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Thank you, Trev!

I will try to rig up some type of hydrostatic balance as soon as there's a bit of spare time.

Then will holler "Eureka" (the motto of my home state, in fact), but skip the streaking bit and merely walk to the computer to file a report in this thread.

rudi

Update/Bump: Can anyone hazard a guess as to whether this is silverplated? A friend who looked at the pieces recently said he saw the red of copper in them, and is convinced they are silver on copper. My red vision is defective (it doesn't jump out at me, and some pinks look beige or off-white). Tha...

You're very welcome!

still wondering. Here's another shot, taken today. The sugar bowl of the set.

edit:

Casa Prieto, Avenida Juárez 40, Mexico City, a silversmithing operation mentioned in another source (Olavarria) in 1946.

Hi, Urban. Both of the marks are noted in Hougart's Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks (2006). There's not much more on the first one than what you can see in the mark. The name and location, that is.: A.S. González, who worked in Monterrey, Nuevo León. Looks to be .925 silver. The ...

Hello, All, After months of poring over posts, images, books online and in print, and auction sites galore, I'm breaking down and enlisting your aid in identifying these marks. Pseudo-marks, if you will: http://i39.tinypic.com/35kraz4.jpg They are borne by each of the pieces in this set: http://i39....