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 Candlestick repair
 

Picture on left shows candlestick (silver-plate over nickel silver, color not accurate). 
Damage was a clean break at solder joint.  Picture on right shows repaired candlestick (color more
accurate in this picture).

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 Box hinge
 

The hinge of this silver-plate box broke off.  Below are before & after pictures.

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 Double-wall Pourer
 

The lid of this double-wall silver-plate pitcher was crushed in and the finial broken off in the process.

Because the lid is also double-walled, we had to go in through the hole to remove the dents and smooth out the wrinkles. 
The finial was then soldered back in place: