No shortcuts on those puppies. They were made by a master craftsman. I am guessing they are an overlay of sheet silver, pierced and formed to an ebony backing, and the ebony is actually incised so that the overlay is inset into the ebony. It may be the lighting that makes it look gold, or it may have been gold plated...I would be real surprised if it is solid gold, but who knows. Somebody shelled out some bucks for these grips.
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If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction
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