Re: distinguishing plate silver from solid silver
From: Marshall Dudley (mdudley_at_king-cart.com)
Date: 01/27/05
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:41:00 -0500
Simply take a piece of emery cloth to a piece of it, and see if the base
metal is still silver, or something else. Silver plate is normally quite
thin.
Marshall
Archimedes Plutonium wrote:
> Looking at some old silverware I see a mark of "silver nickel". One says
> "solid silver nickel".
>
> I am guessing that "solid silver nickel" means 85% silver and 15%
> nickel.
>
> Does anyone know of a easy, quick test to tell one whether the item is
> silver plate or solid silver? Most of the old silverware have markings
> worn off. Is there a test of corrosion, that if you see a corrosion spot
> means plated?
>
> I suppose the weighing of a known silver knife against a suspect silver
> knife balance-beam scale and then plunge the balance beam under water
> and if not balanced while under water indicates the suspect is plated.
>
> Is there a sound test?
>
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