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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 214027, member: 360"]This is probably the first, last and only time I would ever buy silver-plate, but here's something you certainly don't see every day... </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a5/fe/59/a5fe59bf351692f9df3d7ed45b730d5e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a VERY short silverplate/nickel-silver Straits Chinese ladies' belt. I picked it up from a secondhand jewelry salesman at my local flea-market. It's very short - about 2ft long, I'd say. But I think it's gorgeous <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Here it is, with a similar Straits belt I inherited from my grandmother... </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/48/77/40/4877400d3af4a03a42de23abc779b0ab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Neither of these is solid silver. I'm not THAT rich! Silver and gold ones sell for ridiculous amounts of money. That's if you can even get your hands on them to begin with...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 214027, member: 360"]This is probably the first, last and only time I would ever buy silver-plate, but here's something you certainly don't see every day... [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a5/fe/59/a5fe59bf351692f9df3d7ed45b730d5e.jpg[/IMG] This is a VERY short silverplate/nickel-silver Straits Chinese ladies' belt. I picked it up from a secondhand jewelry salesman at my local flea-market. It's very short - about 2ft long, I'd say. But I think it's gorgeous :P Here it is, with a similar Straits belt I inherited from my grandmother... [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/48/77/40/4877400d3af4a03a42de23abc779b0ab.jpg[/IMG] Neither of these is solid silver. I'm not THAT rich! Silver and gold ones sell for ridiculous amounts of money. That's if you can even get your hands on them to begin with...[/QUOTE]
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