[Jewelry making - Article 00077] - [Orchid] About ".835"

[M . Clodius]

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    Hello , 35 years at the bench and you see something new ! A customer
    brought in a braclet for a replacement clasp , It  *looked* like 14k
    white gold , machine made. When installing the new clasp I noted the
    quality stamp of  .835  the old clasp was stamped the same . When the
    customer picked it up I asked her about it . She was from Germany
    and was a master goldsmith who hadn't worked at the bench for over
    20 yrs. , the braclet had come from Germany , she had thought all
    this time that it was  silver .[!] She was happy with the 14k white
    clasp , the piece was to be given as a gift so we couldn't test
    ....... Now .835  would be  related to 20k gold , the same way as 
    .585  is to 14k  but I've never seen or read of 20k white in
    commercialy manufactured jewelry. Just the same  low silver is
    marked at the even 100's [ 800 , 900 , ] Any one else know about this
    ?? 

Mark Clodius
Clodius&Co. Jewelers

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