[Jewelry making - Article 00370] - Re: [Orchid] Hallmarking Two-tone metal

[Ian W. Wright]

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    Here in the UK the rule has been that metals are only hallmarked to
    the value of the lower grade metal unless the higher grade metal part
    is easily and completely detachable. While I appreciate that
    hallmarking regulations in the US are not as rigorous as in the UK, I
    would have thought that common sense would suggest that, unless the
    two metals are in almost equal proportions, the standard of the
    larger proportion should take precedence. For example, would you
    advertise a silver ring with a couple of inlaid gold stars on the
    table as a 'silver ring with gold decoration' or a 'gold ring with a
    silver shank'?? Unless the standard mark is put onto the actual metal
    that it refers to (such as the gold stars in the above example) it
    could easily be construed as misleading. For example, in this ring,
    would both gold and silver marks on this ring shank mean that the
    shank was gold and silver plated or that it was made of a combination
    of silver and white gold or maybe its a white gold ring with silver
    stars which have been oxidised to a nice golden hue??? 

Best Wishes
Ian
Ian W. Wright
Sheffield  UK

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