[Jewelry making - Article 00196] - Re: [Orchid] Hallmarking Two-tone metal

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    Hopefully this question will not encourage people to think in the
    direction of deception, or get sloppy with marking their goods... 

    Has anyone personally known ANY small studio silversmith, goldsmith,
    metalsmith, etc. who has been investigated for failure to place a
    hallmark (in  the proper place, or at all) or an incorrect (in any of
    the myriad ways) karat stamp? 

    In my 38 years I have NEVER seen the government bother with any but 
    large domestic companies - and usually for the purposely fraudulent
    selling of  work that did not contain the percentage of metal
    indicated by the karat stamp.  I'm fairly sure that customs has
    caught some of that happening in imported goods  too? 

    I have seen a couple of small studio copyright infringers closed
    down...  but that's it. That was done by court order, enforced by
    the sheriffs  department. 

    Nobody that I know has ever been prosecuted for forgetting to
    hallmark a piece or their placement of karat stamps. 

Brian P.  Marshall
Stockton Jewelry Arts School
Stockton, CA,  USA
209-477-0550
instructor AT jewelryartschool.com

 
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