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BumRushDaShow

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6. Although kind of old fashioned now
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 06:38 AM
4 hrs ago

for those who used to buy/use those tea sets - you had the real ones (with markings) -





the silver plate ones (usually plated on copper) -



and then the intentionally mislabeled-as-"silver" or "silver plate" ones that were basically stainless steel (never tarnishes!!!!!) sold as a "silver tea set" for like $25 (mostly imported from China) -

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