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Battara · 9th August 2008, 04:40 AM

The silver work on this one seems especially new - the crown ferrule was a dead give-away to me. What also threw me off was the engraving - all of the best nobility pieces I have seen (or in pictures) have been chased or repoussed, not engraved.

9th August 2008, 04:40 AM	#6
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	The silver work on this one seems especially new - the crown ferrule was a dead give-away to me. What also threw me off was the engraving - all of the best nobility pieces I have seen (or in pictures) have been chased or repoussed, not engraved.