[Jewelry making - Article 01041] - Re: [Orchid] Properly marking jewelery

[Silverspotstudio]

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>     If a quality mark on an industry product is applicable to only part
>     of the product, the part of the product to which it is applicable
>     (or inapplicable) should be disclosed when, absent such disclosure,
>     the location of the mark misrepresents the product or part's true
>     composition. 

    Well, the time has come (the walrus said) for me to finally ask all
    these questions about stamping that I've been trying to answer by
    wading through the archives... 

    How should I go about marking the fine silver chains I've knitted,
    once I've soldered on sterling end caps and added sterling findings?
      Where does the ".999" go? 

    Similarly, suppose I make a pendant of sterling with keum-bo or with
    14K applique, and, just to be difficult, I set a stone in an 18K
    bezel on it to boot? 

    On top of all these other difficulties, suppose the piece of jewelry
    is some meticulously formed opus of art jewelry, meant to be seen
    from all sides, and a quality stamp on it anywhere would be like a
    pimple on Aphrodite's bottom? 

    Does "disclosure" have to mean a stamp? Can I provide a written
    affidavit?  I've read the material on the ftc.gov site, and there
    seems to be nothing to indicate the proper protocols for such
    pieces. 

    Thanks for all your help, you knowledgable people! 

Jessee Smith
www.silverspotstudio.com
Cincinnati, Ohio

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