[Jewelry making - Article 00359] - [Orchid] Identify the right quality sterling silver jewelry?

[Emily Jose]

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Hello,

    We retail and take part in shows and now import jewelry from Thailand
    India and often from Italy, mainly we are into high quality sterling
    silver jewelry with comteporary designs. 

    We were at the Bangkok Jewelry show, there were hundreds of Silver
    Manufacturers/Traders selling for wholesale with a wide variety of
    designs. 

    We often have difficulty in spotting/differentiating the right
    finishing or the right polish or the right stone setting! 

    Can some one help me in seperating the following finishing on
    sterling silver peices 

        (1) Peices with Rhodium plating
        (2) Peices with .999 silver coating
        (3) Peices with anti tarnish coating on silver plating

    How can one consider the polish/finising done is perfect and not
    overpolished or little underpolished? 

    Is there a definite color difference for rhodium plated/non rhodium
    plated/ silver plated on sterling silver ? It is often difficult to
    find out the kind of coating/plating done on sterling silver. 

    Are there any websites or links, where one can learn to differentiate
    from the final finishing? 

    Also are there any websites where there are photographs or articles
    from where one can find out flaws in stone setting (Bezel, Pave,
    Channel, Prong) for Sterling Silver Jewelry? 

    Are there any more criterias to be judged from the peices displayed
    apart from stone setting, finishing, polishing, porosity level, over
    all balance in shape? How should the links in the bracelets be?
    specifically the ones joining the stones in between? How should the
    notch in the earrings be?!

    It surely takes lot of experience in making out which are the perfect
    or atleast correct peices that could be purchased for resale! 

Regards
Emily & Adler
Wealdstone
UK

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