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Message:: [QUOTE="MrNate, post: 4157451, member: 5515"]Great observations again, and I was hoping someone would make the connection, but it's perhaps not as obvious as I felt it was (or our true experts on the forum are waiting for others to chime in)...Either way, to me the water pitcher screams of Mexico. Beyond the tone of the piece, my eyes were drawn to the style as it had the sum of ingredients to suggest it was the real deal. So, in a bit of a plot twist, I was unable to seal the deal on this purchase (sad, I know)....The seller removed the listing, and upon inquiry stated they didn't want to ship anything because they've been ripped off before. Now that may be the true story or not, but it just wasn't meant to be on this one. So with that bad news, what's the good news? Well for one, anytime I can successfully spot the real stuff amidst the "maybe's" and "definitely plated" stuff I'm happy. The other good news is I did still manage to get a photo in my attempt to buy these goodies (sorry , no info on the other pieces as I was focused squarely on the big prize in the lot). The entire lot was originally offered up for $70...so it would have been a great score. Based on comparable pieces, this water pitcher would be between 36 and 37 troy ounces of sterling silver. Here's the photos the seller gave me of the bottom (Marked Sanborns Mexico Sterling): [ATTACH=full]332749[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]332750[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]