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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 80600, member: 59"]drilopping??? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am "dropping" by (apropos of the rain that has been falling here all day) to say that my best guess - and it really is a total guess - would be French silverplate (or perhaps Belgian?) Normally a French maker's mark for plated goods would be square, but I have seen a few that are not, so that's the basis for my guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other reason is that French marks often have the initials on either side of a central "device." I was unable to find an AC with a hammer (or gavel) on either of the 2 ID sites I looked at, but that doesn't mean much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 80600, member: 59"]drilopping??? :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: I am "dropping" by (apropos of the rain that has been falling here all day) to say that my best guess - and it really is a total guess - would be French silverplate (or perhaps Belgian?) Normally a French maker's mark for plated goods would be square, but I have seen a few that are not, so that's the basis for my guess. The other reason is that French marks often have the initials on either side of a central "device." I was unable to find an AC with a hammer (or gavel) on either of the 2 ID sites I looked at, but that doesn't mean much.[/QUOTE]
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