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    Answers on a postcard please!

    Hello again
    I don't really know where to post this item, so I will try here. Moderator, please feel free to move as necessary.

    I picked up this vesta case at a German (Paderborn) flea market because I liked it. I have had it checked out at a UK jeweller who has confirmed my poor knowledge of silver. Both the case and lid is hallmarked. Great I hear you say. Well actually no! The date is 1897 (x) but it was made in Birmingham, England. About 20 minutes from where I live...

    Any ideas would be very much appreciated. The obvious answer to me is that it is 'dodgy', but is it? The swaz is silver soldered to the case BTW.

    Regards

    Steve
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    better angle!
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      hallmark
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        Hallmark lid
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          It wasn't at all unusual for UK silverware to feature the Swastika right up to the 1930s. It was often found on jewellerey and if I remember rightly even a badge for government savings bonds or something as a good luck symbol. An attractive piece of silverware though!

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            Many thanks James for your reply. It certainly creates a topic of conversation for the dinner table!
            Kindest Regards
            Steve

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