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Tibetan silver is plated rather than made of sterling silver. Cast iron or copper is used to make Tibetan silver. Then it is plated with sterling silver or any other material that looks like sterling silver.
No, Rodgers nickel silver is silver plated. In fact, 99 times out of 100, sterlingware (sterling silverware, platters, and tea sets) are marked "Sterling", "Ster", or "925". Other silver markings also indicate silver plate, such as "Community Silver", "Oneida", and "Triple Silver". Visit the link below to learn more about various silver markings.
Trademark of the Quaker Valley Mfg. Co. of Chicago Illinois used on silver plated items around 1900. (For more information, see Related Links, below)
it is zinc plated in silver
Sheridan silver is copper plated with silver.
Mine is Silver Plated.
Silver is soluble in Nitric Acid producing silver nitrate.
First of all, theres no such thing as "silver plated sterling". Sterling is 92.5% silver, anything plated is just plated. If the item is solid sterling silver, its metal value depends on the current price of silver - but it may be worth more as a collectible. If it's plated base metal it has very little value.
Yes silver plated cables are actually recommended more over the gold plated ones. A lot of people say that the gold plated ones are a waste of money since you can get the same result or better from the silver plated.
The FBR stamped on Italian Silver shows it was manufactured by the FB Rodgers Silver Co. The FB Rodgers Silver Co specialized in sliver plating.
Silver plated.
Gold plated over silver means that the ring is made of silver with a thin layer of gold plated to it. It is not solid gold but solid silver with gold on it.