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There are 8 brass screws around the escutcheons on my 41-250 and 41-280. The finish is dark and dull, almost black. I'm not sure whether this is natural tarnish or if they deliberately had a dark finish. Does anyone know if those screws were bright brass when the sets were new?

I need to replace one or two of them. If they were originally bright, then I might just replace them all with new, bright brass screws and coat them with lacquer so they won't tarnish quickly.

If they were intended to be darker, then I might need to darken the new screws so they don' t stand out too much.
Hi

The finish should be dark, not bright brass by any means. Just like the early Philco brass escutcheons which were intentionally darkened, never bright brass.
Thanks!