[Jewelry making - Article 00869] - Re: [Orchid] Using bi-metal

[James Binnion]

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Noel

    	Beth is right you cannot stamp your work with both 18k and sterling
    stamps. You can only use one stamp on a piece of work ( you should
    read the definitions at the FTC website to understand what is
    actually required) . When you stamp the work with a quality stamp
    18K for example, you are stating that if you were to melt the piece
    down and take a sample it would assay out to 18K. Therefore you can
    not stamp both 18k and sterling as the work cannot assay out as
    either one. If your work has 18k overlay and you only used the
    sterling stamp you would still be stamping it illegally as it would
    not be sterling because there would be less than 92.5% silver in the
    whole piece. It doesn't matter that there is actually a more
    precious metal in the piece it only matters that the quantity of
    silver in the assay is incorrect. 

    	The laws are not written to encompass designer jewelry that
    utilizes more than one precious metal alloy in a piece but you are
    still expected to follow the regulations listed in the FTC
    guidelines if you are stamping your work. If you want you can read
    more about them at: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/guides/jewel-gd.htm 

Jim 

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