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Cheryl: You're absolutely right! That's the pattern and yes, it's coin silver. Amazing! Problem solved! The reason I thought this was silver plate is because of the provenance. When we cleaned out a relative's estate, there were a few small sterling items of no importance, a number of straightforwar...

Thanks very much!

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Trev:

Thanks!

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This soup ladle has a challenging hallmark, including a 3-figure vertical hallmark with the initials "AC" a diamond in the middle symbol which seems identical to the Albert Coles hallmarks. See photo. The lowest of the 3 parts of the hallmark looks like a profile of an 18th century figure ...