China Silver

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indianutalpaiute2
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China Silver

Post by indianutalpaiute2 »

Hello!
I have a piece of jewerly.
It's marked China Silver.
It's silver or silver plated?
Any ideea about the red material in the middle?
Year?
Thank's!!

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Ag999
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Re: China Silver

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Most of the older Chinese and Indian pieces I have come across that are marked "SILVER" have in fact been high-grade silver. Yours does look like it. I doubt that it is plated, but a simple test would let you know.

The red material is cinnabar. Nowadays some "cinnabar" is molded plastic. If you can see carving marks under a loupe, it's probably the real thing.

Early 20th Century?
zhaosu
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Re: China Silver

Post by zhaosu »

Not silver-plated, a silver item exported in 1970s to earlier 1990s. The red thing looks a piece of lacquerware for me.
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