether a piece is worth further investigation, and you too might find treasure along the way. I hope you enjoy the two pieces, they were part of a larger &quot;silver plated&quot; listing, and the price was very modest: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]343016[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343017[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343018[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343019[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343020[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]343021[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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