Sterling Silver
The law requires metal to be marked by the manufacturer and metal quality. For the pound sterling, the mark will be number 925 (92.5%, which means money, which is the pound sterling) or "excellent" stamp with the words. Look, near the bend of the mark at the end of the chain. Sometimes, Brand is a flat ring of examining the small end of the chain.
Sterling silver tarnishes and people who tarnishes quickly due to body chemistry, and others do not tarnish. To keep tarnish from happening, sterling is very often plated with another metal to protect and preserve the pound tarnish occurs. The coating is a metal called rhodium, which is very light or another metal recently used on silver, which are more like the color of money. The chain can be sterling and still have the plate outside to avoid staining.
Litmus test can be done by a jeweler. In general, a test will cost money, not much, but perhaps not interesting in terms of what you have paid for the chain. In a large heavy chain, the May event worthwhile.
There is a little silver with 800 and even 750, can not be a mixture of 825 also. Always possible, it is better to have it checked in case of doubt Tips. A British flag 625, which is gold and sometimes confused with 825 when using an item. But generally, there are other features included Colombia.
In 1800, near the dishes and cutlery, a lot (knives, forks, spoons) are made with an alloy of silver or 75% silver. This is certainly less than sterling, which legally means 92.5% and less silver. I suspect European manufacturer. The only way to determine the value or origin of the problem is through those who do this work with antique silver and tableware items.
If brands like the 750 are difficult to read, try this trick: with the soot of a candle, the branding area. Then gently take a whiskey or clear tape and put it in the field of soot, rubbing gently. Then remove the tape and place it on a sheet of white paper. The marks that appear fine. It's like fingerprints Lift! It works quite well.
Tips on money test. First, it is important to account is not used a touchstone money. You should test the article itself.
Slight scratch or scrape a small point which is not (as under a silver teapot in a band or ring, etc.) and nitric acid applied on the site.
If you become gray and the clouds in sterling silver. If it becomes black color is silver. What you want is not to turn green indicating that it is money.
You must ensure that the zero is deep enough to go below the plates but otherwise does not react as it did to reach the metal base below. This may be a little uncomfortable for you it is a discrete space.
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