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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 668757, member: 59"]It's the Smith mark and Marseilles (issued 1904.) It is plated and only tests as sterling because it was plated well - and with sterling sufficient to give you a positive result in testing stone. No indication in any responsible reference that they ever made items in sterling.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is really no need to test it again - unless you get deep enough to expose the base metal - and that wouldn't be rational.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 668757, member: 59"]It's the Smith mark and Marseilles (issued 1904.) It is plated and only tests as sterling because it was plated well - and with sterling sufficient to give you a positive result in testing stone. No indication in any responsible reference that they ever made items in sterling. There is really no need to test it again - unless you get deep enough to expose the base metal - and that wouldn't be rational.[/QUOTE]
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