tamrock
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I then keep looking for the proof somewhere.
I got this sterling box at my local indoor flea market for $30. plus tax. Even though it has a cedar wood liner I'm thinking it still has about 180 grams of sterling silver involved. The young fella who works there checked me out. His fingers are loaded with the silver rings and one gold one he's picked up there for a bargain. He even has a booth there and gets to hunt there every working day. He said you thinks that box is sterling. I said indeed it's marked as such. WHERE! he said. Very faintly on the bottom I said. He told me he felt sure it was pure silver, but the brass hugh under the lid just didn't look right to him and he said he looked for a mark inside along the lip and all over the piece. I said the brass hugh might be the effects of the cedar wood or it was given a light gold wash, but look very close on the bottom edge and you will see S&S Sterling, which seems to be Smith & Smith Silver Attleboro Mass.
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I got this sterling box at my local indoor flea market for $30. plus tax. Even though it has a cedar wood liner I'm thinking it still has about 180 grams of sterling silver involved. The young fella who works there checked me out. His fingers are loaded with the silver rings and one gold one he's picked up there for a bargain. He even has a booth there and gets to hunt there every working day. He said you thinks that box is sterling. I said indeed it's marked as such. WHERE! he said. Very faintly on the bottom I said. He told me he felt sure it was pure silver, but the brass hugh under the lid just didn't look right to him and he said he looked for a mark inside along the lip and all over the piece. I said the brass hugh might be the effects of the cedar wood or it was given a light gold wash, but look very close on the bottom edge and you will see S&S Sterling, which seems to be Smith & Smith Silver Attleboro Mass.
Smith & Smith Sterling Jewelry Box
DESCRIPTION: A sterling silver jewelry box by Smith & Smith. Features a rectangular shape with engraved hinged lid. Ope
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