Featured Polish or Not

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  1. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    Hi all,
    835 sterling letter opener - should I polish the blades on the windmill or leave them dark? I'm just starting to polish this, I like them dark but I'm lazy with polishing silver:)
    any thoughts appreciated
    thanks for looking
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    cxgirl, Nov 9, 2022
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  2. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    I would just hit it lightly with a silver polishing cloth.
    I like the dark patina!
     
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  3. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    thanks stracci:) great idea for using the cloth, I always forget about having one. Will use that on the figural/decorative part
     
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  4. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

    It's a really beautiful piece! I would open mail with it every day!
     
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  5. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    pearlsnblume, Nov 9, 2022
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  6. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    it is cool, the blades spin around:) lol, things like this amuse me:)

    thanks pearls:)
     
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  7. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Sunshine cloth would probably do nicely!!! I love silver shiny, but also love the dark contrasting parts!!! BUT HUGELY HATE to POLISH the stuff!!!!:joyful:
    That's a really NICE letter opener @cxgirl :happy:!!!​
     
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  8. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    That windmill blows me away.
     
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  9. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I with the gang....hit the high points with the cloth, but let the recessed areas stay darkened....
    it'll glow !!!
     
    komokwa, Nov 10, 2022
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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I have a few windmill tea/coffeespoons, I'm sure you'll love those.:playful: It fascinates me too. Simple pleasures, right?:joyful:

    The style is very Dutch with all those Baroqueish scrolls, but if it has an 835 number mark, it was likely made in Germany to be sold as a Dutch souvenir.
    If it were Dutch silver, it would have been marked with a tiny sword mark.

    Just so you don't get in trouble when you sell it, 835 silver isn't sterling.
     
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  11. Lark

    Lark Well-Known Member

    Ditto in the polish cloth.
     
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  12. Lark

    Lark Well-Known Member

    Pun intended!
     
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  13. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    thanks for all the replies folks:)

    thanks AJ, a mistake on my part, I meant to put silver:)

    1972 Zaanland Silversmiths n.v.b.v. Haarlem Amsterdam

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  14. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Wonderful! Slight typo though, 1872?
    I have an Amsterdamse School brooch by the Zaanlandse Zilversmederij.
     
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  15. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member


    thanks AJ:) I'm pretty sure it is 1972. I believe the Lion mark on my piece is the one shown below, started in 1953
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  16. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Seems I am richer than I thought, I also have a rare Amsterdamse School pendant by them:

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  17. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    So it is, my mistake. I was looking at the Minerva mark, and thought it was the older one, but it is the second one.
    In my defense, my husband keeps walking in asking things I can't help with anyway.;) And doing too many things simultaneously. Off for a rest.:yawn:
     
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