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Thank you for your prompt reply and your patience with my inexperience in using this site. Using your information, I did find a maker's mark identical to mine online, but how do you know it's silverplate? I used a steel scratch awl to make a deep scratch on the back and it is silver in color all the...

I screwed up the photo attachments. Both links show the front of the piece, BUT from either one you can hit the "Back" arrow at Flickr and see the Makers Mark.

All of your forums assume that you already know the country of manufacture and/or approximate date of manufacture. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? I have a piece of what I believe to be solid sterling silver, but I have no idea of where or when it was made - so how can I look at forums...