[Jewelry making - Article 00300] - Re: [Orchid] Hallmarking Two-tone metal

[Linda Gebert]

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    I am new to the discussion, however, have been reading it for some
    time. Regarding marking two-tone metals, reading the official
    guidelines does not seem clarify it for me either. I was always told
    that if two "levels" of metal are soldered together, for example
    fine silver and sterling, then the piece must be hallmarked with the
    lesser level of precious metal, i.e., sterling. If, however, the
    pieces are joined with a cold connection, then you would list both. 

    The confusion would come, however, when you have a piece that is
    primarily sterling silver, and has an additional decorative area of
    18k gold soldered on, for instance, or keum boo of 24k foil, which
    would be obvious to the eye, and confusing to the buyer if it was
    only marked sterling. I would appreciate any other clarification on
    this. 

Linda Gebert
lbwhgebert AT sbcglobal.net

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