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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 1203165, member: 136&quot;]Well, we&#039;ve just seen Smudged&#039;s <b>fantastic</b> silver plated item in the <i>Metalware </i>category.</p><p><br /></p><p>MY silver plated item is so far from fantastic that it&#039;s embarrassing, but I&#039;ve had it for years and wonder if anyone has any ideas about it... It&#039;s weird, if nothing else!</p><p><br /></p><p>Standing about 4&quot; tall, it appears to be a coin bank, altho:</p><p>1) nothing bigger than a dime would fit thru the slot;</p><p>2) the slot does not appear to have been &quot;professionally&quot; cut.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, there are odd holes punched in the bottom, and I haven&#039;t come up with a way to remove the lid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that there are gobs of solder(?) silver(?) other metal(?) around the edges of the bottom. Anything you may see as a maker&#039;s mark is likely one of those &quot;gobs&quot;. I have been over the piece with a loupe several times and have found nothing that is actually a mark/a word/a number - nada!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here it is:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]213928[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]213929[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]213930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]213933[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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